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B&Q is extending compensation so that all B&Q staff will be “better off or unaffected” for the next two years. Source: Garden1

Launching at Waitrose in a supermarket first, cucamelonand other exotic plants are available exclusively at Waitrose and have been grown by Suttons Seeds. Source: Garden1

Green Party MEPs are among a cross-party group of MEPs taking part in a test to assess the level of glyphosate in their urine, ahead of a vote today (13 April) to oppose EU relicensing of the weedkiller. Source: Garden1

Blue Diamond garden centres has appointed Stuart Whalley as head of product development (gardening and leisure) with continued responsibility for garden and leisure ranging and for further development of own brand and exclusive products. Source: Garden1

A new marketing campaign for pot sunflower Sunsation from Dutch breeder Evanthia is promoting the new Award of Garden Merit (AGM) plant to garden centres. Source: Garden1

Tesco has announced improved results but the only mention of its garden centre chain Dobbies, which is believed to be for sale, is that no new stores will be built in 2016/17. Source: Garden1

The new entrance at RHS Wisley garden in Surrey is to change from “an arrival space people meet that may as well be standing outside a service station on the A3” to a “coups de theatre” with a 175m Japanese-style avenue of flowering cherries surrounded by dunescape, swail and piazza. Source: Garden1

The biggest garden in the Discovery Area of this year’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show is the Miracle-Gro’wers Urban School Garden. Source: Garden1

Simon Davison has been appointed as business-to-business online manager by Zest 4 Leisure. Source: Garden1

Harry Mcdermid has retired as Tillington Group chair and been succeeded by Dennis Espley. Source: Garden1

Squire’s Garden Centre in Long Ditton has a new look, following a £700,000 investment. Source: Garden1

On April 13, at the Strasbourg plenary, there will be a vote on the Environment Committee’s objection to the Commission’s draft measure to renew the EU market approval for glyphosate, the active ingredient in many widely used herbicides. Source: Garden1

The Sun Flower Square, the industry garden led by Peter Seabrook is set to display the largest amount of novelties on an exhibit at Chelsea, or any other UK show. Source: Garden1

Garden giftware company, Fallen Fruits has reported a 14 per cent growth in turnover year on year for the financial year 2015/16, a result that follows on from a 19 per cent growth figure for the previous financial year. Source: Garden1

Blue Diamond Trentham garden centre in Staffordshire has relaunched as Trentham Home & Garden after a three-month £1m refurbishment. Source: Garden1

Wyevale Garden Centres will run a series of special events in May and June focusing on teaching children aged from three to eight years of age about bees and pollination. Source: Garden1

NFU President Meurig Raymond has travelled to Strasbourg to discuss the importance of glyphosate re-authorisation with MEPs ahead of the vote. Raymond will “take the concerns of thousands of NFU members direct to UK MEPs from all different political parties as well as meeting with Irish, Italian and German MEPs to urge them to vote against the resolution”, an NFU statement said. Source: Garden1

March sales were 0.7 per cent down on March 2015 but overall year to date sales are three per cent up, according to the British Retail Consortium/KPMG. Source: Garden1

Tesco-owned garden centre group Dobbies could be sold. Source: Garden1

The competition has been running since March 4 2016 and has attracted more than 400 entrants. Source: Garden1