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Futurescape exhibition

Did anyone visit the Futurescape exhibition at Kempton Park last year? If so,what did you think of it? We are probably going to exhibit this year, but would just like the comfort of knowing that equipment users found it interesting.

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Do you use key performance indicators?

Whether we do it consciously through a spreadsheet, via reports generated through our account packages or just by churning numbers over in our head, most of us will use some kind of key performance indicator.

Analysing business can become all-consumi

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Pensioner rates

Do you have them, I have been asked a few times recently if I discount for Pensioners - What I reply is I offer a good value service for all my customers young and old.

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Anyone used a lawn dye, paint or stain?

Bascally, I'm picking up more estate agent jobs and typically the lawns have been neglected. There is usually a gap of 1 week between old tenant moving out and new moving in.If I cut or strim the overgrown lawn it obviously looks brown or at best pat

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Etesia Hydro 80 problem

I have owned a second hand etesia hydro 80 mower for a couple of months now and used it for a few weeks.

I need to get to the oil dipstick etc but I cant for the life of me figure out how to get to it. I can see it and have taken the seat off and plas

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Can you make a living from garden maintenance?

Can you make your living just from mowing, border maintenance , hedge cutting etc?

Landscaping has a lot of overheads, is maintenance easier?

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Playgrade Woodchip

Hi All,

I have just had a call from a customer today where she wants a play frame put together - Its a pre-made flat-pack one.

She has recently had the garden covered in woodchip for the play frame to go on but is worried that it is not play grade wood

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Business account vs current account

My accountant told me I need to switch my bank account over to a business account, so what is the difference apart from the fact they charge you?

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Boundary disputes and threatening neighbours?

Had a job yesterday with the significant reduction of some hawthorns which were growing in a dead space between a newly erected fence which was my clients and a hedge and fence boundary of 2 properties behind it.

The houses behind are a row of semis a

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Cold Calling Business

Hi,
I've received a couple of calls from companies down London asking me to do fixed price grass cutting jobs at properties they have an interest in, in the Aberdeen area. They were asking me to do cuts for £20. They provided the addresses and on che

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more scary research news on glyphosate based products...

sure you've all read it before...http://www.nationofchange.org/study-links-monsanto-s-roundup-autism-parkinson-s-and-alzheimer-s-1367764115

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Lorry driver required urgently

Apologies for posting this here but we have had an urgent vacancy come up. London Stone are looking for a lorry driver to start immediately. Must be over 25 and preferably with experience of a hiab. Will be operating around London & the home counties

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Customers' cutbacks

I seem to be getting a few existing clients cutting back on the cost of there garden maintenance i.e. went to one on Tuesday to find the grass had bean cut but not edged another wants it doing every 3 weeks instead of fortnightly but only wants to pa

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concrete alternatives

I've received marketing info about a concrete alternative called Kongcrete that comes in a pack that you shake up and pour in. A chemical reaction causes it to expand massively in the hole over 3 minutes and set hard very quickly.

It claims;
Q-Set is

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Globe Garden Master Shredder/Chipper for sale - barely used.

Don't know if this is of interest to anyone on here, but I have the following machine for sale that is surplus to my requirements due to a change in my green waste handling practices.

Globe Garden Master Shredder/Chipper
Manual start.
Honda 9hp OHV en

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Etesia pro46 constant dirt in carb problem

I have a PBTS so it has the Briggs 650 series quantum engine.Does anyone else get problems with dirt in the carb? I am constantly getting fuel problems that cause the mower to keep dying. If I remove the float bowl there is always a bit of dirt or so

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LJN traffic April 2013

I thought you may be interested in this?

The last thirty days have seen a considerable rise in traffic to Landscape Juice.

In the 30 days prior to 07 May 2013 there were:

100,879 combined visits comprising of :-

• 80,332 visits to www.landscapejuicene

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The rise of Tobermore in the UK

I am seeing the Tobermore brand appear more and more around the UK.

In the last two years there appears to have been a fairly extensive marketing campaign and push of its products.

What is especially apparent is the drive to sign up landscapers to th

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Would appreciate you reading this post if you have a moment....

This post is one that I wish I wasn’t making for so many reasons but I’d appreciate you reading it anyway.

Next week my wife, Verity, was hoping to do something called the ‘moonwalk’ where hundreds of people undertake an overnight walk through London,

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Arris Rail Question?

Normally when replacing Arris rails into concrete posts with mortis holes, i always use the galvanised brackets specifically designed for the purpose. However for the first time ever i have a client who insists on no metal brackets.

Can you get pre-sh

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