All Dobbies Garden Centres articles – Page 5

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    Sales bloom at Tesco-owned Dobbies

    2009-05-12T12:20:00Z

    Dobbies Garden Centres has reported record £97m sales, 12 per cent up on last year, in part due to surging sales of its ‘Grow Your Own’ produce range. Easter 2009 trade was up 73 per cent on last year, thanks to the later holiday dates and the warm weather.

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    Dobbies to relaunch website for online sales push

    2009-03-18T11:00:02Z

    Garden centre chain Dobbies will relaunch its website this summer in a major push to increase online sales and drive shoppers to its stores.

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    Tesco completes acquisition of Dobbies

    2008-08-01T09:50:20Z

    In a stock exchange announcement today, the grocer announced that Tesco Holdings has bought 100 per cent of the issued share capital of Dobbies.

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    Tesco takeover of Dobbies almost complete

    2008-06-13T12:07:18Z

    Tesco now owns 90.13 per cent of the shares in Dobbies, after announcing last week that it would take the retailer private within the next month.

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    Hunter to sell Dobbies stake to Tesco

    2008-05-21T08:36:47Z

    Grocery giant Tesco aims to take full control of AIM-listed garden centre group Dobbies, in which it has a 65.5 per cent stake.

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    Sir Tom Hunter fails to halt Dobbies rights issue

    2008-05-15T17:21:09Z

    Tycoon Sir Tom Hunter has failed in his attempt to halt a rights issue by garden centre Dobbies.

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    Dobbies refuses Sir Tom Hunter’s order

    2008-05-15T15:01:34Z

    The board of Dobbies Garden Centres has confirmed that Sir Tom Hunter’s application for an interim order has been refused.

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    West Coast seeks legal order for Tesco over Dobbies stake

    2008-05-13T09:19:48Z

    Tycoon Sir Tom Hunter’s West Coast Capital investment vehicle is seeking a legal order forcing Tesco to buy its minority stake in garden centre group Dobbies.

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    Hunter bids to block Dobbies’ rights issue

    2008-05-09T09:10:14Z

    Scottish business tycoon Sir Tom Hunter is trying to block Tesco-controlled garden centre chain Dobbies’ rights issue unveiled last month.

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    Hunter reviews Dobbies stake after rights issue

    2008-04-10T09:13:46Z

    Sir Tom Hunter is reviewing his holding in Dobbies Garden Centres after the retailer said it would raise 150 million through the issue of new shares, according to The Daily Telegraph .

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    Dobbies announces aim to raise £150 million

    2008-04-09T08:54:23Z

    Tesco-owned garden centre chain Dobbies has posted a mixed set of preliminary results for the year to October 31, as it unveiled its intention to raise 150 million through the issue of new shares.

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    Dobbies buys Sandyholm Garden Centre for £8 million

    2008-04-04T15:50:05Z

    Dobbies, the Tesco-controlled garden centre group, has bought Sandyholm Garden Centre in Crossford, Lanarkshire, for 8 million plus stock.

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    Tesco takes control of Dobbies

    2007-08-24T01:42:00Z

    Tesco ’s £156 million offer for garden centre chain Dobbies has been accepted. However, despite having formal control, the grocer faces continued opposition from minority shareholder Sir Tom Hunter. The supermarket chain received acceptance of 53.1 per cent of shares on Friday ahead of the Sunday deadline. Last week, Hunter ...