Domestic growth aids landscapers' commercial fall
25 May 2012 | by Jez Abbott
Landscapers blame recession and eurozone troubles as commercial projects suffer but domestic work continues to grow.
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Landscapers blame recession and eurozone troubles as commercial projects suffer but domestic work continues to grow.
Growers exhibiting at Chelsea said they have not been deterred from expansion next year by the poor business in April and May.
Landscape contractors are being squeezed out by general builders who are being asked by clients to tack on greenery to their construction projects, a sector leader has warned.
B&M Stores senior garden centre buyer Nigel Press has said garden centres are growing fast for the dis- count chain.
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Barfoots of Botley has applied to build a new 1,000sq m cold store at its Pagham site in West Sussex.
Terra Firma chairman Guy Hands has spoken out about his £276m purchase of Garden Centre Group this spring.
M&G Investments, the asset manager, has renewed its sponsorship of the Chelsea Flower Show for a further two years until 2014.
Plants & Gardens, the holding company for the RHS Chelsea Flower Show stalwart Peter Dowle Plants & Gardens, is going into voluntary liquidation.



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