The British Home Enhancement Trade Association (BHETA) is to hold another of its popular webinars, and will be welcoming Alan Roper, Managing Director of Blue Diamond as the speaker.  The event takes place on Tuesday 15th June at 10.30 am.

Alan will be presenting an update on the garden centre group’s trading performance, strategic direction and future plans, as well as looking at consumer and garden centre retail trends.  He will also outline specific opportunities for suppliers.

Blue Diamond is now one of the UK's largest garden centre groups having acquired seventeen garden centres from Wyevale in 2018 and 2019. They now trade from 40 locations and posted revenue of over £180m in 2019. The presentation will last 20-30 minutes, followed by a Q & A session.

This is a BHETA member-only event, but non-members supplying product in the gardening, DIY, housewares, gift and small electrical appliances sectors who would like to attend can contact Keeley Vernon, BHETA’s sector manager for DIY and garden on 07398 840418, or Seema Grantham, BHETA’s sector manager for housewares and small domestic appliances on 07946 078566.

Chief Operating Officer of BHETA, Will Jones commented, “I’m delighted that BHETA can secure fantastic garden industry speakers like Alan Roper and I know there will be a great turn out to hear him talk about Blue Diamond’s plans.  I hope all interested suppliers will book as soon as possible.” 

More details of BHETA’s events programme, which includes webinars, Meet The Buyer events and networking forums with leading retailers can also be found on the BHETA website available via the link below: