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Agents Christies & Co have said garden centre groups, independent centres, financial institutions and real estate investors have enquired about buying Wyevale Garden Centres sites since the Terra Firma-owned group went on the market last week. Source: Garden1

Agents Christies & Co have said garden centre groups, independent centres, financial institutions and real estate investors have enquired about buying Wyevale Garden Centres sites since the Terra Firma-owned group went on the market last week. Source: Garden1

The range is intended to crossover from gardening to gift and from garden centres to department stores and gift retailers. Source: Garden1

Crest Garden is launching an Imperial War Museum garden range intended to crossover from gardening to gift and from garden centres to department stores and gift retailers. Source: Garden1

ITE Group plc has entered into a conditional agreement to acquire Ascential Events from Ascential plc for £300m. Source: Garden1

Deco-Pak has reported a 15% increase in sales in its Chelsea Garden Range in the week during the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, as the decorative aggregates specialist announces its continued commitment to a three day delivery turnaround. Source: Garden1

Shop prices fell by 1.1% in May 2018 compared to the same month last year, the 61st month of falling shop prices and the deepest deflation since January 2017, according to British Retail Consortium/Nielsen figures. Source: Garden1

Bakker, which went into administration in January, has its website back up and running. Source: Garden1

The Bakker gardening website is back up and running following the sale of the business which went into administration in January. Source: Garden1

Garden retailers saw May’s bounce back in sales continue during the second May bank holiday as temperatures reached 29 degrees on Monday with hot weather only interrupted by an occasional thunder storm. Source: Garden1

Australian financial analysts says Wesfarmers sale of Homebase/Bunnings UK and Ireland to Hilco for £1 is the best deal it could have made in the circumstances. Source: Garden1

Wesfarmers has announced it has agreed to divest Homebase in the UK to Hilco Capital for a “nominal amount” (£1). Source: Garden1

With garden centres predicting more record sales this bank holiday weekend, the Met Office says temperatures will be hot, but there will be a chance of thunder. Source: Garden1

The former Home & Garden centre has been taken over by Mappleborough Green’s developers, who were at Golden Acres Nurseries (Richards) and Hillier (Mason) previously. Source: Garden1

Stansted Park Garden Centre has been taken over by Mappleborough Green’s developers Paul Richards and Tim Mason. Source: Garden1

The importance of horticultural science and of driving horticultural innovation were on the agenda for the second of three sessions with the All-Party Parliamentary Gardening & Horticulture Group on the future of horticulture post-Brexit. Source: Garden1

Figures have shown there were 25,763 gardening and DIY-related injuries in England from 2014-17. Source: Garden1

HTA director of horticulture Raoul Curtis-Machin is leaving the association at the end of June. Source: Garden1

Owner Kingfisher says B&Q saw turnover fall 9% like-for-like to £828m in the quarter to 30 April. Source: Garden1

Wesfarmers has received final bids from three turnaround investment firms: Alteri Investors, Endless and Hilco. Source: Garden1