With 645 B&M store in the UK. B&M says it is becoming the destination store for important product categories from toys and Christmas decorations to gardening and DIY. Read more

A free Insight report by Salience shows the top online plant retailers and how some well-known names have lost search engine visibility… Download the report and get advice. Read more

Notcutts is to start the search for a new chairman, following the announcement that Nicky Dulieu is stepping down.  Read more

Agrumi has announced that Folium and Flos Plants will be taking over its wholesale nursery on November 1^st.  It will remain business as usual. Read more

YouGarden, the multi channel garden retailer whose revenues have grown 35% pa for the last 5 years, has completed an MBO with the backing of Kester Capital. Read more

Forestry England and the Friends of Westonbirt have added to the National Arboretum for the first time in nearly 200 years by buying the next door Silk Wood House. Read more

Bookings have doubled for next week’s Cultivating Retail conference with its core theme of Sustainability.   New HTA chairman James Barnes says it will also be a great networking event.  Read more

The Internet Gardener has ceased trading and issued a notice of intent to enter liquidation. Read more

Monkton Elm’s Mike Lind gets ready to hand over the chairmanship of the GCA and warns that the proposed increase in minimum wage could be a significant threat for the garden centre sector. Read more

Squires is rolling out a storewide brand and signage refresh across its 15 garden centres. It has started with Badshot Lea. Read more

An expanding membership has prompted the GCA to start the search for an additional inspector to join the current team of 3. Read more

Work has started on an extension to Selby Garden Centre in Yorkshire that is too small to be profitable.  The additions will more than double its turnover. Read more