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Hillview Garden Centres have confirmed the acquisition of Scotland Nurseries in Matlock, Derbyshire. Source: Garden1

Wyevale Garden Centres has identified the ‘Super Grower’ grow your own customer. Source: Garden1

British Retail Consortium figures show a May retail sales rise of 1.4 per cent compared to May 2015, while the latest spending data from Barclaycard showed consumer spending jumped 3.6 per cent after weak figures for March and April saw growth fall to a two-year low. Source: Garden1

Anne Dedman is new manager at Squire’s Long Ditton and Ryan Bailey has been appointed as manager at Squire’s Stanmore. Source: Garden1

Briers is to relocate its warehousing to premises in Kidderminster, Worcestershire. Source: Garden1

Celebrities, royalty, the media and visitors have praised the garden industry’s inaugural collaborative exhibit at Chelsea Flower Show. Source: Garden1

Gardman has appointed a new operations director to define a future strategy for the garden products supplier and home service. Source: Garden1

European Commission experts have once again failed to reach a decision on whether to reapprove the license for glyphosate, the world’s most widely-used weedkiller. Source: Garden1

A Crohn’s sufferer, who was a week away from death before his diagnosis, is building a garden at the world’s largest flower show to raise awareness of the disease and to help find better treatments and a possible cure. Source: Garden1

Gardening website Primrose.co.uk has this week thrown up another internet safety shield by setting its whole website to load via secure servers. Source: Garden1

A Midlands garden centre owner hopes to boost his company turnover and take on an extra 50 staff after buying another nursery, located just down the road. Source: Garden1

The European Commission has told those countries that wish to ban glyphosate they can do so on their own soil, rather than “hide behind” an EU-wide vote. Source: Garden1

Gavin Jones, the award-winning landscape, garden design, construction and maintenance company has announced it has acquired Clifton Nurseries in West London. Source: Garden1

The Horticultural Trade Association (HTA) has singled out clematis as its ‘Plant of the Moment’ this June, flagging up blooms “the size of tea plates, delicate nodding bells” and the rampant rambling nature of the colourful climber. Source: Garden1

EP Barrus has beefed up its garden retail arm by appointing a new area sales manager to target independent garden centres. Source: Garden1

Maple Ridge Garden Centre, formerly known as Aylings Garden Centre, has gone into administration. Source: Garden1

Garden metal storage building manufacturer Trimetals and garden plastics manufacturer Strata Products are both on the 2016 Queen’s Award list. Source: Garden1

The pursuit of Tesco-owned Dobbies is intensifying as sale of the chain nears. Source: Garden1

The pursuit of Tesco-owned Dobbies is intensifying as sale of the chain nears. Source: Garden1

Under an ‘everyday low prices’ banner, Homebase has a new catalogue of bargain gardening and DIY products. Source: Garden1