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Win big with the Great British Garden Festival

May 6, 2022/in News, Press Release/by Emma Brown

Win big with the Great British Garden Festival: If you’re visiting RHS Chelsea Flower Show this year, The Great British Garden Festival has an incredible prize on offer! Simply sign up to join as a member while you’re at the show and you will automatically be entered into a draw to win £1,000 worth of […]

GMA pushes for guidance change

May 5, 2022/in News, Press Release/by Ollie Swan

GMA pushes for guidance change: The Grounds Management Association (GMA) has written to the Government to request a change to the recently published Guidance on Changes to rebated fuels entitlement, which fails to be inclusive of all sports when citing exemptions to the new red diesel legislation. In a letter to HMRC and HM Treasury, […]

Win big with the Great British Garden Festival

May 6, 2022/in News, Press Release/by Emma Brown

GMA pushes for guidance change

May 5, 2022/in News, Press Release/by Ollie Swan

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Win big with the Great British Garden Festival

May 6, 2022/in News, Press Release/by Emma Brown

Win big with the Great British Garden Festival: If you’re visiting RHS Chelsea Flower Show this year, The Great British Garden Festival has an incredible prize on offer! Simply sign up to join as a member while you’re at the show and you will automatically be entered into a draw to win £1,000 worth of garden products kindly supplied by their Partners!

Membership costs just £10 and gets you all sorts of exclusive access to savings on products as well as entry into gardens and events all year round.

Win big with the Great British Garden Festival

Love plants? Love gardening? Love days out? The Great British Garden Festival is for you! Join as a member and save on all things gardening!

With the help of fellow green fingered friends, The Great British Garden Festival has created a searchable hub for you to find out about all of the amazing gardens and events that are right on your doorstep! All around the nation there are thousands of beautiful gardens, hidden gems and incredible events. All you need to do is check The Great British Garden Festival website to see thousands of places to go and products that you can save on.

The Great British Garden Festival is proud to have some amazing ambassadors that advocate their mission to support gardeners like you. With support from the RHS, Kew, Historic England, Historic Houses, Visit Britain and the National Garden Scheme why not get behind the Festival too? Their Ambassadors personify the very best in their respective fields, coming from all backgrounds and working lives, they represent the diverse nature of the nation’s love for gardens and gardening including famous faces from TV like Gemma Collins, Lee Burkhill, Flo Headlam, Mark Lane and Simon Lycett.

Enthusiasm continues to flood in from all over and their list of Partners is growing daily, adding new places that you can visit and new products that you can save on. With so many different offers available, there really is something for everyone. Encourage each other to get out and about and enjoy the green spaces.

Let’s make the world a little greener together!

Visit the Great British Garden Festival website at www.GreatBritishGardenFestival.org.uk to find out more and sign up to claim your deals!

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GMA pushes for guidance change

May 5, 2022/in News, Press Release/by Ollie Swan

GMA pushes for guidance change: The Grounds Management Association (GMA) has written to the Government to request a change to the recently published Guidance on Changes to rebated fuels entitlement, which fails to be inclusive of all sports when citing exemptions to the new red diesel legislation.

In a letter to HMRC and HM Treasury, GMA Chief Executive, Geoff Webb reminds policymakers of the commitment made in the Reform of red diesel and other rebated fuels entitlement Policy paper published in November 2021, which made clear that there would not be a withdrawal of an entitlement to use red diesel in areas such as heating and sports.

GMA pushes for guidance change

“We are calling for wording within the guidance to be changed to replace the multiple references to “golf courses and driving ranges” with a more inclusive term that reflects the HMRC’s original intention to maintain the rebate entitlement across the wider sporting community, says Geoff Webb.

“It is not acceptable to exempt only one sport when there are many other sports facilities with turf surfaces that rely on red diesel to fuel essential machinery and specialist vehicles to maintain grounds to a safe, accessible, and satisfactory standard.

“Grassroots, community, and professional clubs, as well as educational establishments will be hit hard with increased costs if this guidance does not get amended.

“The GMA remains fully supportive of the Government’s net zero ambitions and understands the rationale behind pulling fiscal levers to deliver environmental goals. It is, however, crucial that policymakers are fair and avoid inadvertently imposing punitive taxes that will have an adverse effect on individuals, organisations, and communities.”

The GMA will continue to engage with the Government on this matter and encourages others to write to local MPs to reiterate the points made in the association’s letter.

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Win big with the Great British Garden Festival

GMA pushes for guidance change

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GMA pushes for guidance change

GMA pushes for guidance change: The Grounds Management Association (GMA) has written to the Government to request a change to the recently published Guidance on Changes to rebated fuels entitlement, which fails to be inclusive of all sports when citing exemptions to the new red diesel legislation.

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