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Blooming Marvellous Business overseas
Customers visiting Glossop Caravans' for Hugh and Andy's popular 'feature' The market has also gone
Brookfield showroom often compliment flower beds. global - as well as supplying
gardeners Hugh Roberts and Andy Wilson customers across the UK,
on their colourful and creative The two men change the floral Glossop Caravans exports all
handiwork. displays twice a year - at the end of over the world, to such
February/beginning of March, using diverse destinations as
Andy, a former landscape gardener, said: spring bulbs, violas, pansies, Australia, Abu Dhabi, China,
"We get positive comments from Kuwait, India, New Zealand,
customers all the time, primroses, polyanthus and Saudi Arabia, South Africa
especially during the wallflowers, and at the and South Korea.
summer. end of May, when “We can arrange safe,
bedding plants such secure and reliable storage
"They stop to chat and ask as begonias, and forwarding of caravans
us what we are working fuchsias, lobelia and around the world ”
on, and sometimes they marigolds come explained Lee Sivins the
even ask us for advice about into their own. company’s export manager.
their own plants."
Each year they “We take great care in
Hugh, whose agricultural career estimate that they use preparing the caravans
started in the 1960s, worked in Salford around 14,000 Cheshire-grown before handing them over
before growing roses in Ohio then plants to create a stunning to our shipping partners
returning to Tameside. kaleidoscope of colour. who carefully secure them
for transit.”
Both men work part-time - 'early bird' Both love working at Glossop
Andy works mornings, while Hugh keeps Caravans. "It's a happy, buzzing place “It is an exciting
more flexible hours. with a lot of enthusiasm among the development in our
staff, and that comes down from Stan business and keeps us busy
"We complement each other - as well as and Brian Laing at the top," said all year round,” added
working well together, we are good Hugh. Robert Laing, son of
friends," added Hugh. Managing Director Stan
"It's a real pleasure to come to work, Laing.
"Andy's the artistic one, and comes up because we get on
with a lot of the with our fellow
ideas for the employees and we get
feature beds. I a lot of satisfaction
tend to work on from what we do, as
the beds outside well as getting
the entrance to supportive feedback
the site, while from customers.
Andy concentrates
on the on-site "Stan and Brian take
displays and takes care of the grass." great pride in how the
site looks - and when it comes to
Special celebrations - such as Glossop making the most of the plants, we
Caravans' 40th anniversary or Queen always say that they give us the
Elizabeth II's 90th birthday - inspire ideas fireworks, then we set them off."
Blooming Marvellous Business overseas
Customers visiting Glossop Caravans' for Hugh and Andy's popular 'feature' The market has also gone
Brookfield showroom often compliment flower beds. global - as well as supplying
gardeners Hugh Roberts and Andy Wilson customers across the UK,
on their colourful and creative The two men change the floral Glossop Caravans exports all
handiwork. displays twice a year - at the end of over the world, to such
February/beginning of March, using diverse destinations as
Andy, a former landscape gardener, said: spring bulbs, violas, pansies, Australia, Abu Dhabi, China,
"We get positive comments from Kuwait, India, New Zealand,
customers all the time, primroses, polyanthus and Saudi Arabia, South Africa
especially during the wallflowers, and at the and South Korea.
summer. end of May, when “We can arrange safe,
bedding plants such secure and reliable storage
"They stop to chat and ask as begonias, and forwarding of caravans
us what we are working fuchsias, lobelia and around the world ”
on, and sometimes they marigolds come explained Lee Sivins the
even ask us for advice about into their own. company’s export manager.
their own plants."
Each year they “We take great care in
Hugh, whose agricultural career estimate that they use preparing the caravans
started in the 1960s, worked in Salford around 14,000 Cheshire-grown before handing them over
before growing roses in Ohio then plants to create a stunning to our shipping partners
returning to Tameside. kaleidoscope of colour. who carefully secure them
for transit.”
Both men work part-time - 'early bird' Both love working at Glossop
Andy works mornings, while Hugh keeps Caravans. "It's a happy, buzzing place “It is an exciting
more flexible hours. with a lot of enthusiasm among the development in our
staff, and that comes down from Stan business and keeps us busy
"We complement each other - as well as and Brian Laing at the top," said all year round,” added
working well together, we are good Hugh. Robert Laing, son of
friends," added Hugh. Managing Director Stan
"It's a real pleasure to come to work, Laing.
"Andy's the artistic one, and comes up because we get on
with a lot of the with our fellow
ideas for the employees and we get
feature beds. I a lot of satisfaction
tend to work on from what we do, as
the beds outside well as getting
the entrance to supportive feedback
the site, while from customers.
Andy concentrates
on the on-site "Stan and Brian take
displays and takes care of the grass." great pride in how the
site looks - and when it comes to
Special celebrations - such as Glossop making the most of the plants, we
Caravans' 40th anniversary or Queen always say that they give us the
Elizabeth II's 90th birthday - inspire ideas fireworks, then we set them off."
