October BoT reveals a ‘encouraging’ figures for members Our October Barometer of Trade (BoT) figures out today show ‘an encouraging set of figures’ (November 20, 2024). From the results entered by our member garden centres for the month, it was revealed, when compared to October 2023, that nine of the 13 categories recorded were up.…
London Retail Safari at 2025 Conference Our annual conference in January will start with a bespoke Retail Safari in London led by a well-known Retail Futurist whose clients have included Marks & Spencer (November 2024). The Safari represents the launch event for our 2025 Conference, which takes place at De Vere Wokefield Estate, Reading, from…
GROW offers new course on workplace sexual harassment Our Garden Retail Online Workshops (GROW) e-Learning platform is offering a new course to help recognise and prevent workplace sexual harassment (November 2024). Available to all GCA member garden centres and their teams and to Horticultural Trades Association (HTA) garden centres too, this is the 95th course…
Booking goes live for our 2025 GCA conference – main theme & charity day revealed We’ve launched the overarching theme for our next annual conference and have declared booking now open for the event (November 2024) ‘The Unique Garden Centre Experience’ is the main theme of our 2025 Conference, which takes place at De Vere…
Booking is now open for our annual conference in January 2025 and we’re revealing our 21st Century themes and top-quality speaker line-up too. Please use the link below to book hotel and options. Our conference takes place at De Vere Wokefield Estate, Reading from Sunday, 26th until Wednesday, 29th January 2025. Our Chairman for 2024/25,…
Catering sizzles & Christmas sparkles in September’s BoT Catering served up the best results for September according to our latest Barometer of Trade (BoT) figures. Seven of the 13 categories logged were up in the figures submitted by our garden centre members when compared to September 2023; with the year-to-date variance up 0.91%. Growth Our…
Our Westland Horticulture-sponsored Rising Stars finalists FOUR individuals from member garden centres have been announced as finalists in our Rising Stars programme sponsored by Westland Horticulture (October 2024). The staff were put forward by their garden centres for the scheme and took part in a series of workshops during 2024. Our finalists GCA inspector, Gordon…
Free retail security webinar for members Three retail security specialists will speak to members at a free webinar on the topic next month (November 2024). The online event will be chaired by Tammy Woodhouse from Millbrook Garden Centres and takes place on Wednesday, November 13 from 3-4.30pm. Informative & useful Peter Burks, our Chief Executive,…
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A ‘buoyant’ August for members Our August Barometer of Trade (BoT) figures out today (October 1, 2024) show some ‘really strong’ results. From the figures submitted by our member garden centres for the month, it was revealed that 12 of the 13 categories recorded were up, when compared to August 2023. Strong August Our CEO,…