THE green shoots of recovery may be slow to emerge – but staff at Huddersfield Town are helping their clients achieve real growth.

The football club is sending out more than 140 Christmas trees to customers over the next few weeks. The idea is that the each company will nurture the trees and enter a competition to grow the biggest tree, which will be judged in January.

Each Christmas tree tin is filled with everything you need to grow your very own Christmas tree.

The tin is filled with Norway spruce seeds and a growing compound.

The seeds will sprout within two to three weeks and can be transplanted outside once Christmas is over.

“We wanted to give our customers something different, something lasting and fun,” said Town commercial manager Tracy Nelson.

“It’s a unique way of saying thank you for their support over the past year.”