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Reader Panel - How can more young people be enticed into horticulture?

27 Apr 2012

A recent survey by the RHS showed that 70 per cent of 18-year-olds do not think that horticulture is a career of which to be proud, while warning that there is a "looming skills crisis" in the sector, which has vacancies that it cannot fill. Conference attendees gave their views on how to get more young...

Reader Panel - What will be the effect of last week's Budget on your sector?

30 Mar 2012

HW asked industry figures whether chancellor George Osborne's Budget last week was a positive or negative for them.

Reader Panel - How do you think the all-party group is placed for 2012?

10 Feb 2012

The All-Party Parliamentary Gardening & Horticulture Group (APPGHG) is boosting the number of events that it plans in 2012 to engage politicians in green space and horticulture. We asked key figures in the group about prospects for the coming year.

Is there a demand for garden products to be certified as organic?

20 May 2011

Certification of sustainable products has been suggested as an answer to consumer confusion surrounding labelling? We asked industry figures for their views ahead of the Garden Organic conference on the issue.

What will the spending review mean for horticulture?

15 Oct 2010

- Brian Donohoe MP, secretary, All-Party Parliamentary Group on Horticulture and Gardening "Nothing but badness. Given what they are doing to other industries I wouldn't hold out any hope. The good work they (quangos) have done has to be protected. I don't go for quangos per se - I'd rather have...

How can the industry maintain veg seed sales?

20 Aug 2010

HW polled staff at the Mr Fothergills open day in Newmarket.

What impact has a strong euro had on your buying?

25 Sep 2009

HW polled customers at the Greenfingers sample fair

Why does horticultural R&D matter so much to the UK's growers?

14 May 2009 | by Jack Sidders

Sarah Fairhurst, HR manager, Porters Horticultural, and chairman, BPOA "At the moment R D is vital to our business to en-sure that pests and diseases are controlled, especially in the face of Europe's change of the pesticide laws. "We desperately need to make sure that we develop new weapons to protect...

Should Gardeners' World Live join the food and home sectors?

19 Jun 2008

HW polled exhibitors on the show's efforts to broaden its offering to include food, homes, BBC Countryfile and beer.

Are you concerned about the economic outlook?

10 Jan 2008

YES "A lot of our product goes into the new-build house market. There are problems in that sector now because they've been building them and there's been demand for them and now no one can afford to buy them. "I don't know if that will have an impact on other areas of the market. But the commercial...

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