Directors and staff at new Leeds Garden Centre, Tingley, hosted a special supplier and contractor lunch ahead of its opening. Guests from over 30 suppliers from building contractors through garden products manufacturers to branding experts enjoyed a relaxed lunch in the sumptuous surroundings of the botanically themed Garden Room before being given a tour of
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Furniture and barbecue sales remained positive throughout August according to the Garden Centre Association’s (GCA) Barometer of Trade (BoT) report (2022). Sales in the outdoor entertainment department were up 26.93% compared to the same month last year (2022), despite other areas flagging in the heat. GCA Chairman, Tammy Woodhouse, explains: “After the heatwave in July,
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Following the first-ever June edition of the Glee exhibition, the show’s organisers have added a new initiative as part of its ‘Power of One’ campaign, introducing the Glee ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) Initiative Award. This new award celebrates those brands that are taking great strides to positively impact these three critical areas of their
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The Garden Centre Association (GCA) is supporting a new report published by the Horticultural Trades Association (HTA) about reducing crime in garden centre retail. The report reveals how costly crime is to UK garden centres and uses psychological theory and some tactics and methods to deploy to help deter crime. Tammy Woodhouse, Chairman at the
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The Garden Centre Association has announced that Chief Executive, Iain Wiley, resigned his role on August 15, 2022 to pursue other opportunities. Iain Wylie, who has been in the position for nine years, has grown the GCA to its highest level and has overseen the development of existing benefits and the addition of new ones.
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GCA Chairman and Managing Director of Millbrook Garden Centres, Tammy Woodhouse, writes in her August 2022 column: We have been lucky as a nation recently to receive some warmer than usual weather, with temperatures hitting more than 30 degrees. However, while we do love the sunshine, it had a detrimental effect on sales at our
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