Souters Sports, one of the UK’s leading specialist sportsturf contractors, has announced that it will be exhibiting at the BIGGA Turf Management Exhibition (BTME) in Harrogate from 20th-22nd January 2015 on stand C2.…
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Limagrain UK, one of world’s largest seed companies, will be exhibiting at BTME 2015 on stand C39 where it will be showcasing its sports turf and wild flower mixtures including the market leading MM mixtures for golf greens, tees and…
The Etesia and Pellenc brands have had monumental success over the past twelve months and in recognition of this achievement, dealers from across the UK gathered at the ‘Partners in Excellence’ awards.…
After extensive trials, the Weed-IT spot treatment technology has been considered a great success in the push to find a means of reducing the consumption of herbicides on the UK railways.…
Over recent years, professionals in the groundscare and amenity industry have turned to Sherriff Amenity’s GoGreen complexed…
Premiership football club Stoke City continues to see improvements at its 8-pitch Clayton Wood training complex, thanks to specialist contractor Souters Sports.…
Seppi - Italian specialists in manufacturing top quality forestry mulchers and mowers recently celebrated its 75th anniversary by hosting its biggest event in history for both dealers and distributors.…
The British Crown Green Bowling Association’s (BCGBA) Champion of Champion’s event, held at Waterloo Hotel, Blackpool last month, had a playing surface fit for the country’s best players thanks to the help of a Dennis FT510 mower and range of…
Limagrain UK, part of Group Limagrain, a plant breeder and fourth largest seed company in the world, has joined forces with Troop Aid; the UK’s only charity committed to providing injured soldiers with the essentials they need.…
Following the recent announcement that SALTEX will be moving to the NEC in Birmingham, visitors from around the UK say that the new indoor element and new time of year are key reasons behind their decisions to attend the exhibition in…
Following the recent promotion from the Conference Premier to the Football League for the first time in nine years, Cambridge United FC have purchased a Dennis G860 professional mower complete with a range of interchangeable cassettes to maintain…
Etesia UK has confirmed its attendance at the ‘Coping with Slopes’ event which is being held on 22nd October. The company say recent reports of operators losing their lives in bank mowing accidents have triggered a high demand for demonstrations…
Crown Woods College in Eltham, South East London have become the latest sports facility to benefit from the specialist artificial surface cleaning from Replay Maintenance – one of the UK’s leading synthetic sports pitch maintenance…
What comes after an Indian summer? Alan Abel, a Complete Weed Control franchisee for over 30 years tackles this sixty-four thousand dollar question as we have been treated to an exceptional weather run, which looks set to continue into the…
Sherriff Amenity has announced that it is now offering the Fortetub range of twin walled tree shelters exclusively to the UK market. The Fortetub range enhances plant survival on all Landscaping, Forestry and Agricultural planting…
Sherriff Amenity is pleased to announce the appointment of new amenity specialist Craig Spooner, who will be responsible for covering the East Anglian area for the company. Craig joins from Limagrain, the largest seed company in…
While travelling across the country - whether by rail, car or walking; harvest can be seen in full swing - And this may turn out to be the biggest UK and Ireland harvest for some time - possibly ever. Alan Abel, a Complete Weed Control franchisee…
The Institute of Groundsmanship (IOG) has announced that SALTEX will be moving to the NEC Birmingham on the 4th and 5th of November for the 2015 event – which also marks the 70th anniversary of the show.
The new venue and date will allow…
Specialist forestry equipment supplier Lamberhurst Engineering returns to the APF 2014 show, on stand 280-320, with the latest range of Seppi forestry mulchers and mowers and Maxwald cable winches.…
Godfreys Golf and Turf, based in Sevenoaks Kent and with two other depots in Sussex and Berkshire, have been confirmed as Etesia’s newest dealer for both Etesia mowers & Pellenc battery-powered tools to serve the Kent area.
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"Thanks Gary - am planning to upgrade my membership so I'll no doubt find more info on this topic then. And have got so far as downloading the Hourly Rate Calculator so you're right maybe I'll have a better idea what to charge when I see clearly what…"
"Josie, if you haven’t already, go to LJN’s Home Page, scroll down to the green footer and find the link to the ‘Hourly Rate Calculator’.
This is not directly related to customer hourly charging but more helps you establish your costs, what you need…"
This is not directly related to customer hourly charging but more helps you establish your costs, what you need…"
"Understanding my costs is another area I need to think about I think. I got carried away with early bookings and haven't thought all the business side of things through - thanks for this."
"Glen
I keep fairly detailed records of lawn areas and times for the lawns I cut. Push mowing per minutes for me varies between £0.42 and £1.25. My average is 70 pence per minute. Obviously I plan to raise the 42p per minute lawn.... I would agree…"
I keep fairly detailed records of lawn areas and times for the lawns I cut. Push mowing per minutes for me varies between £0.42 and £1.25. My average is 70 pence per minute. Obviously I plan to raise the 42p per minute lawn.... I would agree…"
"That's a good point re lawn care guys. My customers so far are a bit of a hodge podge so working out where my skills and therefore ideal clients lie is probably worth thinking about too."
"I think finding pricing that works for my business is key and I guess that's what I'm realising I'm not, thanks for clarifying I am a bit cheap (which you're right I did suspect)!"
"Thanks Nick, they are only 35 minutes from me. Will give them a go!
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"As I'm on the less experienced side I wanted to stick to the lower end of pricing but appreciate you actually giving figures here which I know some can be reluctant to do given this is accessible to the public. "
"The Stiga is well over £7k if we want to be accurate. £60 ph applies to hand mowing as well. On a £40 job I had to use the hand mower on one occasion recently due to temporary lack of access. It took one hour with the hand mower as opposed to under…"
"I think this is a good point re listing specifically what is covered under general maintenance especially if I go down the road of not working to fixed time which I'm definitely going to lean towards given the general consensus here."
"I so appreciate these comments. I know services offered and prices charged is a minefield whatever your industry but especially so in the gardening world where as I've seen on these pages, many customers seem to think paying £10 an hour is acceptabl…"
"Neither are we"
"I also have a HLA85 with the 300 battery. It's a great bit of kit. My local dealer will normally price match any internet price, plus you get face to face service."
"..and this is the dealer we use. https://www.briantsltd.co.uk
...they have excellent customer service too and have happily let us demo their battery kit before purchasing."
...they have excellent customer service too and have happily let us demo their battery kit before purchasing."
"Josie
You have picked a good time time to get your pricing fixed. I am not going to tell you my pricing as I would roughly agree with the guys above. I will tell you that I was reviewing accounts over the weekend - preparing for next years price i…"
You have picked a good time time to get your pricing fixed. I am not going to tell you my pricing as I would roughly agree with the guys above. I will tell you that I was reviewing accounts over the weekend - preparing for next years price i…"
"Go the local Stihl dealer and buy face to face - they tend to be very competitive.
We run HLA85's aith AP300 batteries - good bits of kit."
We run HLA85's aith AP300 batteries - good bits of kit."
Stihl cordless hedge trimmers and where to buy
I've been reading through threads from a few years ago and I just wondered what people's experiences are now, a couple seasons later, with the Stihl HLA 65's and 85's ?Also, seperate but related question... buy online cheaper or in a dealership for…
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Reply by Ben Mallow 17 minutes ago
Pricing/growing garden maintenance business - think I've started wrong!
Hi - long time lurker, first time poster here. Really appreciate anyone who takes the time to reply. This year I set up my own business (sole trader) offering garden maintenance - weeding, mowing, clearing borders, seasonal pruning - the usual. I…
Read more…Etesia pbts weak drive
Morning guys and gal's, I've just bought a second hand etesia pbts, I just needed something cheap to see me through the autumn. Very pleased with it, but seems to have a very weak drive. I'm assuming (hoping) a new drive belt will sort this, is…
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