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anti vibration gloves

can anyone suggest best anti vibration gloves available

this seems to be a vague area of expertise ..goverment report indicates upto 30% improvement

with anti vibration gloves but  also some types actually amplify vibration!

   i still have pain in elbo

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Landscape Sprinkler System Design Tutorials

A great resource for a bit of self learning during any down time, in readiness for next year:

http://www.irrigationtutorials.com/

I believe we have yet to see this aspect of landscaping fully take off in the UK but with this years hose pipe ban (..no

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are there any schools nurseies or colleges that need any surfacing installed over the xmas holidays

does anyone know any schools,colleges or nurseries that require any resin surfacing or block paving installed/repaired over the xmas holidays?

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Cordwood/Logs wanted Northern Ireland

If anyone has any unwanted logs, branches, tree trunks, etc i am willing to pay cash for them. Any type of wood considered, even Leylandii. I can arrange collection. Email me if interested at chrisauldlandscapes@gmail.com

 

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Cashflow: GRITIT

n 2004 GRITIT was the first company in the UK to specialise exclusively in winter gritting.

The business was more than doubling in size every year, as the business grew so did a requirement for cash. Some winters would be a lot colder than others and

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One in, Two out......

Government announces plans to further reduce financial burden on business

The Government has announced that it will replace the current -One-in, One-out' rule with a new - One-in, Two-out' rule to ensure that the costs of red tape on business will be

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What is the best tablet PC for work?

Any of you guys use Tablet PC's for work. 

Now that they are 'giving' them away *cough* free with new phone contracts I was thinking what use it could be to me for work. 

Share the 3g from my phone (WiFi) to the tablet for data connection

Use the built

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Please look and sign this

Hi folks please have a look and sign this ,if you care about the education of our children

http://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ebacc-must-include-creative-sixth-pillar

all too often art and design are pushed too the back of the education of our kids

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Living walls

Have to maintain a living wall on one of my maintenance jobs planted with heucheras cyclamen etc was just wondering on the watering through the winter period at the moment it's stil on for 2mins twice a day the wall is about 1.8 m high and 6m wide an

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Planting root-balled conifers

I'm planting some root-balled Lawson's Cypress at 2.5 metres high next week.

I'm supplying a printed information sheet for the client as I will only be doing the planting. Obviously the key factor is keeping them sufficiently watered.

How often and how

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Mobile phone needed - that actually works as a phone....

My much battered bashed and chipped Sony Ericsson Elm J10i2 is finally packing in over two years of daily battering - as a phone it has lasted very well - although the slight drowning in two stroke it got the other day rendered a few keys inoperable

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Bookkeeping and accountancy programmes

Does anyone use any programmes like sage, quick books etc?Do you use these programmes even though you have An accountant? Why?The reason I ask is I was wondering if there is any easier way of doing our bookkeeping? Ideally I would like a programme wh

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Wasps!

For the third time this year I have discovered a wasp nest in a cvustomers garden and had to stop the job until a man came and sprayed foam on the nest, five days delay, ten minutes work, and charged £45.

My question is, surely I could do this? What t

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Siberia's pesticide dumps may prove a bigger hazard than nuclear waste

Across the former Soviet Union harmful agricultural chemicals were either buried or improperly stored. Now the process of clean-up has begun.

At Tegul'det (population 3,000), a village in the south-east corner of Tomsk oblast, it takes a lot to upset

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Slow down growth of lawn turf (Growth retardant)

Hi All

Whilst I do not use high percentage nitrogen based feeds at any time of year, I still get the occasional "love what you do however hate having to cut my lawn twice a week" comment, so can any of you fine people recommend a good growth retardant

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Time management for small business professionals (webinar)

Nobody has more to do in a single day than a small business professional – marketing, finance, sales, logistics – the list goes on and on.
Time management, especially for small businesses, is a skill often talked about but rarely mastered.

In this on

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keeping a clean site

I have a project where builders are currently doing major work to the house, and where the groundworker is also doing the work for the landscape eg levels, wall foundations. The site is heavy clay and machinery has to track across the garden to get m

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Legislation - the good the bad and the indifferent

"Back on the domestic front, feedback from A.P.L. members the majority of whom work in this sector, suggests they are keen to introduce new legislation designed to eliminate competition from those who are un-qualified and/or not VAT registered.

Donna

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supply and install driveway security posts or solar power lights for driveways.

has  anyone experienced a demand for driveway security or lighting from customers.

we are looking to add value to our customer quotations and wondered if we were going down the right route.(excuse the pun)

 

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Been planting

Hi 

I had a whole day of up-routing, splitting and re-planting Alchemilla Mollis today. Up until 6months ago, I would never have said I would enjoy gardening like I do, and it was pretty chilly with a chilling sea breeze to compound the cold but I had

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