Alan Roper, Managing Director of Blue Diamond Garden Centres, sat down for an unfiltered, no-holds-barred industry conversation on The Hive Stage today (Wednesday).

Renowned for reshaping garden centre retail and setting new benchmarks for success, Alan answered questions head-on, from business growth and leadership to the future of the sector, and even what comes after achieving your vision.

Guiding the conversation was Phil Wright, host of The Underground Podcast, who put  questions directly to Alan in front of the live Glee audience.

Whether it was customer experience innovation, resilient business models, company culture, or Blue Diamond’s journey towards 2035 – no topic was off limits.

Many of the topics that Alan discussed can be found in an exclusive interview in the latest edition of GTN. Click here to read the article.