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Winners and losers this horticulture week: Hort medal winners, pots recycled, BCP concerns, centre closes

9 August 2024

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Alarm over National Living Wage projected hike

Importers brace themselves for BCP invoices + grower and Defra comment

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Garden centre closes


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