Simpsons announces three new roles within the business appointing Group Restaurant Experience Manager and promotion within the Mintlaw team. Darren Kidd joins the business as Group Restaurant Experience Manager. In his role Darren will support the business as it continues to strive for excellence in our customer restaurant experience. With 18 years of experience in…
Read MoreThe Big Butterfly Count starts this month – 12th of July until the 4th of August! The Big Butterfly Count is a nationwide science survey that YOU can get involved with! Launched in 2010, it has become the world’s biggest survey of butterflies! Over 107,000 people took part last year, submitting over 150,000 counts over…
Read MoreSimpsons Showcase Garden Centre to Horticultural Trade Association This week the Norths largest garden centre, Simpsons, welcomed 35 Horticultural Trade Association (HTA) members and garden centre / nursery owners from across the Midlands and East Anglia. The group were also joined by representatives from Westland Horticulture Ltd and Smart Garden Products Ltd as a destination…
Read MoreSimpsons, Aberdeenshire, have donated £2,000 to local Peterhead charity Men United for the second year running. This year’s fundraising began with a charity raffle at the centres festive shopping evening in November, where hundreds of local guests came along, making donations on the night. The team at Simpsons then extended the opportunity for customers to…
Read MoreThe north’s leading destination garden centre has been awarded ‘Garden Centre of Excellence’ status, the top industry recognition, at this years’ Garden Centre Association (GCA) annual conference in Cirencester. Inverness based Simpsons Garden Centre was awarded ‘Garden Centre of Excellence’ by their industry body, The Garden Centre Association, an award only given to the top…
Read MoreSimpsons invest over £100,000 in Solar and Energy Efficiency Measures Inverness based garden centre, Simpsons transformed its roof space this spring, taking a big step forward in its sustainability journey to reduce energy costs and increase energy efficiency across the business. Over 300 PV solar modules were installed onto the main garden centre and restaurant…
Read MoreLocal award-winning garden centre Simpsons were creating a buzz this week when they launched their Bee on Board campaign. The campaign will focus on encouraging customers to plant for bees and pollinators. The campaign launch coincides with National Gardening week. The team hope that many customer, schools and community groups will get on board with…
Read MoreWe are delighted to welcome Robin Bosworth to the Simpsons family. Taking on the role of General Manager for both our Inverness and Aberdeenshire stores. Robin brings a wealth of experience to the business. With over 30 years working in the garden centre industry and managing stores with similar setup and family values to Simpsons….
Read MoreSimpsons, Aberdeenshire have raised over £2,000 for local Peterhead charity – Men United. The fundraising started with a charity raffle at the centres festive shopping evening in November, raising over £600 on the night. The team at Simpsons extended the opportunity for customers to donate further, with collection buckets placed at their singing reindeer display…
Read MoreThe award-winning garden centre, recently purchased the lifesaving device which was donated to raise funds for the Highland Hospice charity. The defibrillator was handed over to the Simpsons team at the beginning of December’22. The device was donated by Invergordon based company LIFEAid, who’s founder Adrian Dryburgh was supported by the Hospice earlier this year….
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