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NEWS CENTRE British Garden Centres arrives in Nottinghamshire
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ritish Garden Centres (BGC) has announced the arrival of the group’s 59th arden centre. i er ans Garden Centre of Woodborough, Nottingham joined BGC on Monday 14 e ruary . s with all the centres in the group, this centre will also carry a local name so will be renamed Woodborough Green arden entre. Phillippa Stubbs, director of BGC South says: “We have known the site for many years and admired the way the Timmermans family have developed its strong reputation for quality plants, a wonderful restaurant and a great family shopping e perience. We are loo in forward to working with the team to develop the business further and build on its herita e.
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Timmermans Garden Centre has developed over the last 30 years into one of the leading garden centres in ottin ha shire. In recent years, Sophie and Greg Timmermans-Delves have invested in the centre and restaurant. ollowin an extensive refurbishment programme in 2011, the team went on to be named 2016 Garden Centre of the Year at the Garden Retail and arden ndustry wards. Sophie says: “We thought long and hard about who should become the next custodians. We are deli hted that our team is joining the fa ily. s we e ar on a new adventure, we are con dent that the centre will flourish and continue to serve the good people of ottin ha shire well. britishgardencentres.com
Garden Centre Retail April/May 2022
Coolings becomes an Employee Ownership Trust
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oolings Nurseries has announced that 75% of the third-generation company has been signed over to an Employee Ownership Trust (EOT), with staff across its four sites in Kent and East Sussex set to ene t. Paul Coolings says: “We had already planned a meal at The House of Commons to celebrate successful navigation of the COVID pandemic and now we have an extra reason to raise a lass. In speeches, former shareholders David Cooling and Gary Carvosso paid tribute to Michael & Shirley Cooling who both passed away efore the pande ic. t was Michael who took on the half acre Chislehurst site from his father in the 1960s and de eloped it into a pro ta le business before relocating to the now famous 14-acre site in
noc holt in . Paul Cooling, who retains a 25% shareholding, praised the executive directors for guiding the business since their last celebration at the House of Commons in recognition of the company’s centenary in . ac then we had two sites, just over 100 employees and sales of around . ow we have four sites, nearly 200 employees and sales well over . n addressin the tea regarding the EOT he said: ou e earned it . Coinciding with the change of ownership, Gary Carvosso now becomes chairman, Paul Cooling takes up the new role of vice chairman and Dwayne Ross becomes ana in director. an a on is production and operations director, and David Cooling has now left the usiness. www.coolings.co.uk
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