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 the
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Limagrain UK, part of Group Limagrain - the largest plant breeder and seed development company in Europe, has appointed Fusion Media (Europe) as its new PR partner for the amenity sector with immediate effect.
Fusion Media is an award-winning marketin
The weakest underlying performance by high street and online stores since the depth of the 2008-09 recession provided fresh evidence on Tuesday of a slowdown in the economy.
An unusually warm September, the continued weakness of spending in supermark
The grounds at Boringdon Hall Hotel, the seductive manor house in Devon, have recently been redeveloped. The premises boast a stunning new landscape consisting of beautiful paving supplied by Tobermore.
The history of Boringdon Hall is exceptional. Th
A celebration of all things woods lies at the heart of the second Grown in Britain week that runs from 13 to 19 October 2014.
Organised by industry groups within the forestry and woodland sector, the week of events looks to help promote everything fr
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 of t
Natural England and Defra have provided detailed information on what to do should a project you are working on have to deal with the presence of bats.
All bat species and their breeding or resting places (roosts) are protected, with the threat of pri
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 providers.
The full
Injecting trees with a concentrated form of garlic might help save trees in the UK from deadly diseases.
Operating under an experimental government licence, a prototype piece of technology to administer the solution is being trialled on a woodland es
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 autumn.
We
A tree surgeon dislocated his hip after falling more than 18 metres to the ground when the limb of a diseased tree he was working on gave way, a court heard today.
Daniel Hunt, 40, from Lydney, also suffered cuts and bruising in the incident at Court
Martin Guy Developments, a rapidly expanding golf course maintenance contractor based in the South East of England, is pleased to announce the appointment of Paul Copsey as Project Manager.
Paul will focus initially on the course maintenance side of t
Defra has published detailed guidance on landscape and seascape character assessments, designed to help in a variety of projects.
Defra says:
Landscape character assessment (LCA) is the process of identifying and describing variation in character of
A landlord is counting the cost of cutting down parts of three English oak trees without permission from the council.
Shabbir Ahmad, of Winchester Road in Tilgate, appeared at Crawley Magistrates' Court on Wednesday, October 1 charged with causing or
Blackpool Victoria Hospital, Lancashire, has recently undergone an amazing transformation following a £16.5 million redevelopment project designed by Gilling Dod and delivered by construction firm, Wilmott Dixon.
This redevelopment scheme has meant th
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 projects.
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Seppi, Italian specialists in manufacturing top, quality forestry mulchers and mowers, unveiled its newest product at the recent APF 2014. The Starsoil, which is the latest soil tiller and stone crusher, certainly lived up to its name and Lamberhurst
NETWORK Rail have halted their plans to carry out a mass tree felling operation along Formby railway line after failing to consult residents on the proposals.
As reported in the Champion last week (September 24) residents living along College Avenue
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for large areas I have a back pack Stihl BR800 this combo does me "
Generally have always used the Stihl kombi with the ( blower attachment ) as a dedicated blower .
It does play up so i take it to my repair guy who always manages to keep it going on…"
20yrs with a blower that's Impressive.
I haven't managed to find a local dealer for echo I'd prefer to have a look first than buy…"
Stihl blowers failing
I've had a definite increase in machinery failing, and lately I've had a rash of BG86 blowers failing due to carburettor wear- something I've never come across before. Has anyone else had issues like this? What hand-held blowers would people…
Read more…Making tax digital
Thought there might be some unaware of this. So briefly and I am not an accountant . As from 6th April 26 anyone who has income from self employment, rent from property etc or a combination that equates to a turnover of 50k or more (not profit) will…
Read more…Dedicated Garden Waste Collection/Garden Clearance Business
Hi all,A few quick questions for anyone running garden waste or clearance work:What vehicle setup works best for fast, one-person jobs?Do private firms use their own green waste bins, and how do you manage them?How do you deal with overfilled dumpy…
Read more…Robot mowers and rabbits
Ideas please..The garden I look after is mown by a couple of large very heavy robot mowers - they are generally my friends - they remove the bore of cutting the lawns which used to take 2 full days a fortnight with a large ride on and smaller…
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