Customer service guru to speak at conference CREATOR and author of Celebrity Service and Celebrity Service Superstars and Forbes named ‘Game Changer’ Geoff Ramm will be presenting at our conference in Reading this month (January 26 until 29, 2025). Not to be missed Geoff, who is a world-renowned speaker on customer service, will be taking…
Member garden centres enjoy a ‘much better finish to the year’ Our November Barometer of Trade (BoT) results published today (December 18, 2024) show ‘a much better finish to the year,’ according to our CEO Peter Burks. It was found from the figures submitted by member garden centres for the month, when compared to November…
Collective imagination champion to speak at conference Author of ‘From What Is to What If’ and collective imagination champion Rob Hopkins is speaking at our annual conference in Reading this January (January 26 until 29, 2025). Rob, who is the co-founder of Transition Network and Transition Town Totnes and author of several books including ‘The Transition Handbook’…
Inter-Generational Diversity Expert key speaker at our conference Inter-Generational Diversity Expert Henry Rose Lee will be speaking at our conference at De Vere Wokefield Estate Reading this January (January 26 until 29, 2025). Henry will be presenting to members on Monday, January 27 on the topic of ‘Generational Diversity & Inclusion – Working with Future…
Leading economist revealed as a key speaker at our 2025 conference Leading economist Roger Martin-Fagg will be speaking at our 58th annual conference at De Vere Wokefield Estate Reading this January (January 26 until 29, 2025). Roger, who specialises in making economics accessible for everyone, will be presenting to members on Tuesday, January 28 to…
Our 2024 Christmas display competition winners Garsons Garden Centre Esher (Destination Garden Centre category), Castle Gardens (Garden Centre) and Pughs Wenvoe (Local Garden Centre) have been announced as the national winners of our Gisela Graham-sponsored annual Christmas competition (December 2024). The garden centres were judged to have the best festive displays in the country by…
Our members are being invited to put together their marketing campaigns to enter our prestigious annual Worrall Cup competition (December 2024). We’ll be awarding a cup to the garden centre with the best marketing initiative during our 2025 annual conference in January. Most creativity Our CEO, Peter says: “Our member garden centres demonstrate some great…
Vote now open Associate Member of the Year 2024 Our garden centre members are being asked to vote for their Associate Member of the Year 2024 – with the winner revealed at our annual conference in January (January 26 until 29, 2025). The award recognises companies or individuals that have contributed to the success of…
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…