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Morning all,Not a riveting start to the 'spring' season. Trying to chalk this one off before my business reaches top speed. I'm just trying to build my understanding on GDPR so the time that I put into in is for sure the right work.I plan on…
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Please be aware - we had a Mercedes Sprinter (11 reg) and a Fiat Ducato (16 reg) broken into at our yard in South Bucks No signs of visible damage and the thieves took less than a minute to open them remotely (we can see from our CCTV their arrival…
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Hi everyone, I have a small business, just me, and do mainly garden maintainence and weeding/planting along with other jobs such as jetwashing and so on as I have a number of elderly customers who always ask for very small "other" jobs. I cut lawns,…
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I know we all have differnt costs, income, circumstances, situations etc, but I'm interested to see what you would expect the daily running costs would be for a one man band with two subcontractors?I'm talking one team of three people with one…
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what should we be doing if someone is using pesticides without holding PA1 /2/6 spraying paddocks trust and grazon
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In view of all the persistant lingering wet weather its sent my work schedule into complete turmoil , I have managed to focus successfully to a degree and in limited measure ( weather dependant ) on Three customers who are the corner stones of my…
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Rain last week,, rain every day over the weekend... and now it is raining as well.Even if I don't mind getting wet I will do too much damage to the soil I need some client's with greenhouses that they need someone to look after :) What jobs do you…
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Hi We have just taken on our first employees to assist us with some school contracts so currently working 12 hour plus days. Originally the employees were happy to be on a set wage and accepted that there would be some long days to work and shorter…
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Just wondered what everyone would reccommend as a good strimmer for light professional use?( As in gardens that are not too big). Open to anything bar electric.Kind regards,Rob
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Hi, been trying to find the Salford council waste costs. But give up. Anyone got a link please? Salford or Gtr Manchester would do.
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An article worth reading (which was circulated recently by Surrey Poilce) regarding van thefts and keyless entry with an interesting piece of technology ‘U-Watch Cube’ available to reduce thefts and break-ins. http://www.ruralalert.co.uk/da/214962/Vehicle_thefts_including_keyless_entry_thefts_.html Most Police forces offer such email information by signing up on what is happening in your region and I know Surrey are really good at this...
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Hi guys/girls what hooks/hangers do you use in your vans for you're tools? thanks
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Never had this happen before............... filled up my usual 2 stroke fuel container with the usual 5l fuel + the usual Stihl oil.... same oil/quantity as usual................. both the strimmer and the blower both stated having problems starting..... when they did start, had trouble getting them to rev up but eventually managed to coax them in to life and full power though once I switched them off, the same problems reappeared. Thought it might be just coincidence with the fuel and got out…
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Hi All I have had a landscaping business for 4 years and looking to continue growing. Part of the business is maintenance and over the years have turned away some business due to only having honda pedestrian mowers. over the last couple of weeks i have had the opportunity to quote two commerical jobs which both would require a ride on due to size. So i have a couple of questions - Is it worth buying one for the odd potential new client and possibly looking to grow this area of the buisness? I…
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It's absolutely awesome! It's been throwing it down all day today and this thing has continually filled the grass box to max capacity. We had to cut some recently laid turf that was over 6" long, it was no bother and left a great finish. It is so quick, the guys can only just keep up. I had heard they were good but it has exceeded my expectations.
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Hi all i could do with some sound advice from you gritters out there if possible. I've just started the process of setting up a small gritting company and plan on aiming to do schools, office car parks, doctors surgeries shopping car parks etc etc. I've got 2 Ford ranger 4x4s and am planning on using snowex sp1875 which I've read are pretty good pieces of kit I plan on having both vehicles trackered that will give updates to customers that we've actually been on site and am gonna sign up with…
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Sherriff Amenity is delighted to announce that it is now the exclusive UK distributor of Carbon Gold’s Enriched Biochar Turf Improver.
Carbon Gold’s aim is to increase soil fertility and improve turf health through the use of…
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With temperatures finally starting to rise, now is the time to be applying a Spring lawn fertiliser. With our SB Springload and SB Flex Bio 18.0.3 we have the products for the earliest spring start up
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The winner of the Irish Student Greenkeeper of the Year Award 2018, sponsored by ICL and Syngenta, has been announced as Rody Kilbride from Ballyhaunis, Co Mayo.
For a number of years, ICL and Syngenta have been proud sponsors of the…
