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RHS to invest in gardening talent

• Survey in 2013 found more than 70% of horticultural businesses cannot fill skilled vacancies, nearly 20% are forced to recruit overseas and almost 70% say career entrants are inadequately prepared for work.*
• As part of the on-going industry-wide

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GARDENER

GARDENER/SOFT LANDSCAPE ASSISTANT;

The company is looking for a gardener/soft landscaper to come and join us working on a wide range of gardens and garden build projects. We have specialists in both hard and soft landscaping and are looking for someo

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Landscaper required Cheltenham

LANDSCAPER;

The company is looking for a landscaper to come and join us working on a wide range of sites in garden design and landscaping. We take on design and construction of whole projects in garden design including lighting systems, water features

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I get knocked down, but I get up again...

...they're never going to keep me down!

Things haven't been going too well these last few weeks. Whilst I've kept a couple of great customers I've lost a load to a father and son team of 'experts' who offer a complete gardening and handyman service fo

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How to go about recruiting a particular type of person

Hello there, everyone. I would appreciate some advice on a situation we find ourselves in.

Work has been pretty busy so far this year for all the services we offer, and we're finding it really hard to balance everything at the moment.

What would really

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Starting up in London

Hi folks,I'm hoping to set myself up as a Gardener in London. I ran a small maintenance round in Wales after moving here from London a few years ago but am keen to return to my home town and work and improve as a gardener.Can anyone give me advice on

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Deja Vu - Why don't young people consider a gardening job?

An article in The Telegraph has popped up again recently within "the industry" and perhaps shows people are now accepting this as a real long term issue ?

We've been saying this for years.....but we can't seem to get those in 'assumed' positions of p

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Introduction to Autus Organics

Hello all,

I run company Autus Organics. I thought I would take some time to introduce our services.

About Us

Autus Organics is a UK producer of Biostimulants and associated products for the following industries:

• Agriculture
• Horticulture
• Turf indu

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Garden/grounds maintenance job vacancy in Lincolnshire

We have a vacancy for a reliable, professional person to join our team for 2015 and beyond.

We undertake a broad range of tasks within the domestic and commercial sector, including mowing and lawn care, hedge trimming and reductions, shrub and border

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Where to go for horticulture and landscaping courses in the UK

Writtle College

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BALI kept out of the loop on important changes to horticulture qualification modules

It seems BALI don't punch as hard as they'd like everyone to believe.

BALI are irritated that LANTRA and the City & Guilds board have removed plant identification as a mandatory unit from both Production Horticulture and Parks, Gardens and Greenspace

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How to fire an employee

Firing someone can be a harrowing process and with the ever-present distraction of costly tribunal action it’s imperative a business is both firm and fair.

It is the hardest conversation an employer can have with an employee, but contrary to a common

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Figures show a rise in the number of teenagers taking courses in land-based subjects such as agriculture and horticulture

Large numbers of 16- to 18-year-olds are flocking to take qualifications in subjects such as horticulture, agriculture, floristry, food and gamekeeping despite having no background in farming, it was claimed.

The comments were made as figures showed

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Garden centre advertises for a cook - but tells applicants their CV will be BINNED if they're on benefits

A garden centre advertising for a cook told applicants who claim benefits that their CV would be put in the bin.

It read: 'I need a reliable staff member at the Hastings Garden Centre Cafe as a cook.

'If you are in receipt of benefits your applicatio

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Reasons to be concerned by the rise of self-employment

Landscaping and gardening is a profession that sees a large number of self-employed start-ups every year.

Although there is no available data to show us how many landscaper and gardening start-ups fail, instinct would lead me to believe that it's a h

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Small businesses find online recruiting has pitfalls as well as positives

while the internet has made candidates more available, it doesn’t necessarily provide the best-qualified ones.

"It’s no wonder that some small businesses go back to no-tech options. Scott Paglusi, owner of Park Slope, Brooklyn-based Bagel World, does

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National Trust 'abuses goodwill of employees,' claim unions

"A gardener working for the trust, who wished to remain anonymous for fear of reprisals, said employees working on the charity's country estates were proud of their jobs but their goodwill towards the organisation was being abused. "The National Trus

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Overtime should count in holiday pay rules Employment Appeal Tribunal

From the BBC

Workers have won a ground-breaking case at the Employment Appeal Tribunal to include overtime in holiday pay.

This means all people working overtime could claim for additional holiday pay. Currently, only basic pay counts when calculatin

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New direction, new future, new gardener.

As part of the 'restructuring' of a prominent Cornish nursery (I'm not allowed to ever say which one for contractual reasons) I'm being made redundant. 10 years of experience and quality plantsmanship doesn't come to much when the company is dishing

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How to find the right member of staff

Has anybody got any tips on advertising for the position and key questions i should be asking.

I have had a nightmare with staff lately and have been working on my own as i seem to get the work done quicker.

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