Congratulations to Natalie and her Christmas jumpers
Congratulations to Natalie Porter who raised £2500 by publishing photos of herself each day on social media wearing a different Christmas jumper. Read more
Congratulations to Natalie and her Christmas jumpers
Congratulations to Natalie Porter who raised £2500 by publishing photos of herself each day on social media wearing a different Christmas jumper. Read more
Team changes at Hozelock
After over 25 years with Hozelock, Head of UK Sales, Peter Martin is retiring from the leading gardening business. Read more
elho demonstrates continued growth, innovation, and excellent customer support
As a year of unprecedented challenges across all industries draws to a close, elho continues to grow and further its reputation as one of the leading synthetic container suppliers in the UK. Read more
Ames emerges from lockdown with a new CEO and new Board
Paul North became the new MD of Ames in March and set about building a platform to double sales with a new Leadership Board. Read more
Haskins promotes Andrew Harriss to buying director
Andrew Harriss, who has worked at Haskins Garden Centres for over 14 years, will join the Board of Directors as buying director. Read more
Garden Media Guild awards
This year’s horticultural ‘Oscars’, the Garden Media Guild Awards celebrate the nation taking up gardening in 2020. Read more
Tong wins Outstanding Employer award
The team at Tong Garden Centre are celebrating after winning the Outstanding Employer award at the 15th annual Yorkshire Post Excellence in Business awards. Read more
Bjorn Leurs joins Aquaja as its new Production & Process Manager
Aquaja is pleased to announce that as of the 1st of October, Bjorn Leurs has been appointed as its new Production & Process Manager. Read more
Team expansion at Provender Nurseries
Provender Nurseries strengthen their online presence with the newly appointed Online Sales Manager, Lizzy Patterson. Read more
Smart welcomes new National Accounts Manager
Smart Garden Products has expanded its National Account team with the addition of Louise Gibbs. Read more
Darlac appoints business development manager
Darlac, the Cutting Tools Experts, are delighted to announce the arrival of Luke Finnegan as Business Development Manager to help drive the company sales growth. Read more
Blue Diamond reorganises its garden buying team
Blue Diamond has reorganised its category management team for gardening following the departure of 3 buyers, to give it a more commercial focus says Alan Roper. Read more
Tong appoints project manager for Food Hall makeover
Former Nestlé Senior Commercial Manager, Sarah Dwyer will work with the team at Tong to deliver a new Food Hall experience that will create at least 10 new jobs. Read more
Baytree Garden Centre celebrate 50 years
Reinhard and Vonnie Beihler celebrate Baytree 50 years growing from a stall at the side of the road to the largest independent garden centre in the region. Read more
Smart Garden Products keeps on growing!
Despite a challenging few months managing the impact of “Covid”, Smart Garden Products announce two new appointments. Sulie Turner and Leigh Martin have joined as Marketing Executive and Category Manager respectively. Read more
Tim Jeffries retires from Mr Fothergill's
Tim Jeffries, commercial director of Mr Fothergill’s is leaving at the end of this month. Read more
Tony Robson scoops ‘Sales Agent of the Year’ award
It is record breaking time at Garland Products where Tony Robson scooped the ‘Sales Agent of the Year’ award for the third time, during a year when the company has already achieved an unprecedented £2 million sales growth. Read more
Meet the new Managing Director for AMES UK
AMES UK appointed Paul North to the role of Managing Director for their UK and Ireland business in early 2020, but within 3 weeks of starting his new role, Paul faced the monumental challenges of a global pandemic and a national lockdown. Read more
Floramedia staff news
With the recent appointment of Amy Todd Floramedia continues to strengthen its Account Manager team. Read more
JDA join forces with Marissa's Garden & Gift
JDA are once again growing their portfolio of Principals. JDA have been in business now for 10 years, predominately selling / supplying the garden centre industry with giftware, sundries and quirky unique ranges, both classic and contemporary. Read more
BBC Essex sacks Ken Crowther
Award winning gardening broadcaster Ken Crowther has been sacked by BBC Essex managing editor Lou Birt. Read more
Change at the top for Highfield Garden World
Gloucestershire’s leading independent garden centre has strengthened its management team with the appointment of a new board member. Read more
Josh Forster is a winner in ProLandscaper’s 30 under 30
Green-tech has announced that one of their team has been named as a winner in the Pro Landscaper ‘30 under 30’ - The Next Generation Initiative. Read more
New leadership team at Crocus
A new Leadership Team has been established at Crocus as part of the Company’s 5 year plan. Mayank Shukla, Caroline Linger and Harsh Shah have become director. Read more
Steve Harper joins Southern Trident
Southern Trident significantly strengthens its senior team with the appointment of Steve Harper as their new CEO. Read more
Azpects creates retail division
Azpects Ltd is pleased to welcome Geoff Seddon and Rebecca Cox to create the company’s retail division. Read more
Paul Sykes departs Apta after a decade of growth
Paul Sykes, Managing Director of Apta, has left the company that he owned prior to November 2019 when it was acquired by Ames. Read more
Stuart Whalley joins Rosebourne
Stuart Whalley has joined Rosebourne from Blue Diamond. Gill Ormrod former HTA communications manager will also be joining the group next month. Read more
Expanding Provender Nurseries team roles to encompass biosecurity
Provender Nurseries prides itself on having stringent procedures in place for managing incoming stock and plant health and to reflect this Provender Nurseries are changing their Nursery managers role to encompass biosecurity procedures now in place through the industry. Read more
Richard Kay from Green-tech voted in as National Chairman of the BALI Board
On Thursday 10th September Richard Kay of Green-tech was voted in as the National Chairman of the BALI Board of Directors at their National Annual General Meeting, which was held online for the first time in BALI’s 48-year history. Read more