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British Florist Weekly Newsletter

Worldskills UK Finalists Announced!

We're thrilled to announce the Finalists of the Worldskills UK Competition held at the Skillshow in Birmingham 17 - 19th November 2016. Since the middle of May heat competitions throughout the UK have been taking place. This is a competition quite like no other - Held at the NEC Birmingham in November, tens of thousands of visitors will come to see one of our eight florists win this important competition at the UK Skills Show.
Congratulations go to;

Charlotte Dawe
Rosy Elesmore
Jeong Hyun Kim
Donna Lodge

Roisin McAtee
Sophia Notghi
Dean Sharpe
Zoe Simmons

The British Florist Association is the official partner in delivering the WorldSkills UK Floristry Competition. The competition is run by BFA Training and Education headed by Sandie Griffith.

Are You Interested in the Future of Training in Your Industry?

We would like to highlight a few points that the British Florist Association Training and Education Group do on your behalf:-

We work with City & Guilds to help develop the training standards that are used in our Floristry Colleges
We have obtained funding and written and published the new Professional Floristry Training Manual that is used in conjunction with all our training and competitions, in partnership with the Society of Floristry Training Fund.
We run the majority of Floristry competitions in the UK i.e Chelsea, Worldskills, UK Florist of the Year and the many competitions at the Floristry Trade event FleurEx.
We have set up the Institute for Professional Florists to endorse their skills and get public recognition for the Industry

We are about to put in a bid for the Trailblazer Apprenticeship in floristry and this needs you BECAUSE this apprenticeship is to be written by employers for employers.
If you would like to be involved either on the steering group or as part of a virtual group please let us know. This is an opportunity for you to have your say about the quality and type of training you would like to see in your shop – you do not need to be a BFA member, however, we would like to think that after you see all the work that we do, you would want to join and support us!

Please contact us on : info@britishfloristassociation.org if you would like to know more.

CLICK HERE To download as a pdf - for information on the
INDUSTRY TRAINING STEERING GROUP

Monday 15th August is the start of Hydrangeas being promoted by the 'Flower Agenda' courtesy of our friends at The Flower Council of Holland, from week 33 - 35 (15 August to 4 September) the hydrangea will be in the spotlight with a focus on a natural and colourful mood.

We have lots of ideas of how you can promote the Flowers of the Flower Agenda along with your business easily CLICK HERE to read how simply you can get involved with the promotion and benefit your business.

Worldskills UK Finalists
Announced

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2017 Houseplant
Agenda
Announced

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Be part of the Trailblazer Apprenticeship
Steering Group

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WANTED

The BFA have two exciting opportunities within the Retail and Events departments to get involved. Would you like to make a difference and join the team.

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FleurEx Competitions

FleurEx is an ideal opportunity to let your creative side go wild and compete in one of our six competitions. We have a selection of brilliant schedules not to mention hundreds of pounds worth of cash prizes and trophies to be snapped up CLICK HERE to see more details.

All tickets for FleurEx; entry, competition and workshops are considerably reduced for BFA members!
Not a member? What are you waiting for? With membership currently half price at £40 + VAT, you get so much more back than you spend on the annual membership.

CLICK HERE and Join the British Florist Association Now!

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The Agenda for the 2017 Houseplants have been announced.

Is your favourite in there?

CLICK HERE and take a look at the 26 selected, some months have a combination of plants!

Industry Awards - Have You Voted Yet?

The voting for the winners of this year's industry awards are under way - have you voted yet?

The industry awards voting has never been so busy - your opinion is more important than ever before.

Make sure your voice is heard CLICK HERE and vote now, it'll take seconds!

We hope you've enjoyed this week's Newsletter if you've missed previous ones and would like to see them CLICK HERE

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