East Leake Playing Fields and Pavilion has become a thriving community sports hub in just three and a half years, providing facilities for rugby, football, cricket, archery and a wide range of community activities. However, like many grassroots venue
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“Gardening programmes tend to be very ‘traditional’ white middle-class in their attitude towards gardening”, Julia Sargeant said in an interview after she won gold at Chelsea Flower Show in 2016. She was the first black gardener to design…
Studies report that burglary is one of the most emotionally impactful crimes to be a victim of. The prevention of being succumbed to it is always at the back of our minds – is anything on show? Are all the windows closed? Did you definitely lock…
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"Hi Richard, thank you for your reply. I've not approached either of these companies as yet, would you suggest Outco and Nurture are good companies to contact, and do you have any experience with either?"
"Hi Peter, thank you very much for such a detailed response, and I'm sorry to hear of your ill health, I do hope you are well. Both of my existing clients that I'm looking to bring on board should be manageable, so they can hopefully help me to dip…"
"Hi Billy, that's a really good idea, even if the contracts are a mix of 'subsciption' and ad-hoc, it at least covers the expense in a worst case scenario. "
"Hi Tim i wear basic disposable ear plugs with either model if using for any extended period... not so much the volume per se, but it takes the edge off that irritating metallic sound... I think these are being sold for below cost, but heart warming…"
"My 130T arrived and was tested today. It certainly runs fast...the high motor noise is slightly irritating compared to the rumble of the 130R though. I've got used to working without ear defenders. Planet tool owe you a finders fee."
Morning all,I’m Matt from That Pond Guy, a specialist pond maintenance company based in Burham, Kent. I’ve just joined LJN and thought I’d introduce myself.We cover Kent, London and the wider South East, looking after everything from garden wildlife…
"If I were looking to get into providing any service dealing with such unpredictable events (and it's probably a "Sorry Son, it doesn't work like that or else everyone would be doing it ! " scenario) I would be levying a standing charge to those…"
"hi PGM yes you're welcome... would have bought more myself but now I have each variant in both lengths, I still have my very similar hsa94T also, so think these will "see me out" as it were, interesting that by comparison they have reduced the top…"
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Don't bother you will be wasting your money "
Don't bother you will be wasting your money "
"Thanks for the heads up on that Billybop. Just bought one of the HSA 130T's. Went for the 24" T variant. £152 is ridiculously good value, and it was delivered the very next day for free too. Amazing value. "
" By all means but we were an approved contractor with probably the largest international FM company as they managed contractors for our largest client albeit we invoiced the client and took our instructions from the client not the FM company. They…"
"I would think approaching some of the national FM companies that outsource this type of work would be a good water to dip your toe in the water, as it were. Outco and Nuture might be a good place to start. "
"William. As you may be aware have just retired due to ill health after 40 odd years in the trade primarily commercial grounds maintenance and this is something we did for 16 years. Got into it by default as we picked up a commercial site in 2010…"
"It's very true we see far less snow than we used to, but there always seems to be at least a couple of occasions where it snows badly each year. I suppose as well we should look at the ploughing and gritting as two seperate entities. The ploughing…"
Pond maintenance in the South East – a quick hello from Kent
Morning all,I’m Matt from That Pond Guy, a specialist pond maintenance company based in Burham, Kent. I’ve just joined LJN and thought I’d introduce myself.We cover Kent, London and the wider South East, looking after everything from garden wildlife…
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Winter Services
With the winter season fast approaching, I'm wondering whether this is the year I invest properly in providing and advertising winter services (gritting, snow clearing). My main questions would be: Is the pay worth the initial investment in the kit…
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Best professional battery hedge trimmer at present?
I have been using Stihl hla 86's for the past 5 years, but I am finding I am replacing them every 1-2 years. Are there any better alternatives at the moment? The only annoying thing is that I have all the AP batteries and chargers so changing brand…
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Best professional battery hedge trimmer at present?
I have been using Stihl hla 86's for the past 5 years, but I am finding I am replacing them every 1-2 years. Are there any better alternatives at the moment? The only annoying thing is that I have all the AP batteries and chargers so changing brand…
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