Online conference proves a great success: The annual Amenity Forum conference is well established and seen as a must attend event for those involved in or with an interest in the sector. Its focus is on amenity management.
This year’s event of course was affected by the consequences of the virus but it went ahead totally on line and was judged a great success. Attendance was extremely good and the speakers were of the highest standard. The
Built on and thriving on Mansfield Sand: In 2009 the Colt Course at Close House Hotel and Golf Resort in Newcastle Upon Tyne was constructed with a sand soil rootzone from Mansfield Sand. Brian Clark, Golf Course & Estates Manager, has continued to use the company’s sand-based products ever since.
The championship length course, designed by lead architect Scott Macpherson of TurnerMacpherson Golf Design, measures more than 7,000 yards. This prestigious course is also endorsed by renowned golfer
Daneshill School appoints Kestrel Contractors: Kestrel Contracts, an accomplished provider of natural and artificial sports pitches, has been appointed by Daneshill School to build a range of new sporting facilities.
These include a large new Multi Use Games Area (MUGA), a new 5-a-side grass football pitch and the renovation of an existing MUGA. In addition, Kestrel will be designing and building a new cricket pitch for use next year and developing the school’s tennis courts.
The boots who were made for working: AS JCB prepares to mark its 75th birthday tomorrow there’s one family with an extra reason to toast the milestone after notching up a staggering 600 years’ service to the company.
The Boot family started its long association with JCB in 1949 when Bill Boot clocked on for the first time at the company’s factory in Rocester, Staffordshire. In the years that followed, nine of ten of Bill and his
TYM tractor still making magic: Earlier this year Douglas and Alex Chalmers, Countryside’s TYM competition winners, compared the T194 tractor they won for the year to a fairytale: “It’s a bit like Goldilocks. Not too big, not too small, but just right.” And six months on, it’s still making magic.
Learning Fields, a not-for-profit centre of wellbeing based at Nag’s Head Farm in Cumbria, has not been operating this year, but that doesn’t mean the T194 tractor hasn’t
