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Thomsons Directories is understood to have been bought out of administration by a newly formed company called Corporate Media Partners Limited, run by the founders of 118, reports The Drum.

The Drum has learned that the deal was made within hours of

An Easier way to Accept Cards on the Job

When you’re out on the job, there are certain processes that are the last thing on your mind.

Especially when you are covered head to toe in dirt from a hard day’s work. Furthermore, if you are in a remote loc

Dennis will be back at IOG SALTEX in 2013 on stand B40 showing a prototype tractor mounted cutting unit, designed specifically for cutting golf fairways, cricket outfields, football pitches and large ornamental areas.

As a leading British manufacturer

Properties in Wales will require permeable paving for new or replacement drives from 30 September 2013.

Similar in scope to the existing requirements in England, the Welsh authorities say 'permitted development' rights will only apply to paving optio

The National Farmers' Union (NFU) claims that today, 14 August, is the day that the UK would run out of food if it had to be self-sufficient.

The NFU has calculated that if all the food produced in the UK in a year were stored and eaten from January

Four of the eight grass pitches at Premiership club Stoke City’s Clayton Wood training complex recently underwent major renovation work this summer courtesy of contractor Souters Sports in conjunction with the club’s pitch advisers PSD.

The work was t

Cornflowers, poppies, buttercups and other wildflowers will be blooming across the city this summer as part of a three year, £1.3 million research project led by the University of Bristol.

University scientists are planting flower meadows in the city

A Facebook game has been created that enables puzzle fans to help tackle a disease threatening the UK’s ash trees.

The Fraxinus app, asks players to match sequences of coloured leaves, which represent strings of genetic information.

It is hoped that

Brett Landscaping has reinforced its commitment to sustainability with a range of initiatives that emphasise renewable energy, reduced emissions and reduced -carbon operations.

Since April, the electricity supplied across all of the Brett business un

Britain’s favourite baker is to top the bill at this year’s Malvern Autumn Show (28th & 29th September).

Author, columnist, teacher and broadcaster, Mary Berry CBE, will be at the Three Counties Showground in Worcestershire on Saturday 28th, as a spe

Midway through the 2013 cricket season, Sherriff Amenity, one of the leading turf care and sports equipment suppliers in the UK, continue to give on-going support to the work of the Surrey Cricket Groundsman’s Association.

The 60-plus delegates and gu

Dennis and SISIS, a leading British manufacturer of innovative world class turf maintenance equipment, continue to give on-going support to the work of the Surrey Cricket Groundsman’s Association by supporting the recent ‘one stop shop to renovation’

A project that aims to promote food growing in every school in London has received £804,994 from the Big Lottery Fund.

The money will go towards The Food Growing Schools: London project, which is overseen by Garden Organic, one of the UK’s leading or

It is feared that the increased popularity of urban bee hives is actually doing more harm than good.

The Telegraph reports that the number of hives in London alone doubled from 1,677 to more than 3,500, in the five years from 2008 to 2013.

And while

HERE is a quick look over some recent headlines.

Late autumn 'to bring bumper fruit crop' for wildlife
A late autumn is set to bring a bumper crop of fruits and berries for wildlife in the UK countryside, experts say.

How to attract pollinators to yo

As the proud owner of a tennis court, you will know only too well that cleaning is the most important part of tennis court maintenance.

A well maintained tennis court should last twenty years of safe and trouble free play but only if you develop and i

After you have pressure washed your driveway, once a year or every other year you should seal your driveway for protection.

Most people know the area you are sealing has to be bone dry in-between the joints otherwise the sand gets moist and the sealan

Now that the weather has returned to something a bit more like a normal English summer I have been able to do some splitting and dividing of some plants which have overgrown like the hair grass Stipa tenuissima. This has done amazingly well this year

The Telegraph talks to head gardeners around the country and get their tips and tricks for looking after gardens when temperatures are high:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/gardeningadvice/10229098/How-are-Britains-top-gardeners-coping-with-a-ho

HMP Whatton Prison in Nottinghamshire has been named as the winner of the prestigious Windlesham Trophy Competition 2013 for the best kept prison garden in England and Wales.

The prison retains the title it won in 2012 with this latest victory making