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Spring is traditionally the time to clean up paths, roadways and hard surfaces and pick up fallen leaves and twigs from grassed areas in preparation for the summer. Since this is a seasonal job, it makes cost effective sense to take advantage of mult

Founder of LodeStar music festival, Doug Durrant, had a lifelong vision of creating an event with a special atmosphere that brought people together in a beautiful place of natural surroundings. Through the help of Limagrain UK, Doug has achieved a tr

Dennis and SISIS have returned to home soil following an extremely successful Golf Industry Show (GIS) in San Antonio, Texas, where the new SISIS Flexi400 was the star of the show.

‘Where Big Things Happen’ is the motto of the world famous GIS event a

Following complaints of a slippery surface, The University of Leeds sought the help of Replay Maintenance to ensure its sand dressed hockey pitch returned to its usual excellent standards.

Sports Park Weetwood, University of Leeds, is renowned for pla

National Apprenticeship Week runs from 9 to 13 March 2015 and celebrates apprenticeships and the positive impact they have on individuals, businesses and the wider economy.

The week is is all about getting more small businesses to take on apprentices

Enforcement officers will soon be able to seize vehicles suspected of being involved in fly-tipping thanks to enhanced powers to crack down on waste crime, Resource Management Minister Dan Rogerson announced.

The new legislation, expected to be intro

It was billed as a miraculous no-strings-attached gift to London, a fairytale forest on a bridge that would be entirely paid for by private sponsors. But this sparkling new “tiara on the head of our fabulous city,” as Joanna Lumley, cheerleader for t

A spray operative  has died after the machine he was working on rolled into a lake on the Celtic Manor golf course.

Ollie Floyd, who was 20 years of age, was spraying weeds when the incident happened. 

A spokesman for Complete Weed Control told the S

SALTEX 2015 is set to become bigger and better with the announcement that the show has now moved into a third hall at the NEC in Birmingham.

Organisers of the 2015 show, which is being held on 4 and 5 November, have extended the show footprint to acco

"Fairy control" has had to be brought in at a woods in Somerset to curb the "profusion of elfin construction".

Hundreds of fairy doors have been attached to the bases of trees in Wayford Woods, Crewkerne.

It is claimed the doors have been install

Sherriff Amenity’s Ferromex - a high performance liquid moss killer, has been given a new license approval.

Spring is upon us, and the new license for Ferromex arrives at the perfect time to tackle outbreaks of moss and algae. Most groundsmen and gree

Tobermore have supplied a range of beautiful paving products for Oakhill Grange in Aberdeen, the impressive new development created by Dandara. Dandara are one of the UK’s largest independent property development companies, renowned for creating inno

Fines for companies caught flytipping on an industrial scale should triple to £9m, the Liberal Democrats have said.

The increased penalities would target businesses that avoid paying landfill tax by dumping rubbish in hedgerows, parks and roadsides,

The government's financial management of Kew Gardens is "a recipe for failure", MPs have said.

The Science and Technology Select Committee warns that cuts in government funding are placing Kew's world-class science status at risk.

The London-based or

The Association of Professional Landscapers (APL) is offering landscaping businesses APL Registered Membership for  £200 (plus VAT), plus a one off joining fee of £20.  

The APL is a specialist group of the HTA and was formed in 1995 to provide repre

Hundreds of thousands of Europeans will suffer a premature death in the next two decades as the result of governments’ failure to act on air pollution, Europe’s environmental watchdog has warned.

In 2011, the latest year for which figures have been r

A funding pot of more than £100,000 is available to support the planting of native broadleaf trees, creating new woodland habitats and providing potential long term income for landowners.

The woodland creation programme will be overseen by charityYor