LJN Blog Posts

Leading natural and artificial sports ground contractors, White Horse Contractors, has continued its policy of heavily investing in specialised plant and machinery with the purchase of a GKB Drainmaster and 2.2m heavy duty disc seeder from sportsturf

“I am a woman in the Autumn of her life. I recently married Terry, the chairman of our local amateur dramatics society. As this is a marriage intended solely for companionship, romantic relations are of no consequence to me – his oily skin and thick

As one of the UK’s leading artificial pitch maintenance providers, Replay Maintenance recognises the importance of specialist maintenance to aid safe and enjoyable play as well as prolonging the longevity of the surface. Here, Nick Harris, Business D

The next round of the Dennis and SISIS bowling green maintenance seminars has been announced, with the company heading to Currie Bowling Club, Near Edinburgh on 1st October before moving on to Cardonald Bowling Club in Glasgow on 2nd October.

The huge

A new project to help scientists identify species of ash tree that are resistant to Chalara fraxinea or 'dieback' has been launched by the University of East Anglia.

Members of the public are being called on to monitor the long-term health of ash tre

What is believed to be the UK's largest living wall has been created on the side of the Palace hotel, Victoria, in London.

Measuring 350 square metres and made up from more than 10,000 ferns, herbaceous plants and 16 tonnes of soil, the liv

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