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Plants: Experts urge buyers to only purchase from ‘reputable British garden centres or nurseries’

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Experts urge plant buyers to only purchase from ‘reputable British garden centres or nurseries’ to minimise the risk of introducing new pests and diseases The new warning comes from researchers with the Royal Horticultural Society Plants sold online may not have been subject to necessary checks, they said  Diseases/pests accidentally imported could damage British crops and gardens Some … Read more

Is lockdown about to get TOUGHER? Matt Hancock refuses to rule out curfews or closing nurseries

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Boris Johnson held a top-secret cabinet meeting to discuss an even-tougher lockdown with limits on exercise, compulsory mask-wearing outdoors and no more social bubbles all being floated by ministers, sources claim. The Cabinet Office refused to deny that the draconian new laws were incoming – and instead pointed to Matt Hancock’s vague statement earlier today.  The … Read more

Is lockdown about to get TOUGHER? Matt Hancock refuses to rule out curfews or closing nurseries

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Matt Hancock raised fears of an even tougher lockdown to come today as he refused to rule out a swathe of new restrictions.  The Health Secretary refused to speculate when directly asked if measures like curfews, limits to time allows outside homes and making masks compulsory outdoors might be brought in. He also ducked out … Read more

Garden centres and nurseries cheer booming sales

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Garden centres and nurseries cheering booming sales as coronavirus pandemic prompts families to spruce up their homes By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 22:03 BST, 5 October 2020 | Updated: 22:22 BST, 5 October 2020 Garden centres and nurseries are cheering booming sales as the coronavirus pandemic prompts families to spruce up their … Read more

Nurseries that charged full price during lockdown could face legal action from parents

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Nurseries, childminders and pre-schools that charged full fees during lockdown are facing mounting pressure to refund parents after an industry watchdog deemed it unfair to charge fees for services that were not provided. The Competitions and Markets Authority wrote an open letter to the early years sector this week, warning that they could face legal … Read more

Garden centres risk having to dump 200million plants if they don’t re-open soon, nurseries warn

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Ministers are under growing pressure to allow garden centres to open immediately amid warnings the lockdown will force nurseries to dump 200 million unsold plants and hand rival European firms a major advantage. Former Tory Environment Secretary Theresa Villiers said it was illogical to allow supermarket chains to sell plants and flowers, but not garden centres … Read more