Garden sector bodies strive for better data collection to build market picture
20 Jan 2012 | by Matthew Appleby
Projects to gather sales data are currently under discussion by industry bodies to help their members' business growth.
In response to safety fears over fire risks posed by Chinese lanterns, Sky Orbs has added a unique in-built fireguard to its range.
Projects to gather sales data are currently under discussion by industry bodies to help their members' business growth.
Suppliers optimistic for 2012 given outdoor plant sales at garden centres and sales to councils.
Glee is to concentrate more on core gardening in 2012 after the garden trade show saw visitor numbers fall to 11,148 in September 2011 from 13,050 in 2010.
Ofsted has graded Plumpton College as good with many outstanding features.
A Christmas tree thief who targeted Notcutts Garden Centre has been sent to prison for 18 months.
Cumbrian civil engineers R H Irving Construction have landed a £3 million contract to build a new Klondyke garden centre in Cheshire.
Massive increases to the price of posting mail in the UK will harm small business and hasten the demise of the Royal Mail, the Forum of Private Business has warned.
A new series of HTA workshops focusing on garden centre initiatives that support and connect with local and online communities is set to start at the end of January.
Waitrose's redevelopment of Garden & Leisure's Shrewsbury's Percy Thrower garden centre could create 200 jobs, plans that go on public display at the centre on 27 January reveal.


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