Staff and management at a Bradford garden centre are celebrating after securing planning permission for the next stage of their ambitious growth plans. Bradford Council's Regulatory and Appeals Committee unanimously voted to approve Tong Garden Centre's £4m plans that include a new two storey building, a new plant canopy, a bespoke
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Bradford garden centre catering supervisor reaches “final stage”
A Castleford catering supervisor who was awarded a place on a new training programme for garden centre catering staff earlier in the year has reached the final stage. Following the success of the Garden Centre Association's (GCA) Rising Stars initiative, a new programme aimed specifically at garden centre catering staff was
West Yorkshire businesses collaborate for a third Christmas experience
A Bradford garden centre is collaborating with a fellow West Yorkshire business to bring wonder to its popular Christmas Grotto. Tong Garden Centre has called on the expertise of a team of performers at Leeds based Sneaky Experience to bring their new Grotto to life for the third time. The Grotto opens
Bradford garden centre helps junior football team look the part
An award winning Bradford garden centre has made its mark on a talented junior football team by sponsoring its kit for the next two seasons. Tong Garden Centre has supported Rothwell Juniors Under-14s, who play in Division One of the Garforth League, with a smart new strip. Tong's plant buyer Steve Smith,
Garden centre staff smash their target for children’s cancer charity
Bradford garden centre renews partnership with UK’s leading tourism body
The team at Tong Garden Centre has renewed its partnership with Welcome to Yorkshire's prestigious Y30 group of Yorkshire-based businesses who work with the UK's leading tourism agency to achieve more together for the county. In the course of the last three years, Tong's owners Mark Farnsworth and Tom Megginson have
Tong Garden Centre wins hat trick of horticultural business awards
The team at a Bradford garden centre are celebrating after winning all three of the awards that it was shortlisted for in a national horticulture industry competition. Tong Garden Centre won the Garden Centre outlet of the year (large/destination), the High Growth Business of the Year and the Service Excellence Categories
Growing garden centre business appoints commercial director
A Bradford garden centre has strengthened its senior management team with a board level appointment. Sharon McNair has been promoted to the newly created position of Commercial Director as the business seeks to enter an ambitious growth phase. Respected in the industry, Sharon has worked in the sector for her entire
Yorkshire garden centre entrepreneur to speak at industry conference
The managing director of a leading Yorkshire garden centre has been invited to talk at a major horticultural industry conference in Birmingham next month. Mark Farnsworth, co-owner of Tong Garden Centre in Bradford will take part in a panel discussion at the Horticulture Week ‘Garden 360' conference at Birmingham Botanical Gardens
Tong Garden Centre shortlisted in business awards
Directors and staff at a Bradford garden centre are celebrating after being announced as finalists in the eighth annual Bradford Means Business awards. Tong Garden Centre has been shortlisted in the Job Creator category that rewards businesses that have played an outstanding role in boosting employment in the Bradford district through