All Flowers articles – Page 43
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ArticleBumblebee battle commences
Sainsbury’s and Syngenta have joined forces in a nationwide project for growers dubbed operation bumblebee.
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ArticleEveryday low pricing? That's not NFU pricing
As supermarkets continue their domestic price war, the NFU has hit out at one major chain for potentially putting the industry in jeopardy.
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Plantlife criticises stewardship
Only one field in 500 in England is being managed in the best way for the UK’s wildflower heritage to survive, according to enviro-charity Plantlife.
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ArticlePesticide importer wins appeal
A Worcestershire pesticide importer was found not guilty on appeal against 11 charges of importing illegal pesticides in a case at Shrewsbury Crown by Defra.
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ArticleDesperate for change
Manchester’s New Smithfield Market has been in a state of limbo since the wholesale market’s redevelopment plans were announced. Nine years on, the master plan has been finalised and the council is confident that a developer will be appointed at the end of this year. The market’s traders have met this news with a mixed response, but everyone seems to agree on one thing - change is necessary. Elizabeth O’Keefe reports.
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ArticleTake-off for airfreight facility Manchester
Pangaean Ltd’s new airfreighted perishables handling and distribution centre has opened at Manchester Airport. The centre is the only one of its kind outside London in the UK, and is now offering fresh produce companies in the North West the same opportunities as those located in the South. Elizabeth O’Keefe met John Crofts, managing director of Pangaean, at Manchester’s World Freight Terminal to find out how he is bridging the gap between the North and South of the country.
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ArticleNew phase for Arndale Market
After three and a half years in planning, the new Manchester Arndale Market opened in September last year. Elizabeth O’Keefe went to investigate what fresh produce the Manchester City Council’s “original market experience” has to offer.
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Online retail sales surge set to continue
Online retailing has spiralled since the Millennium, and new research by PricewaterhouseCoopers suggests we ‘ain’t seen nothing yet. Food is one of the three key drivers of online sales figures, and the value of the online market could reach as much as £35 billion by 2011, as shoppers young and old log in rather than going out.
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Climate control system unveiled in Canada
Canadian IT specialist Climate Control Systems Inc has launched its new Climate Manager product, a climate control computer 25 years in the making.
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Midnight in the garden of good and evil
It’s midnight. Alan Titchmarsh wears a black balaclava, grits a penlight torch between his teeth. In his hands: a succession of jet-black spades and trowels. “Charlie,” he whispers, “Hand me those begonias…”
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HTA will go carbon-neutral
The HTA plans to set a positive example to the industry by and staging the first carbon neutral conference in the sector.
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ArticleCaldecourt replaces Richardson at F&PA
Flowers and Plants Association chief executive Veronica Richardson will be retiring at the end of months following more than 20 years of work in the industry, to be replaced by Andrea Caldecourt.
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IPM Essen 08 details announced
Organisers of the IPM Essen ornamental show have announced details of next year’s event.
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ArticleWhat did UK horticulture gain from Tony Blair?
Tony Blair left Number 10 this week after a decade in Britain’s top job. During that time a considerable number of changes and challenges have affected the horticulture sector in this country. Ray Vale looks back at the last ten years and reflects on what Blair’s government did for the industry.
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Queen honours horticulturists
RHS patron the Queen will today present the Victoria Medal of Honour, the highest award that the society can offer, to four recipients at the official opening of the Glasshouse at RHS Wisley.
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Colegrave gears up for summer
Ball Colegrave is to host fresh trials at its West Adderbury site this summer.
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ArticleM&S reassures Kenyan producers
Marks & Spencer has reassured fresh produce exporters from Kenya that it will not cut imports.
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ArticleAll change at F&PA
A number of staff changes will be happening at the Flowers and Plants Association at the end of the month.
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Ethical floristry alternative extended in UK
Following the introduction of Fair Flowers Fair Plants products in Germany and France last year, the brand is now being extended in the UK.
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ArticleHunter ups Dobbies stake
Folllowing Tesco’s prospective leap into the garden centre world, Wyvale’s Sir Tom Hunter appears to be doing his best to stop the supermarket behemoth.