Staff at Pinnacle first with new landscaping diploma
26 Nov 2010
Pinnacle PSG says it is one of the first landscape contractors in the country whose staff have notched up new a qualification.
Environmental consultancy ADAS has been crowned "best consultancy to work for" for the second year running at the Edie Environmental Excellence Awards.
Pinnacle PSG says it is one of the first landscape contractors in the country whose staff have notched up new a qualification.
Online postgraduate courses in horticulture are now available after a school of design launched a masters' course.
The Institute of Horticulture has held a training day for participants in a new pilot mentoring scheme. The aim is to utilize the expertise of volunteer members to support career development.
The Sports Turf Research Institute (STRI) is holding a series of regional training days at the end of this month.
Technical Surfaces and Loughborough University have launched an academic study into artificial turf maintenance.
Three grounds staff who have clocked up 124 years of service for one company between them have won long-service awards.
Westland Horticulture is launching its Masterclass Academy at the beginning of 2011, to coincide with its Garden Industry educational days held throughout the UK.
The misinterpretation of health and safety regulations disrupts work, not the regulations themselves, HSE Solutions managing director Kenneth Hill told a Scotsturf seminar last week.
The crucial role of UK horticultural research in ensuring food security has been given a further national vote of confidence by scientists.


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