Smart Garden Products announces that Caroline Holford joined the company this month from Dexam International. Ms Holford, who took up the role of trade marketing manager on October 9, brings a wealth of trade marketing experience with her. Prior to ... 

Former B&Q horticulture buyer, who left to take up a role at Dobbies, has made a return to Kingfisher this month. Kingfisher, today, confirmed that Steve Guy had joined the company as head of sales for outdoor categories.Mr Guy spent 13 years at ... 

Akzo Nobel announces today the nomination of a new Supervisory Board member; Mr. Michiel Jaski, following an extensive search process.This follows the nomination of Mrs. Sue Clark and Mr. Patrick Thomas for appointment to the Supervisory Board as ... 

An employee from the Ridgeons branch in Halesworth has raised £800 for East Anglia Children’s Hospices (EACH) by cycling more than 75 miles in one day.Roger Cox began the charity’s Ride for Life challenge in Snetterton at 6:30am on Monday 2nd ... 

Employees at BAM Construct UK stepped, cycled, kicked, bounced and ran their way through Childhood Cancer Awareness Month in September and raised £19,000 for children and young people’s cancer support charity CLIC Sargent. Hundreds of workers ... 

Briers CEO Jackie Eades has today announced that Carol Paris will be joining the board as a non-executive director.Ms Paris was previously chief executive at the Horticultural Trades Association (HTA) before stepping down from the role due to family ... 

Home Hardware Southwest has announced the appointment of Ian Lloyd, who recently joined the business as business development manager for the East of England region covering Essex, Kent, Norfolk and Suffolk.His appointment follows that of Adam ... 

Two young delegates sponsored by the Garden Centre Association (GCA) Trust to attend the 58th International Garden Centre Association (IGCA) Congress near Niagara Falls in Canada have been sharing their experiences. This year’s IGCA was attended by ... 

TIMco, one of the UK’s largest independent wholesale suppliers of screws, fixings and power tools accessories, has extended their customer facing teams by welcoming five new employees including a new position for an existing member of staff; The new ... 

Boyd Douglas-Davies, CEO of Hillview Garden Centres, was awarded the HTA Pearson Memorial Medal at the HTA Garden Futures dinner, which took place at Heythrop Park in Oxfordshire on 4 October.This award, in memory of the HTA’s first general ...