During the summer your lawn will play host to heightened levels of footfall. Children fresh out of school playing sports late into the evening, a series of social gatherings and a lack of rain can you leave your lawn looking patchy and parched. Howev
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Lawn care in the US or UK is no small matter. Industry statistics estimate that up to $40 billion is spent on lawns, and that in the US alone, they account for 30 million acres of land. The vast amount of money spent on lawn care is no testimony to t
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Just curious has anyone used or during the course of their work come across the cedar and aluminium corner reinforced raised bed kits .? In various sizes they look fit for purpose and reasonably priced .I like the concept once planted up full of veg…
"Retired now...but I always (every year) sent a letter to all clients, around April, May time when they really needed me, setting out the jncrease. To those big residential customers I wanted, who kept me busy for half day plus a week, 12 months a…"
"And looking at that the etesia works out cheaper over its length of life, I can get 15yrs from an etesia and they do more than 1 day a week"
"If you have kept up increasing your prices in line with inflation previously then it's usually a small increase which is generally acceptable if your customers are happy with your services .
If however you have set the bar too low initially to win…"
If however you have set the bar too low initially to win…"
HiAn increase in prices for established customers can be a tricky part of our services. There's always a chance we can lose good business. How do folks respond to objections to an increase?
"Hi Sean
I have a long standing habit of always looking out the window first thing every morning at my own garden and weather to gauge what work can be done by me or the other guys I know going out to do jobs.
Ground hog day comes to mind as every…"
I have a long standing habit of always looking out the window first thing every morning at my own garden and weather to gauge what work can be done by me or the other guys I know going out to do jobs.
Ground hog day comes to mind as every…"
"If you like Etesias buy a new one!
Yeah its £2800 but over 10 years its £280 a year.
You can put it against your tax.
You know your business better than anyone I don't know how much mowing you do. I only do a day a week so I counldn't justifiy…"
Yeah its £2800 but over 10 years its £280 a year.
You can put it against your tax.
You know your business better than anyone I don't know how much mowing you do. I only do a day a week so I counldn't justifiy…"
"Stihl 4 series are relatively inexpensive and I have run them and their Viking predecessor for about 15 years. I run a mower for 2 seasons then sell on and replace.They are light powerful machines good value for money. "
"Its pretty simple really if its to expensive to replce you havent been charging enough 12yrs is a long time to save for a replacement.
others will do the job but won't last anywhere near as long so will cost far more in the long run. I too run…"
others will do the job but won't last anywhere near as long so will cost far more in the long run. I too run…"
"Ive just purchased a carlock tracker with additional vibration sensors. A really inexpensive but brilliant solution imo. Obviously the tracker will give you exact gps location of where your van is. But the vibration sensors will tell you if anyone…"
Hi everyone, I’m Marc.I’ve been working in garden design for 25 years and in 3D visualisation for over 10 years.I’ve attached a few examples of my visualisation work so you can see the quality and realism we produce.If you want to bring this into…
KAR UK has announced the appointment of Oliver Paton as Area Sales & Accounts Manager for Southern England and South Wales, further strengthening its regional support and customer-facing expertise.Oliver joins the team with over eight years’…
"I've had the opposite, most common thing is people see the van and take a pic so they have my number, no website, Facebook page only me and my van for adverts and I'm rushed off my feet. I suppose areas will be different not much competition up here…"
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Raised bed kits
Just curious has anyone used or during the course of their work come across the cedar and aluminium corner reinforced raised bed kits .? In various sizes they look fit for purpose and reasonably priced .I like the concept once planted up full of veg…
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Price increases
HiAn increase in prices for established customers can be a tricky part of our services. There's always a chance we can lose good business. How do folks respond to objections to an increase?
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Would you like to visualise your designs like we do?
Hi everyone, I’m Marc.I’ve been working in garden design for 25 years and in 3D visualisation for over 10 years.I’ve attached a few examples of my visualisation work so you can see the quality and realism we produce.If you want to bring this into…
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Two Ordinary Blokes in Business
I am well out of my comfort zone and was hoping for some feedback.I have spent the last 22 years running a lawn care business LawnsOne and recently with a friend in the industry we have started a podcast talking about our REAL journey to a…
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