All Flowers articles – Page 72

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    Charges end for UK flowerpots

    2003-07-06T00:00:00Z

    British flowerpots will gain new status after MEPs acted to correct a blunder that had piled unnecessary charges on nurseries and garden centres.

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    Western deal done and dusted

    2003-07-03T00:00:00Z

    After protracted negotiations, Western International wholesale market can look forward to a new site. tenants will know whether there is a place for them by the midle of next week.

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    Corporation's submission to Select Committee

    2003-07-02T00:00:00Z

    Richard Adams, assistant town clerk, gave the Corporation of London's submission to the House of Common's select committee on agriculture thsi week. Read it in full.

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    Redbridge makes further UK acquisition

    2003-06-24T00:00:00Z

    Purchase of Staffordshire company Lambert Bros adds to strength to produce and flowers division.

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    Friday is Flower Day

    2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

    Redbridge Holdings has confirmed its support for the Flower Council of Holland's Friday is Flower Day.

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    Kenya Flower Day

    2003-06-18T00:00:00Z

    Kenya Flower Day (June 17) saw Erastus Mureithi, chairman of the Kenya Flower Council (KFC), announce that 2002 had been a successful year for the Kenyan flower industry but it had not come without its upheavals.

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    Guernsey industry under threat

    2003-06-13T00:00:00Z

    Producers on the island of Guernsey are facing the closure of the island's main horticultural and agricultural retail store.

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    Homegrown cuts back for efficiency

    2003-06-13T00:00:00Z

    Homegrown Produce in Kenya has made some cutbacks and is re-evaluating its product portfolio

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    Guernsey horticulture hits new low

    2003-06-11T00:00:00Z

    Statistics issued by the Committee for Horticulture show how the Guernsey horticultural industry has reduced dramatically in size

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    Herb garden opens

    2003-06-10T00:00:00Z

    The new National Garden of the Herb Society was opened on Friday at Sulgrave Manor

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    Lingarden's gardening column

    2003-06-06T00:00:00Z

    Lingarden is supporting sales of its English quality garden plants brand with the publication of a monthly garden hints column

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    Climate and currency hit supply

    2003-06-05T00:00:00Z

    Prices for imported fruit from continental Europe are spiralling upward as currency and climatic factors combine.

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    Hairyape wins award

    2003-06-03T00:00:00Z

    The fruit, vegetable and flower internet search engine www.hairyape.co.uk has won the Federation of International Trade Associations (FITA) "Really useful site" award for last month.

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    Herb Society success

    2003-06-02T00:00:00Z

    The Herb Society won two silver medals at this year's Chelsea Flower Show.

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    Palestine gears up for Gap

    2003-05-28T00:00:00Z

    A group of four Palestinian co-operatives are working towards Eurep-Gap certification by January.

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    Redbridge forges links

    2003-05-22T00:00:00Z

    One of the UK's largest producer companies Redbridge Holdings has made two important moves in the wholesale sector this week.

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    Israeli update

    2003-05-20T00:00:00Z

    Israeli summer lines are set to come on stream two weeks later than usual this year because of unseasonably cool and wet winter conditions.

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    Seventh heaven for Sainsbury's

    2003-05-20T00:00:00Z

    Sainsbury's has won its seventh consecutive gold medal at the Chelsea Flower Show.

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    NFU sets once a week challenge

    2003-05-20T00:00:00Z

    Half of Britain's adults have never received flowers according to a new survey, with just 13 per cent of 2000 interviewees lucky enough to get a bunch of flowers or a flowering pot plant even once a year.

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    Flower growers call for investigation

    2003-05-19T00:00:00Z

    Flower growers across the UK have called for an investigation by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) into claims of alleged unfair practices by leading retail chains.