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California’s landscapers to bear brunt of ban on gas-powered lawnmowers

Very relevant given recent discussions over this and with COP26 kicking off today....

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/oct/31/california-lawnmower-ban-gas-powered-landscapers?

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Making Tax Digital for VAT - HMRC Support

Since April 2019, VAT-registered businesses with a turnover above the VAT threshold must keep VAT records digitally and send returns using Making Tax Digital (MTD) compatible software.

From April‌‌ ‌2022, these requirements will apply to all

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Last lawn cuts

Morning all, next week will be my final lawn cuts aside from the customers who request one final cut, I've prob got about another months work then going to do some winter taxi driving, how does everyone else hold up through the rest of the year . Soo

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pa1 pa6 updated needed?

Had my PA1 PA6 over 15years, does it need updating/renewing?

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Finance on a mower £16k

So whos people using ? I have tesco loan and gabe approached them on a extension but if i get refused whos got a recommendation ? Thanks 😊 

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Kombi Shafts

Is the carbon Kombi extension worth the extra 50 ?  I can't decide as it's something I don't use a lot & the chainsaw attachment is pretty light.

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5 Most Essential Tools For Your Business

Hi People

 

What are you top 5 tools that you couldnt go without as part of your Grass cutting/Garden maintenance rounds.

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Plant Identity

Hi all, just after a little help identifying this plant please. Seems to be a grass or bamboo of some sort but just unsure of what it is exactly. Hoping to identify so I can establish how to properly look after it. Many thanks.

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Autumn Budget 2021

The Chancellor Rishi Sunak presented his third Budget on 27 October 2021. In his speech he set out the plans to "build back better" with ambitions to level up and reduce regional inequality.

Main Budget proposals

Tax measures include:

• a new temporar

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Cutting back of a very dense tangle of clematis stems

I was just wondering if anyone had tips for cutting back the very old, very thick and dense tangle of clematis stems on a pergola. I started a job using a hedgecutter and it was just too tangled and tightly packed despite the individual stems being t

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Stihl hla85

Hla85 suddenly stopped working,3 red lights flashing on battery(fully charged), lubed blades,can move blades manually by turning gear,read something somewhere about a dirty sensor switch?can anyone help ,where is this switch located ,or can anyone of

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Fencing in Reading

Any fencing guys in the Reading area? A friend is involved with the Wokingham Waterside Centre looking to get some work done.. thanks. 

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Are these rates correct?

I was just doing a search online about rates for mowing lawns. Below are the suggested rates from checkatrade. I'm not asking people for their rates. However, I would be grateful for any feedback. Based on the suggested average, I wouldn't be able to

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Hedge cutting against Road

In a week or 2 i will be cutting a hedge around 50 mtrs long on a road with a 2 foot grass verge no path, hedge only 5 feet or so no ladders needed, My question is what safety measures would you put in place up the road? Road sign (hedge cutting)  ju

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Which chain ?

I have a Stihl 200T  top handle saw & I am about to buy a new HT-KM chainsaw attachment for the Kombi.  I read that both can use 1/4 or 3/8 chains.  Has anyone tried both to compare them ?

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Hmm... Ive never heard of this before

We got an enquiry from the website the other day that peeked my interest - obviously a massive house.

Today we visited and asked all the usual questions about the previous gardeners... one that came up is he always pruned a massive wisteria with a pet

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Smallest chipper shredder with feed rollers?

Title says it all.

Around fifteen years ago I bought a fairly robust looking electric garden shredder and it just blocked up with most stuff, so I have not actually used it much. 

A small semi-pro machine seems desirable, but I really would not conside

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Stihl chipper

HI all. Has anybody any experance of the Stihl GH 460 petrol shredder/chipper? Is it any good as a standalone tool & is it the same as the Viking GB 460, certainly seems to look like it?

Cheers Neil

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Best mower for cutting old graveyard

Hi all, I have been offered a contract for weekly spring / summer cut of a smallish size graveyard, >5000m2 very old and some very uneven land with graves currently covered in grass due to neglect of previous incumbent. Any suggestions on what type o

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Large mower / rough cut

Hi all,

I have an area of land that I cut every 2 weeks.  It's quite rough work and is more of a field than anything else.  

I'm currently cutting it with a weibang virtue and using the side discharge setting.  

That was fine at first but now I am being

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