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I have been to most places for the cheapest kiln sand, I thought value for money for good sand was Travis Perkins at £4,50 a bag. Very fine sand and does a great job.

Better than that though was Selco (you heard them on the radio...."its where the tra

I went back to pressure wash the effected area a few weeks back, cleared as much of the sealant and sand that we put down.

It was a good test for the Resiblock Sealant that we use for most of our jobs.
At Prosift Cleaning we use a 3600psi pressure wa

A further case of the tree disease Chalara, also known as ash dieback, has been confirmed in woodland in Dorset, near Dorchester.

Dorset is the 13th county in England where Chalara has been discovered and means the disease has now been confirmed in 5

Etesia UK, the exclusive distributor of Pellenc battery-powered equipment in the UK, have recently supplied a rental giant with a multitude of 28 machines, 13 batteries and a range of cutting blades. This order is the largest single order of Pellenc

Between 25 and 31 October, gardeners and community groups across Britain will unite in an effort to halt the decline of UK species.

Hedgehog numbers have reduced by a third since the millennium and tortoiseshell butterflies, once common in gardens, h

The Abundance Garden Trail is part of a new curatorial programme for Somerset Art Weeks Festival 2013, featuring a programme of exhibitions, new commissions and events.

Artist Fiona Campbell is one of eight artists who have been commissioned to creat

Motorists are being warned about a new insurance scam where criminals flash their lights to let other drivers out of a junction, then crash into them on purpose.

Anti-fraud experts are calling it "flash-for-cash".

The gangs tend to target new, smarte

Highlights:

• Estimates of retail sales for July showed continued growth in the quantity bought (or sales volumes) in the retail industry.

• Compared with a year ago (July 2013 compared with July 2012) the quantity bought in the retail industry incr

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’