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Overall shop price deflation was 0.4 per cent, a slight increase in deflation from the 0.3 per cent June figure, with Non-Food prices decreasing by a tenth of a percentage point in July to 1.5 per cent, compared to the June decrease of 1.4 per cent. Source: Garden1

Wyevale want to be sure of refinancing before filing annual accounts. Source: Garden1

EP Barrus has bought gloves and boots garden centre supplier Town & Country. Source: Garden1

EP Barrus has bought gloves and boots garden centre supplier Town & Country. Source: Garden1

The HTA has issued a comment signed by garden centres saying they will not import from infected areas and that retailers can go further if they wish. Source: Garden1

Alton Garden Centre director Andy Bunker says sales growth in March, April and May could not be sustained as the summer holidays began. Source: Garden1

Britain’s biggest cacti and succulent grower Chris Pugh says he has seen a trebling of the amount of succulents supplied into retailers in the last 18 months. Source: Garden1

International retail production standard Global GAP has announced it is expanding its online portal “to make it easier for consumers to buy sustainably cultivated flowers and ornamental plants”. Source: Garden1

Fryer’s Roses, part of the Blue Diamond Group of garden centres, has seen its investment in flower shows this summer pay off with a string of awards. Source: Garden1

The Klondyke Group has announced the promotion of Andy Smith from senior plant buyer to group head of purchasing. Source: Garden1

The fifth Bunnings Warehouse store opens its doors to customers today in Folkestone, Kent. Source: Garden1

Transitional arrangements will be in place to enable the plants to continue to be sold for a year – provided contractual arrangements ordering stock in these four plants are put in place before 1 August 2017. Source: Garden1

Notcutts Garden Centre in Staines has held a special ribbon cutting event to mark the opening of a new ‘Notcutts Garden’, designed to inspire local gardeners with creative ideas for their own outdoor spaces. Source: Garden1

Notcutts Garden Centre in Staines has opened a new ‘Notcutts Garden’, designed to inspire local gardeners with creative ideas for their own outdoor spaces. Source: Garden1

Honey from a set of 12 bee hives situated at Stewarts Garden Centre in Christchurch, Dorset, will be sold in the centre for the first time. Source: Garden1

Home improvement and garden wholesaler Decco has been appointed as the exclusive distributor for Johnston & Jeff bird food, feeders, feeding stations, bird tables and nest boxes. Source: Garden1

Competition from supermarkets and garden centres has seen a retail nursery in Carlisle close. Source: Garden1

The Garden Centre Association’s annual inspection results have been announced for two regions. Source: Garden1

Older people, parents and business owners are being encouraged to stay vigilant against a potentially deadly disease that has infected 200 people this year. Source: Garden1

In 2017 Bonningtons, the Nottingham based importer and distributor of gardening, home and leisure goods, celebrates 50 years of trading, and is to mark this milestone with an open showroom event running from 5-14 September 2017. Source: Garden1