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Harrogate Christmas Fair 

Harrogate Christmas Fair 

Tuesday, 14 January 2025

What is it about Harrogate…?! Such a lovely town while the Convention Centre is rather quirky which adds a certain charm. More

GIMA Dinner & Awards 

GIMA Dinner & Awards 

Thursday, 7 November 2024

Delighted that Smart won two awards in the Growing, Planting & Equipment and Garden Lighting categories for our GroZone Perfect Propagator and Rainbow Flaming Balloon respectively. More

Financial Times

Financial Times

Wednesday, 30 October 2024

So it appears we have defied Brexit and been listed as one of Europe’s Long term Growth Champions in the Financial Times More

5 things we learnt at Glee 2023

5 things we learnt at Glee 2023

Monday, 10 July 2023

We arrived at Glee 2023 amidst ongoing celebrations for 20 years of Smart, which marks more than two decades of great customer service, top quality products and market-leading innovation. It goes without saying that we have no intention of slowing down! More

WFH

WFH

Monday, 23 November 2020

Once upon a time working from home was a relative rarity – occasionally a colleague would declare that they were going to “WFH” for a day to concentrate and have a day without being interrupted in the office.

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Exhibition-free zone

Exhibition-free zone

Tuesday, 15 September 2020

Inevitably Covid-19 has taken its toll on all exhibitions this year. More

The summer of 2020…

The summer of 2020…

Thursday, 20 August 2020

So what a strange last few months we’ve had. From staring down the barrel of little or no business in March, the last few months trading have defied all expectation. More

Garden Centre Reprieve

Garden Centre Reprieve

Friday, 8 May 2020

Great news, garden centres are allowed to re-open from 13th May. More

Covid and Lockdown

Covid and Lockdown

Friday, 27 March 2020

What an extraordinary last few weeks, culminating in a UK Lockdown. More

Yes, It’s Christmas again!

Yes, It’s Christmas again!

Sunday, 12 January 2020

It always seems slightly strange that as soon as Christmas is over and everything is packed away by 12th night…we then do the opposite and prepare for the annual Christmas Fair at Harrogate.

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