Wyevale garden centre sell off planned
The Wyevale Garden Centres chain may be sold off as a whole or broken up into smaller groups.
Owner Terra Firma, the private equity fund, has appointed specialist Christie & Co to advise on the sale of the business which takes in 145 garden centres, ranging from horticultural centres to major leisure destination venues including Percy Thrower Garden Centre at Shrewsbury.
Wyevale has sites across the UK but with a weighting towards the South East.
A number are in the West Midlands including Albrighton Garden Centre, near Wolverhampton; Aldridge Garden Centre; Barnett Hill Garden and Leisure, near Stourbridge; Gardenlands Garden and Leisure, Wolverhampton; Wolseley Bridge Garden Centre, between Stafford and Rugeley and Shenstone Garden Centre, near Lichfield.
It also has Wyevale Telford Garden Centre in Shropshire.
