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Celebrate UK Parks and Green Spaces

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Celebrate UK Parks and Green Spaces: Thousands of people, in hundreds of communities across the UK, will come together this weekend to celebrate local parks and green spaces as part of the Fields in Trust charity’s “Have a Field Day” campaign on Saturday 7th July.

As the heatwave continues Britain is set for an elite sporting weekend with Wimbledon, England’s World Cup Quarter-Final and the women’s cricket One Day International against New Zealand. Summer weekends like this inspire young people to get out in the park, emulate their heroes and aspire to be part of the future of sport.  Every sporting superstar started their journey in a local park or green space – Have a Field Day recognises the importance of these spaces to our communities – and to the nation.

Celebrate UK Parks and Green Spaces

Over the weekend park users, Friends of parks groups and community organisers will join a movement, championing the green spaces that are so special to them. Have a Field Day is a day to enjoy your local park with friends, family and the community. These self-organised local events across the UK will take many different forms: perhaps a party in the park, a sports day, a village fete, or maybe joining with neighbours to enjoy a Have a Field Day picnic. But this is not simply fun in the sun – recent research by Fields in Trust demonstrates that parks and green spaces across the UK provide people with over £34 billion of health and wellbeing benefits. The research Revaluing Parks and Green Spaces demonstrates National Health Service savings of at least £111 million per year based solely on prevented GP visits by regular park users.

Fields in Trust Chief Executive, Helen Griffiths, said: “At a time when parks and green spaces are under threat Have a Field Day is the opportunity to celebrate their value and their proven physical and mental health benefits. These are valuable places; places where we can all move, breathe, run and play. We need to champion and support these precious spaces by protecting them for people to enjoy in perpetuity. Because once lost, they are lost forever.”

Events taking place on Have A Field Day are expected to be as varied as the parks that will be hosting them, from small picnics amongst neighbours to large summer fetes with thousands in attendance.

One such event will be at Stanley Park in Blackpool, last year’s winner of the UK’s Best Park, as voted by YOU! award run by Fields in Trust, where around 3,000 people are expected at a family fun day. The event, part of Blackpool’s Wordpool Festival will include arts, outdoor reading, pop-up cinema and much more.

On a smaller scale, Friends of St George’s Park in Kidderminster will celebrate their tenth anniversary with a family picnic and games. The park was given to the people of Kidderminster in 1927 and in July 2013 was protected in perpetuity with Fields in Trust as a Queen Elizabeth II Field, ensuring it will always remain a green space for the local community.

Meanwhile, in Edinburgh, the Friends of Starbank Park will welcome hundreds to their Bubble Festival and picnic including face painting, chalk drawing, old-fashioned games, fun races, storytelling and refreshments.

Heritage is a theme which underpins the Have a Field Day campaign, with the first Saturday in July marking the date Fields in Trust was founded by King George V at the Royal Albert Hall in 1925. Throughout the 1930’s a series of Playing Fields Days helped raise funds towards the organisation’s work, and eight decades later some events will be fundraising for Fields in Trust as part of their events.

Whilst Have a Field Day takes its roots from the past, it is very much about the future of our public parks which are at a critical juncture. Research has found that 92% of local authority park departments have experienced budget cuts in the past three years and that between 2014 and 2016 a total of 214 playgrounds were closed by 65 local authorities across the UK. Yet despite the cuts parks and green are a much-loved heart of many local communities.

Fields in Trust’s research calls for a revaluing of our parks and green spaces as a resource which contributes to public health, mental wellbeing and community cohesion, not simply being viewed as a drain on council finances for upkeep.

Have a Field Day is championing our green spaces, calling for their protection from development and raising awareness of the positive impact they have on our communities.

Inspired? Get involved with Have a Field Day by:

  • Hosting an event this Saturday! It’s not too late to register and receive your free support pack through the post including bunting and our ‘Top Ten Tips’ inspiration card.
  • Tweeting about why your local green space is so special to you using #LoveYourLocalPark
  • Finding your nearest Fields in Trust protected space
  • Saving the date for Have a Field Day 2019 – Saturday 6th July!

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Huxley And Bearwood Join Forces

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Huxley And Bearwood Join Forces: Huxley Golf was proud to be chosen to equip practice facilities for another premier golf club this Spring. 

Bearwood Lakes Golf Club is widely considered as one of the very best in the South of England.  Set on what were ancient royal hunting grounds, the Club’s forest terrain and woodland has evolved over centuries to create one of the most inspiring golfing environments to be found anywhere in the world. With gently undulating putting surfaces, the 18 hole course weaves its way through three natural lakes providing a stimulating challenge for golfers of all abilities.

Huxley And Bearwood Join Forces

Now the Club has an equally impressive indoor/outdoor practice facility too. Two high tech studios – including one exclusive Mizuno custom fitting studio, recently opened by former World number one, Luke Donald – are complemented by a 23 bay covered and outdoor driving range.

Huxley Golf installed premium all weather surfaces throughout the new facility. Huxley Golf Premier Tee Turf 2 was laid in both studios and in the five 12ft x 18ft (3.6m x 5.4m) covered practice bays.  To the front, a 12ft x 153ft (3.6m x 46.6m) outdoor driving area was created, also working with the company’s exclusive Premier Tee Turf.  Surrounding areas and pathways were finished with Huxley Golf Premier 20mm Leisure Turf.

Managing Director Carl Rutherford said: “We pride ourselves on providing world class playing surfaces, maintained with exceptional craftsmanship and unparalleled attention to detail.  That’s why we chose to work with Huxley Golf on our stunning new purpose built all-weather practice facility.  This was an important project for us as it would not only increase the distance of the range, but also bring our practice facilities into line with standards across the rest of the Club.  We are delighted with the result and look forward to welcoming members and their guests to experience it in the year ahead.”

Huxley Golf’s General Manager, Paul Chester commented: “This was a large and prestigious installation and one that amply demonstrates the adaptability of our surfaces, designed to exacting specifications for indoor and outdoor use.  It took just a week for us to fit out the whole area ready for its high profile public launch – and for the delight of Club members.”

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STM and Espritt’s Prestigious Order

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STM and Espritt’s Prestigious Order: If you think of Brugge you almost instantly conjure up pictures of their spectacular waterway system.

But they do have grass as well.

STM and Espritt's Prestigious Order

This is the first season with STM/SCAG machinery being represented by Espritt, our new dealership in Belgium, their Dirk Allard has already obtained a prestigious order for ten SWZ pedestrian machines for maintaining the grass areas in the historic and beautiful city of Brugge.

This is a very good order to have received, not only as it reflects well on Dirk and Espritt, but as it also puts the familiar orange SCAG machinery out and about in a prominent European city.

The SWZ is a pedestrian unit with zero-turn operation, and they have selected the 36” rotary deck option, chosen for this work as it is ideal for intricate working areas and easy and quick to transport on trailers. Its cutting capability is a further benefit and we look forward to a long relationship with this landmark city as we help to maintain its internationally celebrated appearance.

 Machines are available for demonstration through the STM dealership network.

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idverde And Mixto Partner Up

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idverde And Mixto Partner Up: The UK’s biggest specialist green service provider, idverde, has joined forces with Italian hybrid sports technology brand, Mixto, in a sole distribution agreement for the United Kingdom. The partnership follows the success of the same agreement with idverde France.

Mixto uses hybrid grass technology to create a sports turf system that improves the durability and quality of sports turf, without compromising player experience, and at a price point which makes it accessible for clubs at all levels of the game.

idverde And Mixto Partner Up

idverde’s position as a leading supplier of specialist green services in the UK makes the company the perfect partner for the product, as the company has the right infrastructure, skills and experience to support the installation and maintenance of Mixto throughout the UK.

Nick Temple-Heald, Chairman of idverde, comments:

“We are excited to announce our partnership with Mixto and the expansion of idverde into the sports surface market.  Our teams currently maintain hundreds of sports pitches for clients throughout the UK, making this a natural progression of our portfolio.

“Our colleagues in France have achieved great success with the Mixto product, given its combination of high quality results – it’s used by a number of top clubs – at a price point which makes it accessible to sports clubs at all levels of the game.

We have also been developing the system in the UK over two years with great results. So, we can’t wait to share what Mixto has to offer with the UK.”

idverde launches its partnership with Mixto at this year’s BIGGA Turf Management Exhibition (BTME) from 23rd to 25th January 2018, at the Harrogate Convention Centre.  Visit Mixto on stand A16 where a mini-pitch will be on display – and in use – for visitors to try out the product for themselves.

For more information, visit: www.idverde.co.uk

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Bobcat and Doosan at EHS

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Bobcat and Doosan at EHS: Visitors to the Executive Hire Show in Coventry on the 7-8 February 2018 will be able to see the latest products for the plant and tool hire industry from Bobcat and Doosan Portable Power on stand B115. These products include the Bobcat 1.7 tonne E17z Zero Tail Swing (ZTS) canopy excavator and, being shown at the exhibition for the very first time, the new G20IIIA generator and 7/31+ compressor generator incorporating a new 8.5 kVA on-board generator from Doosan Portable Power. 

The E17z canopy model completes Bobcat’s 1-2 tonne range of compact excavators.  It provides an unmatched combination of features for a machine of this size, from ZTS and the roomy and comfortable operator area to the ease of transport thanks to a shipping weight close to 1.6 tonne; its impressive digging forces and working range; the smoothness of the workgroup functions; the fast hydraulic performance in terms of low cycle times and its reliability, durability and easy service access.

Bobcat and Doosan at EHS

In the E17z, the ZTS functionality is taken a level further using Bobcat’s Zero House Swing design, in which the front upper structure is also fully protected by ensuring the front corners are kept within the swing circle when the tracks are in the fully expanded position.

The uncompromised operator environment on the E17z in combination with excellent visibility, provides unmatched operator comfort and safety.  The E17z has a standard operating weight of 1749 kg and a maximum digging depth of 2249 mm.  Many of the well accepted features in the current Bobcat 1-2 tonne range such as the retractable undercarriage, upper-structure tie-down points and advanced diagnostics are available as standard on the E17z.

As well as the E17z, Bobcat offers a complete range of micro- and mini-excavators, compact loaders, telehandlers and attachments for the plant and tool hire industry.

New G20IIIA Generator

The new G20IIIA generator from Doosan Portable Power provides a prime power output of 19 kVA and is driven by a Yanmar 4TNV88 19 kW diesel engine, meeting EU Stage IIIA engine emission regulations for generators.  Sharing a similar design to the G40-IIIA to G200-IIIA platforms launched previously, the new G20IIIA generator offers robustness and reliability, high performance and a wide choice of features to meet the needs of temporary power applications.

Of particular interest for the rental market, the fuel tank configuration on the new G20IIIA generator will ensure autonomy of at least 47 hours at 75% of the load.  Safe and easy access to operation and maintenance areas has been a priority throughout the design of the new generator.

A user-friendly feature is the electrical control and power compartment which has been designed to meet the highest safety, reliability and flexibility requirements.  All control functions are grouped together on the 4510 Deep Sea Electronics simple-to-use operator control panel, displaying critical operating parameters at a glance

From the construction site, to the concert stage, to the front lines of disaster relief efforts, the new G20IIIA generator offers hire companies, contractors, event organizers, emergency services, general industry and many other customers the highest quality, backed by dedicated technical and service support worldwide.

New Compressor Generator

Another development from Doosan Portable Power on the EHS stand is a new generator option for the company’s portable compressor range aimed at the utilities industry and rental companies serving this sector.  The new 8.5 kVA generator option meets a specific requirement in utility work to meet the demands of the latest fusion welding equipment, providing electrical power that can also be used for lights and tools together with compressed air for powering breakers and other pneumatic equipment.

The new generator option is available on two machines – the 7/31+ model, which is being shown at EHS, providing a free air delivery of 3.0 m3/min at an output pressure of 7 bar.  The 8.5 kVA generator option is also available on the larger 7/41+ portable compressor, supplying 4.0 m3/min of compressed air at 7 bar output pressure.

Like all Doosan compressors, the modular design of the 7/31+ and 7/41+ ensures that a wide range of optional equipment can be added easily.  As well as the ‘Tough Top’ polymer canopy, they can include LED lights, a Heavy Duty light grill, a number plate clip, wheel nut indicators and a ‘bunded base’.

Doosan Portable Power offers a comprehensive range of portable compressors, generators and lighting products for the plant and tool hire industry.  Completing the line-up are construction tools such as air-powered chipping hammers, pickhammers, jackhammers and paving breakers for work in demolition, utilities, quarrying and industrial markets.

For more information about Bobcat and Bobcat products, visit www.bobcat.com

For more information about Doosan Portable Power products, visit the website: www.doosanportablepower.eu