Following an imposed year off in 2020, the Garden Industry Manufacturers Association, GIMA, is pleased to confirm that its annual awards evening will be making its highly-anticipated return on November 11th, 2021. Taking place at the ever-popular Celtic Manor Resort, this year’s event will be a night to remember, celebrating not just a return to
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GIMA – the trade association that represents a wide range of companies supplying consumer products to the UK’s gardeners – has launched the industry’s first ‘Plastic Packaging Pledge’. The pledge is in response to the global impact of plastic packaging usage and the potential environmental damage this packaging can cause as a result of incorrect
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Garden Industry Manufacturers Association (GIMA) director, Vicky Nuttall, writes. The good news for 2021 is despite all the challenges we are currently faced with, there are clear signs that we are in for a buoyant season in the months ahead. An early Easter, coupled with a keen – and rapidly expanding – consumer base, will
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GIMA Director, Vicky Nuttall writes As a year of turmoil draws to a close, it’s important to reflect on the outstanding achievements our industry has made in the face of the worst global health and economic crisis of our lifetime. Despite challenges that, this time last year, would have been unimaginable, I am immensely proud
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Retailers must place pre-season orders without delay or the spectre of stock shortages risks making a comeback in 2021, writes Garden Industry Manufacturers Association (GIMA) director, Vicky Nuttall. Close collaboration between suppliers and retailers has always forged a pathway to success, and in the absence of a crystal ball to predict how the Covid-19 pandemic
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The events of the past six months have bombarded garden retail and its supply chain with challenges of a severity that we never expected to face during our lifetimes. While the garden trade has united and worked together like never before, regular communication between retailers and suppliers remains critical to overcoming the unprecedented hurdles that
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