Garden centre operator Wyevale Garden Centres has sold eight of its sites to Blue Diamond.

Blue Diamond will be investing £16 million in remodelling the centres over the next three years to make them more like its Redfields Garden & Living Centre in Hampshire, and its Blue Diamond Garden and Home store near Nottingham.

Alan Roper, managing director of Blue Diamond, said: “We are delighted to be acquiring these fantastic centres. We look forward to working with our new colleagues across the centres and welcoming them into the Blue Diamond family.”