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Overall shop price deflation was 0.3% in June, a slight deceleration from the 0.4% fall in May according to British Retail Consortium/Nielsen figures. Source: Garden1

Hampshire fruit bush and tree supplier Blackmoor is stopping supplying garden retail from this month. Source: Garden1

JTF Mega Discount Warehouse has pleaded guilty to a breach of health and safety legislation relating to the 2012 outbreak of Legionnaire’s Disease in Stoke. Source: Garden1

Early indications show garden retail sales in June were slightly up on June 2016, meaning plant-orientated garden centres remain in positive territory. Source: Garden1

UK garden product suppliers have reported generally satisfactory results in newly released accounts. Source: Garden1

Bunnings UK and Ireland is to expand its pilot programme, and will have 20 stores by the end of 2017 – twice as many as previously announced. Source: Garden1

Bunnings UK and Ireland is to expand its pilot programme, and will have 20 stores by the end of 2017 – twice as many as previously announced. Source: Garden1

OA Taylor, Britain’s leading flowering bulb supplier to garden centres, turned over £12.88m in the year to 30 November 2016, down from £13.27m in the previous year. Source: Garden1

The Garden Centre Association’s (GCA) Barometer of Trade show that the weather was a big factor in sales during May and divided the country. Source: Garden1

The Garden Centre Association’s (GCA) Barometer of Trade show that the weather was a big factor in sales during May – and divided the country. Source: Garden1

Combe Estate wants to build a garden centre on the site of the 20-year old Meadow View Nursery in Gittisham. Source: Garden1

Hazel Dene Garden Centre, in Culgaith, Cumbria, has submitted plans to Eden District Council for 13 houses, a convenience store and restaurant as a redvelopment of the garden centre, which is facing “a precarious future”. Source: Garden1

Retailers reported that growth in sales volumes picked up in the year to June, according to the latest monthly CBI Distributive Trades Survey. Source: Garden1

Premier Trees and Stoneglow Candles have headlined Klondyke’s Christmas showcase, designed to ensure a coordinated promotion of the ‘celebrate Christmas’ theme. Source: Garden1

Forest Research is leading a research project to try and stop phytophthora diseases spreading by sharing information with nurseries and garden retailers. Source: Garden1

Growers can meet the needs of garden centres by not just launching new plant varieties but also remarketing older plants in new ways. Source: Garden1

The NFU has prepared a factsheet for growers who may be experiencing an increase in the number of customers asking questions about pesticide applications on bedding plants, particularly the use of neonicotinoids. Source: Garden1

PlantGrow was launched at Glee in September 2016 by farmers Steve and Sarah Suggitt and was backed by rosarian Richard Beales. Source: Garden1

Nicholas Marshall has completed changes at Dobbies garden centres buy bringing in a new IT head from Wyevale and changing his buying team. Source: Garden1

Nicholas Marshall has completed changes at Dobbies garden centres buy bringing in a new IT head from Wyevale and changing his buying team. Source: Garden1