When the time came for Andy Chetram, Facilities Manager at Central Park Stadium - the UK’s longest greyhound track, to purchase new maintenance equipment there was only one choice – a SISIS Quadraplay.
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Working with trusted industry partners, Keith Kent has devised a rugby club pitch maintenance equipment package. The package is designed to meet the needs of rugby union clubs that aim to deliver a high quality pitch maintenance programme. The range
Leicester City Football Club has purchased a SISIS Brush-Pro ride-on brushing system for all regular synthetic surface maintenance at the club’s Belvoir Drive training ground. The machine which has been specifically designed for the maintenance of sy
Compacted, waterlogged golf and bowls greens in Norwich are now a thing of the past after local grounds maintenance provider, Waveney Norse (based in Lowestoft) recently invested in a SISIS Autoslit.
Aeration is a key process to improve drainage, redu
I have noticed a number of new ground maintenance start up businesses around Glasgow this season, as always happens at the start of a new growing season.
2013 must be a particularly difficult year to try and start such a company though due to the late
Dennis & SISIS have concluded their spring 2013 series of educational events with the recent bowls seminar at Meole Brace Bowling Club in Shrewsbury. Committed to educating greenkeepers on how to maintain and look after bowling greens, the British ma
Grass cutting can be a daunting task for many who either don't have the time or suitable machinery. Few home owners can justify spending large amounts of money on professional quality mowers and clients in the commercial sector usually don't have the
Comfrey (Symphytum officinale)has long been used in the garden mainly for it's use as an organic fertiliser. The properties of this "wonder plant" are well known to the older generation of gardeners and growers as well as those interested in organic
Several months ago, ANP Services Spalding was entered into the local business accelerators campaign, which is aimed at helping 'up and coming' small local business to succeed by giving them access to free mentoring from a variety of sources and adver
In noise sensitive areas consideration must be given to the distraction and annoyance caused by contractors using petrol powered machinery. In this instance a company such as Eco Garden maintenance may be utilised to undertake garden and landscape
Etesia UK is pleased to announce the appointment of three new dealerships, covering Norfolk & Suffolk, North Oxfordshire & Warwickshire borders and Worcester & Hereford.
Ron Smith and Company, with depots in Worcester and Hereford is a family run busi
THIS PROJECT IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION, CLICK HERE TO VIEW DAYS 11 - 14 IMAGES.
Day 15
The client has requested that the curved rising black sleeper shrine at ground level be raised by 1 meter so the garden structure is visible from the higher seating ar
As we sit here reflecting over the busiest year yet! Our minds keeps coming back to all the many projects that the team have done and are doing.
The weather has really made a difference to how people have used
Over the past few months I've had great difficulty in finding someone to join and eventually run our garden maintenance service in the Surrey and Hampshire areas. I've always heard that finding people was the most difficult part of running a business
If you are reading this blog post, you may be asking yourself some or all of the following questions:
HOW CAN I HELP MY GARDENER HELP ME?
There are several ways to help your gardener help you this year - we have listed some of them below.
MAKE SURE THE
This week has been a snowy one with winter finally hitting us and the business with a couple of days forced off and it totally changes the look of the garden with everything covered with snow, with every garden be it well kept or unkempt looking the
I have been operating for over 2 years now and things have gone well. I have (perhaps predictably) got a bit obsessed with running this business and am looking to take things a step further, to work with more clients on bigger jobs and to increase em
When I first started my own garden maintenance business back in 2008, when it came to marketing myself I had no idea where to start and even less of an idea of how to see through the cheesy sales patter that I hear these days on a weekly basis!
It was
After being employed by a company as a garden designer back in October 2010 my intention was to carry on being sat behind a desk, get paid for holidays, go to team building exercises and sit through painfully boring health and safety courses. Althoug
It's great looking out of the window and seeing snow on the ground. North Glasgow has had two spells of snow so far, but neither has been long lived.
Our work recently has included fence repairs after the storms last week, plus turfing, clearing up de
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“Gardening programmes tend to be very ‘traditional’ white middle-class in their attitude towards gardening”, Julia Sargeant said in an interview after she won gold at Chelsea Flower Show in 2016. She was the first black gardener to design…
A carefully-planned turf nutrition and treatment programme utilising three key Sherriff Amenity products has produced a sustained rise in the health, condition and playing standard of greens at the Milford Golf Club in Surrey.
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