Global Consultancy Director Josh McBain will be offering our members an insight into ‘The Future of Garden Retailing’ at our 2024 Conference in January (January 28 until 31, 2024). Josh is our first speaker to take to the podium on Monday, January 29 and will illuminate attendees with his predictions for garden centres – the…
Our GROW (Garden Retail Online Workshops) e-Learning platform In-Store Security course has been launched just in time for the busy Christmas sales period (November 2023). With most retailers seeing an increase in thefts, resulting in significant money being lost each year, this course has been written to help prevent those losses. Rise in retail crime…
Those who book before November 30 for the event, which takes place at the De Vere Cotswold Water Park Hotel near Cirencester, Gloucestershire, will benefit from a 10% discount. Booking now open Our CEO, Peter Burks, says: “We wanted to let everyone know that booking is now open, earlier than normal, via our members’ section…
Our members will hear from an adventurer, serial entrepreneur and former Chief Finance Officer on how to ‘Be More Human’ at our 2024 annual conference in the Cotswolds (Sunday, January 28 until Wednesday, January 31, 2024). Caspar Craven, who has sailed around the world twice and is a prominent expert on leadership and the role…
Our September Barometer of Trade (BoT) figures have just been released and they show it was a ‘good month’ for our members with an already ‘strong’ start to Christmas sales (2023). Our BoT saw an uplift in nearly all the 13 categories recorded at member garden centres and also revealed a positive year-to-date variance of…
Booking is now open for our annual conference next January (2024) and we’re revealing our 21st century themes and top-quality speaker line-up too. Our conference, which takes place at De Vere Cotswold Water Park Hotel near Cirencester from Sunday, 28th until Wednesday, 31st January, has ‘The Future of Garden Retailing’ as its main theme. Informative,…
The British Beekeepers’ Association (BBKA) is calling on the public to help fight a major threat to honey bees and other pollinators – Asian hornets. Numbers of the destructive insect are rising rapidly this summer and more have been detected in the UK this year than in the previous six years combined. BBKA Chair, Diane…
Our August Barometer of Trade (BoT) figures have revealed an ‘excellent month’ with members seeing an uplift in 11 of the 13 categories recorded (2023). Out this week, our BoT also highlighted a positive year-to-date variance of +1.13% for member garden centres. Encouraging result Peter Burks, our Chief Executive, explains: “August was an excellent month…
We’ve just released July’s Barometer of Trade (BoT) figures and they show our members continued to perform well – despite the weather being against them (2023). We also recorded a positive year-to-date variance of +1.03% and member garden centres saw an uplift in nine of the 13 BoT categories. Remarkably well Our Chief Executive, Peter…
We’ve just introduced another new module to our Garden Retail Online Workshops (GROW) e-Learning platform – this time on Sustainable Disease Control. With growing public environmental awareness, it’s designed to provide garden centre staff with the knowledge they need to help customers prevent and treat plant diseases in a more sustainable way. More natural approach…