BTME Prevew 2012
13 Jan 2012 | by Sally Drury
This year's exhibition will feature more than 150 exhibitors. Sally Drury picks some of the highlights.
Exhibitor numbers are up this year thanks to overseas suppliers looking to export and innovation from smaller firms, Gavin McEwan discovers.
This year's exhibition will feature more than 150 exhibitors. Sally Drury picks some of the highlights.
Manufacturers are endeavouring to hold prices as their costs continue to rise sharply, Sally Drury finds.
Taking a long view on decisions despite the downturn will build a stronger business, says Leslie Kossoff.
Demand is already high but better display and marketing 'stories' could boost sales further of these hardy herbacious plants, writes Graham Clarke.
Peter Burks becomes chair of the Garden Centre Association as a new chief executive beds in and he hopes the two can boost membership and unite the industry, he tells Matthew Appleby.
With Government targets to ban peat-based compost sales by 2020 and commercial use by 2030, suppliers and retailers are continuing to develop new strategies, Matthew Appleby reports.
Trade was good for growers and stores in 2011, says Matthew Appleby.
Christmas sales are crucial for retailers and garden centres pull out all the stops, as Natalie Littlewood discovers.
January GCA figures released in January saw garden centre sales up two per cent overall in 2010 after a snow-hit December. VAT increases from 17.5 per cent to 20 per cent came in on 31 January. Haskins spent 3m on its restaurant at Southampton. Which? And Garden Organic criticised garden...
Click
to remove filters


NEWS: Senior parks staff exodus sparks alarm across capital
RETAIL: Garden centres look to supermarkets
MARKET REPORT: Ride-on mowers
INTERVIEW: Cruickshank Botanic Garden curator Mark Paterson
EDIBLES: Brassica conference news round-up
Latest Tenders
Contract for the Supply of Horticultural Machinery & Equipment
Sunderland City Council
CONTRACTS FOR THE SUPPLY OF PARKS
MAINTENANCE AND TREES MAINTENANCE
Wandsworth Borough Council