We are encouraging our members to put forward their employees for our two Rising Stars programmes taking place throughout the year (2019). We will once again be running our Rising Stars programme, sponsored by Westland Horticulture, focusing on core gardening and our new Catering Rising Stars programme, sponsored by Creed Foodservice in 2019. The application…
Staff at garden centres across the country are celebrating after receiving awards at our annual conference recently (Monday, January 21, 2019). The awards were presented to the member garden centres during a ceremony at Luton Hoo Hotel. Once again the dedication and hard work of our member garden centres has shone through and they are…
Mike Burks, who is the Managing Director of The Gardens Group, was elected as our Chairman Elect for 2020/21 during our annual conference, which took place at Luton Hoo Hotel, Luton. Mike said: “I am greatly looking forward to my chairmanship and am lucky that the GCA has been in excellent hands with current Chairman,…
Sales in outdoor plants continued to dominate other categories for a third month running in December (2018) according to our Barometer of Trade (BoT) report. Sales were up 17.73% compared to the previous year (2017). In a month where Christmas and gift sales tend to dominate the categories, it was really interesting to see that…
Retail Futurist Matthew Brown has been added to the line-up of guest speakers at our annual conference taking place this month (January 20 until 23, 2019). Matthew will be providing best practice and creative insights to delegates in order to help them improve their businesses during his talk at Luton Hoo Hotel, Luton, on Monday,…
There’s still time for garden centre and horticultural industry staff to sign up for a fundraising event being held at our annual conference this Sunday (January 20, 2019) from 4pm. Teams will compete for the Greenfingers Challenge Cup during an afternoon of ‘orse racin’ at Luton Hoo Hotel to raise money for Greenfingers, which creates…
We have added BBC broadcaster Tanya Beckett to our line-up of guest speakers at our annual conference, which will take place at Luton Hoo Hotel, Luton, next month (January 20 until 23, 2019). We’re honoured to have Tanya joining us on Tuesday, January 22 and inspiring our attendees with her talk all about business and…
Outdoor plant sales continued to grow at garden centres for the second month running in November (2018) according to our Barometer of Trade (BoT) report. Sales were up 11.69% compared to the same month last year (2017). In October we enjoyed some much milder weather, which continued into November, meaning people were able to carry…
Former Channel 4 News Economics Editor Paul Mason will be joining the star-studded roster of guest speakers at our annual conference next month (January 20 until 23, 2019). Attendees will hear from the writer, broadcaster and film-maker on Tuesday, January 22 during the conference, which will take place at Luton Hoo Hotel, Luton. Paul is…
Garden centre staff from across the country who attend our annual conference (January 20 until 23, 2019) can learn how they can become a game changer from guest speaker John Stanley. Our conference will take place at Luton Hoo Hotel, Luton and attendees will hear from John, who has been a garden centre consultant for…