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,…
Join us in our lounge area at Glee We will have a lounge area at Glee next month (September 2024) where existing members and those interested in finding out more about us can drop in. We will be in the Source Area, stand 6E10-F11, at the 50th anniversary show, which takes place in the National…
July BoT results show an ‘encouraging month’ Our July Barometer of Trade (BoT) figures out today (August 19, 2024) reveal some positive results for the month. Nine of the recorded 13 categories, when compared to July 2023, were up, according to data submitted by our member garden centres. Good increase Peter Burks, our CEO, says:…
New Mental Health & Wellbeing course released on GROW A new Mental Health & Wellbeing course has been launched this month on our Garden Retail Online Workshops (GROW) e-Learning platform (August 2024). This is the 94th course to be added and it’s available to all our member garden centres and their teams, and to Horticultural…
We’re attending the 52nd Four Oaks Trade Show this September We’ve signed up to attend the Four Oaks Trade Show next month and will be available to meet current and potential new members at the event (September 2024). The show takes place on Tuesday, September 3 and Wednesday, September 4 in Cheshire. Education Zone We’re…
June’s BoT figures are out! Our June Barometer of Trade (BoT) figures are out today showing once again catering and food sales at the top but there are other positives too (July 22, 2024). Eight of the recorded 13 categories, when compared to June 2023, were up, according to data submitted our member garden centres.…