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New members join Briers’ team 03 Mar 2010
Briers has taken on two new agents to broaden its sales coverage.
Company: Briers
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Marc joins team as Manager of Bridgemere 25 Feb 2010
Marc Haigh from Stafford has been appointed as the Manager of Bridgemere Nursery & Garden World.
Company: Bridgemere Nursery & Garden World
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David appointed as garden centre Manager 22 Feb 2010
David Williams has recently been appointed as Manager of Blooms Swindon Garden Centre.
Company: Blooms Swindon Garden Centre
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Melcourt appoint Catherine Dawson to board 15 Feb 2010
Catherine Dawson joins the Melcourt board as they relaunch the Sylvamix range of peat-free growing media.
Company: Melcourt
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Hedley appointed as Manager of Horticulture 10 Feb 2010
Hedley Triggs has been appointed as Bridgemere Nursery & Garden World’s Manager of Horticulture.
Company: Bridgemere Nursery & Garden World
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TV’s Top Gardener, Toby Buckland, Visits Langlands 10 Feb 2010
TV’s Toby Buckland is visiting Yorkshire next month to officially open the brand new Langlands Garden Centre in Leeds.
Company: Langlands Garden Centre
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New Nursery Manager at Kernock Park Plants 08 Feb 2010
Ron Duke has recently been appointed as Nursery Manager of Cornwall based young plant supplier Kernock Park Plants.
Company: Kernock Park Plants
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John Innes Manufacturers Association Secretariat Changes 08 Feb 2010
At the end of 2009 Brian Dunsby retired from his long-standing involvement with the John Innes Manufacturers Association (JIMA), having completed a total of 32 years in the John Innes industry, including 18 years as Secretary & Public Relations Officer for the Trade Association.
Company: John Innes Manufacturers Association
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New appointment to HTA Board strengthens landscape representation 08 Feb 2010
Mark Gregory, the vice chairman of the Association of Professional Landscapers (APL), has been appointed to the HTA Board.
Company: HTA
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IPPS shares the secrets of grafting success 05 Feb 2010
The secrets of success in grafting were passed on to a dozen nursery stock growers at the first IPPS training workshop of the year held at tree nursery Frank P Matthews, Worcestershire.
Company: International Plant Propagators Society
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Spotlight on Apprenticeships 03 Feb 2010
Inspirational land-based apprentices at Capel Manor College showcased their skills on Monday 1 Feb at the start of Apprenticeship Week and were visited by Shadow Skills Minister, John Hayes MP.
Company: Lantra
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North west garden centre is best in UK 02 Feb 2010
For the second year in a run Bents Garden & Home has been presented with the national title of GCA Garden Centre of the Year 2010. It is the third time the garden centre, based in Glazebury near Warrington, has held the prestigious award.
Company: Bents Garden & Home
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Vivid finalise 2010 team in January transfer window! 29 Jan 2010
Following a successful 2009 and integral to the company’s plans for the coming season, Vivid Arts has completed its 2010 team line up with the last of three new Sales Team appointments
Company: Vivid Arts Ltd
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'First Lady' of allotments supports The Edible Garden Show 28 Jan 2010
Inspirational ‘First Lady’ of allotments and ‘Pride of Britain’ winner Eunice McGhie-Belgrave MBE is backing UK’s ultimate ‘Grow Your Own’ event – The Edible Garden Show.
** Now Postponed till March 18-20 2011.
Company: The Edible Garden Show
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Family plant specialists celebrate 50 years of growth 28 Jan 2010
Fibrex, specialist growers and holders of the national collections of Pelargoniums and Hederas, are celebrating the nursery’s 50th anniversary this year.
Company: Fibrex
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MorePeople sponsor the Institute of Horticulture’s Young Horticulturist of the Year competition 26 Jan 2010
Once again MorePeople are delighted to be one of the key sponsors of the Institute of Horticulture’s Young Horticulturist of the Year competition.
Company: MorePeople
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Team Notty teams up with Team HDS Garden & Leisure Ltd 22 Jan 2010
HDS Garden and Leisure Ltd are pleased to announce that Neil Marsh, affectionately known throughout the trade as "Notty", is spearheading the installation of Jungle Gym, Hy-Land commercial play structures and Log Cabin displays into their GC customers.
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New MD for Sinclair Professional Division 20 Jan 2010
William Sinclair Horticulture has appointed John Tugman as Managing Director of its professional horticulture division. John brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise to the role as previous Managing Director of both Roundstone Nurseries and Farplants.
Company: William Sinclair Horticulture
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The Gardens Group supports the Big Garden Bird Watch 18 Jan 2010
To celebrate the RSPB’s Big Garden Bird Watch, The Gardens Group garden centres in Sherborne, Yeovil and Poundbury are each giving away a brand new bird house and feeder to the person who spots and records the greatest number of species of birds during the Bird Watch weekend.
Company: The Gardens Group
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FloraLabels from JKL in 2010 15 Jan 2010
JKL Packaging and Labels of Braintree are delighted to announce that Mr Mike Wing will join them in January 2010 with responsibility for development of the Floralabels brand in the UK.
Company: JKL Labels and Packaging
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Tetra Makes New Appointment in Marketing 14 Jan 2010
Tetra UK has appointed a new product manager to its marketing department. Rena Wiethaupt joins from Tetra’s European trade marketing department in Germany.
Company: Tetra UK
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Johnsons strengthens Garden Centre Sales 14 Jan 2010
Following Matt Reid’s promotion to Home Area and Plant Centre Sales Manager, Johnsons of Whixley have appointed Chris Poole to spearhead sales to garden centres in the Midlands and south of England.
Company: Johnsons of Whixley
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5* service at Fresh Approach restaurant 13 Jan 2010
The Fresh Approach Restaurant has been awarded five stars by the national Scores on the Doors scheme; the highest level of achievement, acknowledging the restaurant’s excellent standards in food hygiene.
Company: Bents Garden & Home
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Bayer Garden announces sales agencies for England and Wales 13 Jan 2010
Garden care company, Bayer Garden, is continuing the implementation of its new sales strategy with the appointment of four sales agencies to cover central, eastern and south east England and Wales.
Company: Bayer Garden
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Nursery Staff Collect Awards at College 05 Jan 2010
16 employees from John Woods Nurseries were full of cheer when they attended an awards ceremony at Otley College.
Company: John Woods Nurseries
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Aleck appointed as new garden centre Manager 23 Dec 2009
Aleck Ward from Redruth in Cornwall has been appointed as the new Manager of Par Garden Centre.
Company: The Garden Centre Group
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Squire’s ‘do something different’ for Children in Need 21 Dec 2009
Squire’s Garden Centres and their visitors have raised £4,000 for BBC’s Children in Need. There were many fund-raising events organised by staff at the Garden Centres including quizzes, competitions, cake sales, sponsored silence and even a parachute jump.
Company: Squire’s Garden Centres
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New General Manager for Milestone Garden & Leisure 10 Dec 2009
After 16 years of buying all plants for Dobbies, Neil Cummings has moved to Milestone Garden and Leisure to take up the post of General Manager.
Company: Milestone Garden and Leisure Ltd.
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Award Winning Christmas at Stratford Garden Centre 08 Dec 2009
Family-run Stratford Garden Centre is celebrating early this year as their Christmas display has been named best in the Midlands and second in the National Christmas Display competition.
Company: Stratford Garden Centre
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HTA do their bit for Tree O’Clock 08 Dec 2009
Staff from the Horticultural Trades Association (HTA) together with members of Theale Parish Council took part in the BBC’s Tree O’Clock event, which took place on 5th December.
Company: HTA
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Walberton Nursery Celebrate Training Success 07 Dec 2009
West Sussex growers and founding member of Farplants, Walberton Nursery, celebrated the successful conclusion of its 2009 training year when three more staff members gained NVQ Level 2 and a fourth, Adrian Philips, completed his PA1 and 6a certificates in crop protection. Philips has since gained promotion within the company.
Company: Walberton Nursery
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Thrive wins London in Bloom Award 03 Dec 2009
Thrive’s Herb Garden in Battersea Park has come third in The London in Bloom’s Community Garden Award out of 25 entries.
Company: Thrive
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IPPS see growing media in the raw 02 Dec 2009
IPPS members had the chance this month to get up close to some of the raw ingredients that make up their day-to-day growing media.
Company: IPPS
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Garden Centre Group CEO walks in forefathers footsteps 26 Nov 2009
As part of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew’s 250th anniversary celebrations (2009) Chief Executive of The Garden Centre Group Nicholas Marshall had an exclusive guided tour of the Gardens recently to find out more about his family’s horticultural heritage.
Company: The Garden Centre Group
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RASE joins The Edible Garden Show’s investors 24 Nov 2009
It’s a deal! Denis Chamberlain of The Royal Agricultural Society of England (RASE) signs the document that confirms the organisation’s investment in The Edible Garden Show.
Company: The Edible Garden Show
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