News Archive August 2023
IBMG expands roofing division with new acquisition
24 August 2023
Independent Builders Merchant Group (IBMG), the largest independent merchant group in the South of England, has acquired Roofing Gear, expanding its specialist roofing division by a further three branches and adding another £6 million turnover to ...
The Covid effect: A fifth of hybrid workers are using the working day to garden and do DIY, according to new data
22 August 2023
A fifth of Brits are guilty of gardening and doing DIY whilst working from home, according to new findings. TonerGiant surveyed 2,000 hybrid workers to find out what the UK’s workforce is really getting up to when working from home.Not only did the ...
GCA launches new GROW module on Sustainable Disease Control
21 August 2023
The Garden Centre Association (GCA) has just introduced another new module to its Garden Retail Online Workshops (GROW) e-Learning platform – this time on Sustainable Disease Control.Antony Snow, Instructional Designer for GROWWith growing public ...
Westland joins BHETA
20 August 2023
Westland Horticulture has joined BHETA. Market leader in its categories, Westland manufactures growing media, seeds, fertilisers and chemicals for the home and garden market. Based in Dungannon, County Tyrone and Huntingdon, it supplies a wide ...
GARDENA celebrates growth in the UK market
11 August 2023
Leading European watering brand, GARDENA, is celebrating continued growth across the watering and hand tools categories, after a successful spring and summer season in the UK. The UK gardening market has grown after a small decline in 2022, with the ...
Palace secures acquisition of former Norcros Adhesives brands
9 August 2023
Palace Chemicals has cemented its market-leading position in the tiling sector by acquiring several brands formerly owned by Norcros Adhesives. The move follows the collapse of Stoke-on-Trent based Norcros Adhesives earlier this year with the loss ...