Colin Squire OBE, Chairman Emeritus of Squire’s Garden Centres, has been awarded the prestigious Dean Hole Medal by The Rose Society UK in recognition of his work with and love of roses. The award was presented by John Anthony, Chairman of The Rose Society, in Peter Seabrook’s rose bed exhibit at BBC Gardeners’ World Live
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As activity ramps up ahead of Glee 2021, GIMA is encouraging new business and innovators to consider entering the 2021 GIMA Innovators Seed Corn Fund, with this year’s winner being unveiled at Glee, the leading annual exhibition for the garden and outdoor leisure industries (14th – 16th September, NEC Birmingham). Introduced in 2014 – and
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A recent survey of GIMA has members revealed the challenges faced by companies preparing for new packaging legislation over the next two years. The Extended Producer Responsibility Regulations (EPR) and Plastic Packaging Tax will both impact garden products business and potentially drive significant costs through increased administration and levies, not to mention the possibility of
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Selfridges has opened its first garden centres in the London, Manchester and Birmingham branches of the department store, in a bid to take a share of the booming market for all things garden related, which accelerated during lockdowns. Selfridges said it is: “Retailing plants, compost and garden gnomes alongside special and unexpected Selfridges products with
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GIMA Director, Vicky Nuttall writes: Whilst nobody can be happy to see the end of summer, autumn promises a boon for our industry as face-to-face events finally return, starting off with Glee from September 14 – 16 at the NEC. Glee is our most important trade event of the year and I’m surely not the
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There is great anticipation in the garden retail sector for the long-awaited return of Glee (14th – 16th September 2021, NEC Birmingham) as an in-person event; with suppliers and retailers set to reconnect and create new opportunities at this year’s show. Building on this excitement, the Glee team has confirmed that the 2022 event will
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