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The National Living Wage (NLW) could send landscape companies into administration, while venture capitalists’ short-termism is preventing investment in technology that could beat salary rises, HTA chief executive Carol Paris has said. She was speaking at the International Horticultural Forum at IPM Essen, which had the UK as a partner country this year. Source: Garden1

G Plants has been looking more closely at how consumers shop and are now at a point to capitalise on its expertise, thanks to a new style of wooden display and a brand new range of summer flowering premium bulbs and seed mixtures. Source: Garden1

Lead presenters at BBC’s Gardeners World will stay the same though new faces might present guest slots. Source: Garden1

Poplars Garden Centre managing director David Little is having the restaurant at the Bedfordshire centre expanded to 306 seats, with plans for another 80 in the future just six years after a previous catering expansion. Source: Garden1

More than 40 firefighters were called to the scene at Tafs Garden Co in Telford, Shropshire. Source: Garden1

The recently extended Essential Planters range from Stewart Garden is designed to create instant appeal to the home or garden, coming in nine colours and three sizes. Source: Garden1

Hillier Nurseries has reported on its results in the year to 31 August 2015, with an increase of 4.45 per cent in sales to £28.391m from £27.180m. Source: Garden1

Westland has appointed James Clovis as head of Sinclair’s professional division. Source: Garden1

Stewarts Garden Centres in Christchurch is having a warehouse and offices built by Greendale Construction. Source: Garden1

The mild weather has caused primroses to start to flower ahead of schedule when there was minimal demand and may result in a shortfall as early as the end of January, according to ADAS. Source: Garden1

Tesco is moving away from BOGOF – buy one get one free – promotions and other deals in favour of price cuts, which is the model used by Aldi and Lidl and one that garden centres could follow. Source: Garden1

Retail display systems capable of being easily moved around shopfloors and retail centres for different campaigns and seasons will make a big impact in the UK market during 2016, according to Seb Smith, managing director of Stagecraft. Source: Garden1

A damp and mild winter could be set to trigger a huge plague of millions of British super rats which are resistant to rodenticides this summer. Source: Garden1

Staff at Tesco are set to see pay rates for working Sundays and Bank Holidays, late nights and overtime hours cut with Sundays and Bank Holiday pay at time and a half from July, instead of double time. Source: Garden1

Barenbrug’s Green Velvet grass seed range is to be stocked in Wyevale Garden Centres, nationwide. Source: Garden1

Colouring books, postcard books, notebooks and diaries are to draw on the RHS art collection. Source: Garden1

Cosmos will be celebrated in the ‘Year of the Cosmos’ declared by Fleuroselect, the organisation which trials and assesses new seed varieties from around the world to determine their suitability for European conditions. Source: Garden1

Sophie Liebthal is the new UK Best Young Garden Centre Employee in this year’s GCA’s Rising Stars competition. Source: Garden1

Bryants and the BPOA is giving primroses to guests at the Garden Retail awards this week. Source: Garden1

Garden designer and Chelsea Gold Medal winning designer Paul Hervey-Brookes, is opening a new mixed use garden retail outlet in the Cotswolds with sculpture and artist Yann Eshkol. Source: Garden1