The Garden Industry Manufacturers Association (GIMA) has announced the election of Simon McArdle of Westland Horticulture as GIMA President, following its rescheduled AGM held on Friday 10th July, 2020. Following the postponement of GIMA’s March AGM due to COVID-19, a rescheduled event was held via video conferencing with 17 GIMA member companies in attendance. Following
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The Horticultural Trades Association (HTA) has announced the appointment of three new board members as non-executive directors: Jane Lawler, Lawler Associates; Vicky Nuttall, The Garden Industry Manufacturer’s Association (GIMA); and Ken White, Frosts Landscape Construction. Jane Lawler said: “Having spent my entire career in this industry, I’ve benefited enormously from the opportunities it has to
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The effects of Covid-19 were unprecedented, but so is the industry’s resolve to get back on track and thrive. Immerse yourself in any newspaper story, business forecast or press release published since Covid-19 struck and you’re likely to see the events of 2020 described as ‘unprecedented’. It is indeed highly overused, but no other adjective
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Earlier this week, the UK government confirmed that it will step in to prop up the trade credit insurance market, bringing welcome relief to GIMA members and other suppliers within the garden retail sector. Trade credit insurance is a contract bought by suppliers to make sure they get paid even if their customers default and
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There is no doubt that the continuation of the Covid-19 lockdown is placing significant and never before seen pressures on the garden retail supply chain, but the Garden Industry Manufacturer’s Association (GIMA) is issuing a call to action to retailers to ensure that cash flow continues to reach suppliers. Pre-season deliveries in January and February
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One of the most enjoyable trade exhibitions of the past few months – we being nature-loving allotment-holders, after all! – was specialist garden centre event, Glee. Not only was the show itself remarkably revitalised and buzzing with the happy atmosphere of prosperity being enjoyed by so many in the garden centre trade, but it also
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