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Garden will be centre’s focus
GUERNSEY could be home to a new groundbreaking garden centre. The Blue Diamond Group has permission in principle to build a 5,000sq metre octagonal structure at its Le Friquet Garden Centre site.
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All Change As Pair Sell Garden Centre
One of Gloucestershire's most popular garden centres, Hazelfield Garden World near Newent, has been sold to a Channel Islands based company.The new owner is the Blue Diamond Group which has its headquarters in Guernsey and already owns eight other garden centres in the UK.
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SOLD! Popular Garden Centre Snapped Up
One of Gloucestershire's most popular garden centres, Hazelfield Garden World near Newent, has been sold to a Channel Islands based company.The new owner is the Blue Diamond Group which has its headquarters in Guernsey and already owns eight other garden centres in the UK.
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RETAILING THROUGH IMPACT – Todays Garden Centre (American Publication)
Exploring revolutionary ways to retail keeps Trentham Garden Centre on the cutting edge..
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ANLA
Blue Diamond flies to USA to present to an audience of ANLA members in Louisville –
Who is ANLA?
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More National Awards for Blue Diamond
The Garden Centre & Retail Awards 2006 took place on 22nd November at the London Marriott Hotel. Blue Diamond won Restaurant of the Year and finalist for Garden Centre of Year (over 5M) for Trentham Garden Centre. The awards are well deserved and congratulations to all involved.
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Management changes at Blue Diamond
Mike Vaudin will retire as managing director next summer. He will become a non-executive member of the board as Alan Roper, the current retail director, succeeds him.
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New Recycling System for Blue Diamond
Five of Blue Diamond’s garden centres have significantly reduced skip use and uptake by introducing a new waste recycling scheme, working with Mil-tek Direct Ltd.
The garden centres were skipping thousands of boxes and plastic material at considerable weekly cost. Blue Diamond considered how best to deal with the mountains of packaging boxes and process then in an environmentally conscious way. Together they decided to introduce a waste baler from Gloucestershire based Mil-tek, to process both waste cardboard and plastic.
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Blue Diamond Finalist in this year’s Horticulture Week Awards
Blue Diamond was voted finalist in this year’s Horticulture Week Awards in the Best Retail Promotion category for our verve magazine.
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Trentham Garden Centre WINS Best Garden Centre Retailer of Gifts at THE GREATS AWARDS
On Thursday 18th May THE GREATS winners for 2006 were announced at the Royal Lancaster Hotel, London. Blue Diamond's Trentham Garden Centre won Best Garden Centre Retailer of Gifts.
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Wilde about Gardening
Saturday 22nd April saw Trentham Garden Centre playing host to pop-star turned celebrity gardener Kim Wilde, who was signing copies of her latest book 'First Time Gardener'.
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BLUE DIAMOND’S TRENTHAM GARDEN CENTRE WINS
RETAIL OUTLET OF THE YEAR
“The achievements at Trentham have been nothing short of magnificent”
Horticulture Week Awards judge.
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Chris Beardshaw plants first of 500 John Peel Tulips at Springfields Gardens - home of Festival Garden Centre.
On 01.10.05 Chris Bearshaw held a workshop at Festival Garden Centre. This was followed by Chris planting the first of 500 John Peel tulips in the Springfields Horticultural Society Festival Gardens.
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