Sinclair has been awarded 2009 Supplier of the Year jointly with Farplants by the Klondyke Group. At Glee, the Klondyke Group demonstrated what makes a good supplier and a good relationship for retailers through its prestigious awards. Using the collective experience of 24 garden centres, the awards revealed what makes suppliers attractive to retailers; stock availability and delivery times topped the list of award-winning requirements. William Sinclair Holdings Ltd and Farplants were commended for reliability and promptness.

Following a year where warm, wet conditions have seen rampant weed growth, Vitax launch their new Finalsan Ultima Weedkiller Concentrate, to give unwelcome grass, weeds, moss and algae a run for their money. Fast acting, (it works within hours), effective in both warm and cool weather, Finalsan Ultima keeps working, suppressing regrowth long after the original problem has been solved. Biodegradable, Finalsan Ultima owes its rapid but long term effect to a unique combination of active ingredients pelargonic acid and maleic hydrazide. Once the spray has dried on treated areas they are safe for children and pets, and with a coverage of 30 sq metres per pack Finalsan Ultima goes a long way.

UK Point Of Sale Limited is launching an Independent Point-of-Sale Starter kit, which available from 10th October 2009, offers smaller Independents a ‘one size fits all', cost effective starter pack. The specially collated kit has been designed as part of the manufacturers' 20 year celebrations and as a result will be available with a special introductory discount until the end of the year.

More than ever, it's imperative that manufacturers deliver products that perform. An excellent example of this is Aftercut, a brand that can be trusted on its results. To keep this momentum going, Westland are giving their leading lawncare brand new and improved performance to deliver a product consumers can continue to believe in. New improved Aftercut will deliver even quicker visible results while further cutting down the time spent looking after the lawn. It's new formulation has been developed for superior greening and growth control. Trials show that new Aftercut dramatically increased the greening of the lawn after days while significantly reducing overall lawn maintenance.

Vital Earth whose well-established green credentials are based on a core range made from recycled garden waste is the only one-stop-shop for 100% natural, 100% sustainable and 100% UK-sourced green gardening products.

Vital Earth manufactures an extensive range of high performance, environmentally-kind, organic, peat-free composts by recycling 90,000 tonnes of garden and food waste which would otherwise go to landfill.

Smart Solar is a leading supplier of solar powered garden products including decorative and security lighting; water features and birdbaths; aquatic pumps and oxygenators.

As solar specialists, Smart Solar's product development team is at the very forefront of solar technology innovations. Smart Solar's range of solar birdbaths and fountains offer a neat, wireless solution to having a powered water feature in the garden.

Cadbury Garden and Leisure boasts seven stores across the UK, was this the first one to be established and if so when?

The Bristol store was indeed the first, receiving new buildings and a re-fit in 2000. The others soon followed.