Complete Weed Control, the UK’s largest weed control contractor, will be at BTME 2017 (stand C48), where visitors will be able to find out more information on the company’s new Complete Artificial Grass service.…
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Mr Howard is a retired headmaster. All he wants to do in his retirement is watch cricket. Mowing lawns and trimming hedges is not his idea of fun! Mrs Howard is still working, and she does not want to come home to a messy garden.
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Artificial grass has led to its significant growth in popularity in recent years and a reputation for being eco-friendly because…
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Multi-award winning landscapers Aura Landscapes are expanding their landscaping services, branching out in to the Artificial Grass sector, an industry that is “growing in demand considerably”, says Director, Mike Warman.
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Here at Essex Artificial Grass we have established ourselves as a leading artificial…
Our Artificial Grass sales campaign is now gathering momentum, and later next week will see us installing in Sleaford & Doncaster.
We will add more info on the jobs as we complete them but should anyone require any further…
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Welcome to week four in my series of posts on starting and running a landscape or gardening business.
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"Sounds drastic but sometimes the simplest solution is to just fit another carb which you can pick up for £10-£20 on ebay from China...... pretty sure that'll sort the problem out. The only snag is can take a couple of weeks to arrive."
"Mine had the same problem and the dealer replaced the carb and that sorted it, but it cost over £100 as out of warranty a cheap chinese one from ebay is only £10.00 and they also work fine."
My Stihl kombi km 94 rc has developed a frustrating starting problem . Initially it starts first time from cold and runs great until i switch it off then it refuses to start again until it cools down it doesn't matter how long i have being using it…
Hi, everyoneI've been in business now just over 3 years and in that time I've been concentrating on working towards building on clearance and weed control . I've done all the relevenat tickets including pesticides and machinery but struggling to sor…
"I had a Kaaz 21" roller. I got a hi lift from L&S for it, and collection was superb... had two of these machines over 4-5 years. BUT I wouldn't buy another. Drive/shaft/gearbox problems cost a fortune, after just a year they started.
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"Thanks for that Nick. That's the second bad report i've had about them so likely to give it a miss. Thanks."
"I have been using QB Self employed for years. However I use wave for all of my invoices. I assume that part will still function? I didnt get an email from them?"
"My partner is a dog behaviourist so I've picked up a bit down the years. The problem with shock collers on dogs is it's what they see when they get the shock that can have unwanted effects on the dog.
As a for instance, I know someone who used one…"
As a for instance, I know someone who used one…"
"Apparently the dogs learn pretty quickly not to go near the perimeter so it's not as though they're constantly getting a shock which is something like the static shock you can get sometimes when you touch certain things. Not saying I agree with the…"
"Appalling to use shock therapy on pets:
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I've used the free accounting software of wave to do all my accounting and invoicing for many years but just had an email saying in September they will cease to provide the connection to uk banks due to changes to banking regulations here. What a pa…
"We paid around £600 (thought the price was excellent and worth a punt) for ours (19" Lawnflite with Subaru Engine) and it lasted around a season. Difficult to start with the autochoke and the drive was incredibly slow. We have now reverted back to…"
"A lot of hedge cutting jobs I look at is 1 hour / half day / full day"
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Pricing a large hedgecutting job is a bit of an art form, I regularly underestimated how long it would take when I first started out. Personally I have never bothered with square metreage to price a job as I find factors such as access t…"
Pricing a large hedgecutting job is a bit of an art form, I regularly underestimated how long it would take when I first started out. Personally I have never bothered with square metreage to price a job as I find factors such as access t…"
Stihl KM 94 rc starting problem
My Stihl kombi km 94 rc has developed a frustrating starting problem . Initially it starts first time from cold and runs great until i switch it off then it refuses to start again until it cools down it doesn't matter how long i have being using…
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Building on weed control and pricing
Hi, everyone I've been in business now just over 3 years and in that time I've been concentrating on working towards building on clearance and weed control . I've done all the relevenat tickets including pesticides and machinery but struggling to…
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Wave accounting ditching the uk
I've used the free accounting software of wave to do all my accounting and invoicing for many years but just had an email saying in September they will cease to provide the connection to uk banks due to changes to banking regulations here. What a…
Read more…Pricing hedge work
Folks I dont normally do a lot of headge work but have a customer with many meters needing late summer tidy trim, not into old wood at all. I have the meterage and height, if anyone can gibe me an indication of how they price jobs like this I would…
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