Wage increase request 
With a young worker on minimum wage, and who has asked for an increase, what is the best way to ensure fairness on both sides?

Anyone building sheds? 
Can you make shed building pay? Or is to best left to DIY home owners and professional installers?

Controlling Chafer Grubs 
Anyone who has suffered a chafer infestation will not only know the isolated damage caused by the emerging larvae eating the roots of the grass, but also the widespread carnage inflicted by crows, foxes and badgers as they rip up the turf to look for the juicy morsels.

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In the Business Objectives Group

Problem with a five year old garden 
Despite completing the job five years ago, one member has seen their customer come back and ask him to look into the deterioration of the project.

Sole trader and Ltd companies - the differences between. 
Passing on the pros and cons of changing from a sole trading business into a Ltd Co. and how it affects your tax rates.

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More from the forum and blogs

Moss treatment 
A member asks if anyone else is using soda crystals in a drop or rotary spreader to treat moss?

#GE2015 - How do you feel? 
What are your thoughts on the General Election result, do you think it will hel por hinder your business in the coming years?

Patchy seeded lawn 
What can be done with a lawn that was laid last September in the garden of a new build property, that is currently struggling to show real growth?

Hire of mower 
If within 30 minutes of using a lawn mower on hire it seizes up due to lack of oil, shouldn't the hire firm be held responsible?

Recommendation for professional lawn edgers 
Having bought Bacho equipment, one member of the site has been disappointed with the quality and wonders what others are using?

News headlines

April 2015, the sunniest on record 
Provisional figures show that April 2015 has been the sunniest in Met Office UK records dating back to 1929.

Two brothers remain in a critical condition after being 'poisoned by illegal pesticide at luxury Caribbean resort' 
Two Delaware teenagers are still in critical condition more than six weeks after a banned pesticide was sprayed at the Caribbean resort where they were staying, their family said on Monday.

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Press releases

Britannia rules with MM60 grass seed 
As one of the oldest professional football teams in the world, Stoke City FC has long standing traditions and standards to uphold. It is essential that the club has a playing surface in line with its historic reputation, which is why head groundsman Andrew Jackson has selected Limagrain UK’s MM60 grass seed.

West Ham choose Dennis G860 
West Ham United FC has been the surprise stand-out performers of the new Premier League campaign so far with a string of excellent opening results. Perhaps less surprising is the pitch condition at Upton Park, which is maintained by two Dennis G860 mowers.

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