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Tildenet is marketing new Haxnicks slug, watering and other garden aids. Source: Garden1

Plantpak by Crest has included Westland seed and compost brands plus accessories in their in their range of heated and unheated propagators. Source: Garden1

Year-on-year estimates in the quantity bought in the retail industry show growth for the 30th consecutive month in October 2015, increasing by 3.8 per cent compared to October 2014. Source: Garden1

Outdoors retailers Cotswold Outdoor and Snow & Rock are to combine with Cycle Surgery and Runners Need under the title of Outdoor and Cycle Concepts, raising the possibility of running, climbing and biking gear being sold in garden centres. Source: Garden1

The Forum of Private Business (FPB), the small business support and lobby group, has written to the Chancellor of the Exchequer to seek assurances that there will be no unexpected acceleration of the living wage timetable. Source: Garden1

Abercorn Garden Centre general manager Dave Gillam said “anoraks” producing plants for exhibition should be a source of new plants to the retail market. Source: Garden1

Christmas tree supplier Needlefresh is offering garden centres a way to donate to Greenfingers via garden centres by using promotional Needlefresh labels to their stock to benefit children in hospices. Source: Garden1

Now is the time for young horticulturists who will be under the age of 30 by July 31 2016 to enter the YHoY heats taking place around the UK and Ireland. Source: Garden1

The sixth season of ITV1’s Love Your Garden is seeking contributors. Source: Garden1

Town & Country has been working on a new product development programme that will deliver new ranges. Source: Garden1

Forty new students from around the UK have beaten nearly 5,000 applicants to secure a place on the Homebase Garden Academy, offering them a chance to start a career in gardening. Source: Garden1

Markit Household Finance Index has found that financial expectations have improved amid muted inflation perceptions. Source: Garden1

HTA regional business manager for Scotland, Northern Ireland and Ireland, Neil Cummings has commented on his disappointment that the SNP has blocked moves to extend Sunday trading. Source: Garden1

A survey of 1,037 employers shows that the higher wage floor will have its greatest impact in retail (79 per cent) and hospitality (77 per cent), where more than three-quarters of employers say their wage bill will be affected and around a third in each will be affected significantly. Source: Garden1

A new book by Stephen Harris, the Druce Curator of the Oxford University Herbaria, presents 50 plants that have been important to the development of the Western world, discussing trade, politics, medicine, travel and chemistry along the way. Source: Garden1

Ice rinks at garden centres are opening up – though warm weather has caused a snag at one. Source: Garden1

A new online market place for organic businesses includes the Soil Association’s ‘meet the farmer’ series, giving customers the story behind Christmas products. Source: Garden1

B&M European Value Retail, the ‘multi-price’ value retailer, has announced its interim results for the 26 weeks to 26 September 2015. Source: Garden1

DIY sales in Europe are “flat, not growing,” says European DIY Retail Association secretary general John Herbert. Source: Garden1

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and the EU Member States have finalised the re-assessment of glyphosate. Source: Garden1