Media Centre
Below you can find the media contact for your specific inquiry. We trust you will appreciate that these phone numbers are intended only for journalists.
YGC GROUP
Tong Garden Centre
Tong Lane
Bradford
BD4 0RY
0113 285 3506
LATEST NEWS
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WE’VE SMASHED OUR FUNDRAISING TARGET FOR YORKSHIRE AIR AMBULANCE!
The team at Yorkshire Garden Centres is proud to share the news that we raised over £24,000 for our Charity of the Year, Yorkshire Air Ambulance.
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WE’VE WON AN AWARD IN THE INAUGURAL YORKSHIRE SUSTAINABILITY EXCELLENCE AWARDS
We’re proud to share the news that we won the SME Business category at the inaugural Yorkshire Sustainability Excellence Awards.
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WE BEAT INDUSTRY GIANTS TO WIN A NATIONAL PEOPLE AND CULTURE AWARD FOR A SECOND TIME!
We’re delighted to share the news that we won the Retail Company of the Year Award at the British HR Awards that took place in London on 16th April.
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WE’VE BEEN SHORTLISTED FOR TWO NATIONAL HR AWARDS
We’re thrilled to share the news that we have reached the finals of both the Best HR Team of the Year and the ESG Program of the Year categories of the UK Company Culture Awards.
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CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR PROMOTION, DAVE!
We’re excited to share the news that Bingley Garden Centre has a new centre manager, Dave Denton.
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CELEBRATE THE ARRIVAL OF SPRING WITH US FOR OUR SPECIAL LAUNCH WEEKEND
Join us to herald the arrival of spring with a weekend of activities and promotions at Tong, Tingley, Otley and Bingley Garden Centres next month.
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WE’RE DELIGHTED TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE’RE BRANCHING OUT INTO NORTH YORKSHIRE
We’re pleased to share the news that we are to operate two more sites in Yorkshire. The two Dean’s Garden Centre sites at York and Scarborough will be added to our family of sites at Tong, Tingley, Otley and Bingley.
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OUR ‘KINDNESS POT’ HAS WON A NATIONAL MARKETING AWARD
We’re over the moon to share the news that our ‘Kindness Pot’ initiative has won a national marketing award.
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WE’VE PROMOTED FROM WITHIN FOR OUR NEW COMMERCIAL PLANT MANAGER ROLE
We’re pleased to share the news that we have created a new group role in the plants department of our growing business and we have filled it by promoting an existing team member.
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GRASS HOPPERS’ GRINCHMAS PARTIES RAISED OVER £2,000 FOR OUR CHARITY OF THE YEAR
The Grass Hoppers teams at Tong and Tingley Garden Centres are celebrating after the ‘Grinchmas’ playtime parties that they hosted two in their respective Grass Hoppers soft play centres raised over £2,000 for Yorkshire Air Ambulance.
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WE’VE REACHED THE NEXT LEVEL IN SUSTAINABILITY TRAINING
We’re proud to announce that we achieved the bronze level of a national sustainability accreditation after we became the first garden centre group in the country to accredit our own Carbon Literacy Training.
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GEORGIA IS THE FIRST TO ENJOY SANTA’S NEW INTERACTIVE GROTTO AT OTLEY GARDEN CENTRE
Georgia Womersley was invited to be the first person to experience the new Santa’s Grotto at Otley Garden Centre after her Mum, Laura Machell, won our social media competition to be the first to experience the new, interactive grotto.
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IT’S ALL HAPPENING AT TINGLEY GARDEN CENTRE’S ICE RINK
Our new ice rink at Tingley Garden Centre may have only been open for a few weeks, but in the short time since it opened, we’ve experienced two very exciting events.
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WE’VE WON AN AWARD FOR OUR COMMUNITY INITIATIVES
The team at Yorkshire Garden Centres is celebrating after our community initiatives at all four sites have been rewarded with a regional business award.
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MEET THE GRINCH AT OUR SPECIAL CHARITY PLAY SESSIONS
The Grass Hoppers team at both Tong and Tingley Garden Centres have launched ‘Grinchmas’ playtime parties as part of our fundraising campaign for Yorkshire Air Ambulance.
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WE’VE WON A NATIONAL SUSTAINABLE CATERING AWARD
We’re super happy and proud to share the news that we have won the Sustainability award at the 2023 Garden Centre Catering Awards.
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MISSION OUT HAS REACHED THE FINAL OF A REGIONAL TOURISM AWARD
The team at Mission Out at Tingley Garden Centre is celebrating after reaching the final of the Newcomer award in the 2023 Yorkshire Post Tourism Awards.
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JOIN US AT OTLEY GARDEN CENTRE FOR NEW SANTA EXPERIENCES
Join us here at Otley Garden Centre to celebrate Christmas with style this year! We’ve got Santa’s Grotto, breakfast with Santa, donkey rides, seasonal menus, Santa’s magical post box, singing princesses and elf antics.
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THE EXCITEMENT IS BUILDING AT BINGLEY GARDEN CENTRE THIS CHRISTMAS
Join us at Bingley Garden Centre this Christmas for a host of family activities, including Breakfast with Santa, children’s Christmas Crafternoons, a singing reindeer and a Christmas treasure hunt throughout the centre.
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JOIN US FOR OUR FIRST EVER WREATH-MAKING WORKSHOP
One of the things we love about Christmas is a fresh wreath hanging on the front door as the excitement around Christmas builds.
Did you know that you don’t have to be a creative genius to create your own fabulous wreath?
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WE’RE CELEBRATING A TRIPLE SHORTLIST SUCCESS!
We’re super proud to share the news that we have been shortlisted in the Community, Sustainability and Medium Business categories of the 18th annual Yorkshire Post Excellence in Business Awards.
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JOIN US AT OUR PUMPKIN PATCHES AT TONG AND TINLEY GARDEN CENTRES
When you come along for a proper autumn playtime, you will have the option to pick your own pumpkin to take home and will be given a stencil to help you carve a design in your chosen size of pumpkin.
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CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WINNERS OF THE YORKSHIRE BLOGGER AWARDS
As you will know, our community is at the heart of everything we do at Yorkshire Garden Centres, so we were delighted to give something back to the digital community by sponsoring two categories at the Yorkshire Blogger Awards that were held in Leeds recently.
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FUNDS FROM OUR KINDNESS POT HAS SUPPORTED 22 LOCAL COMMUNITY GROUPS AND CHARITIES THIS YEAR
We’ve done the maths and are happy to report that our team-led ‘Kindness Pot’ has supported 22 local groups and donated over £1,000 so far this year.
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OUR CARBON LITERACY TRAINING PROGRAMME HAS MADE ITS WAY TO THE SHOP FLOOR
We were recently the first garden centre group in the UK to accredit our own sustainability training, and the programme is a great success.
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WE’VE INVESTED IN RENEWABLE ENERGY AT OTLEY GARDEN CENTRE
We’re delighted to share the news that we have recently installed a 227-panel solar array at Otley Garden Centre that will save 91,715kWh of energy and will reduce the carbon footprint of the Pool Road site by 21.4 tonnes per annum.
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WE’RE BRINGING OUR UNIQUE GROTTO EXPERIENCE TO OTLEY GARDEN CENTRE
We’re very excited to share the news that we are bringing our popular interactive grotto experience to Otley.
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WE’RE CLOSING OUT THE SUMMER HOLIDAYS WITH A SUPERHEROES DAY AND CAVE POD EXPERIENCE AT MISSION OUT
The team at Mission Out are looking forward to marking the end of the summer holidays with the reappearance of the popular superhero duo Spiderman and Spider-Gwen and a pop-up Cave Bus attraction.
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WE’VE LENT OUR SUPPORT TO UQBAH’S KIDNEY APPEAL
We were delighted to help the family of a local child launch their appeal to find a kidney donor.
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THE SKY’S THE LIMIT FOR AN EPIC TEAM-BUILDING DAY AT MISSION OUT!
A West Yorkshire team of field service engineers was full of praise after using the corporate facilities at Mission Out recently.
Climate & Community Stories
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WE’VE SMASHED OUR FUNDRAISING TARGET FOR YORKSHIRE AIR AMBULANCE!
The team at Yorkshire Garden Centres is proud to share the news that we raised over £24,000 for our Charity of the Year, Yorkshire Air Ambulance.
-
WE’VE WON AN AWARD IN THE INAUGURAL YORKSHIRE SUSTAINABILITY EXCELLENCE AWARDS
We’re proud to share the news that we won the SME Business category at the inaugural Yorkshire Sustainability Excellence Awards.
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WE BEAT INDUSTRY GIANTS TO WIN A NATIONAL PEOPLE AND CULTURE AWARD FOR A SECOND TIME!
We’re delighted to share the news that we won the Retail Company of the Year Award at the British HR Awards that took place in London on 16th April.
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WE’VE BEEN SHORTLISTED FOR TWO NATIONAL HR AWARDS
We’re thrilled to share the news that we have reached the finals of both the Best HR Team of the Year and the ESG Program of the Year categories of the UK Company Culture Awards.
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CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR PROMOTION, DAVE!
We’re excited to share the news that Bingley Garden Centre has a new centre manager, Dave Denton.
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OUR ‘KINDNESS POT’ HAS WON A NATIONAL MARKETING AWARD
We’re over the moon to share the news that our ‘Kindness Pot’ initiative has won a national marketing award.
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WE’VE PROMOTED FROM WITHIN FOR OUR NEW COMMERCIAL PLANT MANAGER ROLE
We’re pleased to share the news that we have created a new group role in the plants department of our growing business and we have filled it by promoting an existing team member.
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Grass Hoppers’ Grinchmas Parties Raised Over £2,000 For Our Charity Of The Year
The Grass Hoppers teams at Tong and Tingley Garden Centres are celebrating after the ‘Grinchmas’ playtime parties that they hosted two in their respective Grass Hoppers soft play centres raised over £2,000 for Yorkshire Air Ambulance.
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WE’VE REACHED THE NEXT LEVEL IN SUSTAINABILITY TRAINING
We’re proud to announce that we achieved the bronze level of a national sustainability accreditation after we became the first garden centre group in the country to accredit our own Carbon Literacy Training.
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WE’VE WON AN AWARD FOR OUR COMMUNITY INITIATIVES
The team at Yorkshire Garden Centres is celebrating after our community initiatives at all four sites have been rewarded with a regional business award.
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WE’VE WON A NATIONAL SUSTAINABLE CATERING AWARD
We’re super happy and proud to share the news that we have won the Sustainability award at the 2023 Garden Centre Catering Awards.
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WE’RE CELEBRATING A TRIPLE SHORTLIST SUCCESS!
We’re super proud to share the news that we have been shortlisted in the Community, Sustainability and Medium Business categories of the 18th annual Yorkshire Post Excellence in Business Awards.
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FUNDS FROM OUR KINDNESS POT HAS SUPPORTED 22 LOCAL COMMUNITY GROUPS AND CHARITIES THIS YEAR
We’ve done the maths and are happy to report that our team-led ‘Kindness Pot’ has supported 22 local groups and donated over £1,000 so far this year.
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OUR CARBON LITERACY TRAINING PROGRAMME HAS MADE ITS WAY TO THE SHOP FLOOR
We were recently the first garden centre group in the UK to accredit our own sustainability training, and the programme is a great success.
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WE’VE INVESTED IN RENEWABLE ENERGY AT OTLEY GARDEN CENTRE
We’re delighted to share the news that we have recently installed a 227-panel solar array at Otley Garden Centre that will save 91,715kWh of energy and will reduce the carbon footprint of the Pool Road site by 21.4 tonnes per annum.
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WE’VE LENT OUR SUPPORT TO UQBAH’S KIDNEY APPEAL
We were delighted to help the family of a local child launch their appeal to find a kidney donor.
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WE SUPPORTED THE HOLLYBANK ECCUP 10 MILE RACE FOR CHARITY
We’re proud to report that we support the 30th year of the iconic Hollybank Eccup 10-mile road race last weekend by sponsoring finishers’ t-shirts.