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Suki Kalirai to chair new LLDC leadership team

Aidan Williams — Wed, 14 Aug 2024 14:50:02 +0000

Sadiq Khan has said he intends to appoint Suki Kalirai to chair the new London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC) leadership team. Shazia Hussain has also been appointed the new chief executive as the group prepares to deliver the next stage of the Games’ legacy at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. As part of the evolution, […]

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‘Exponential’ sale growth following Hallstone relaunch

Bethany Vann — Wed, 02 Aug 2023 09:47:19 +0000

Hallstone has recorded a ‘marked increase’ in sales for the first half of 2023, following a relaunch to become a trade only brand in March of this year. Sales of its bulk bags have increased by more than 50% from last year. The landscape product supplier, which is part of the Rolawn group, recorded its […]

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Nurture Group acquires Northern Estates Services

Bethany Vann — Tue, 01 Aug 2023 15:55:53 +0000

Nationwide green services provider, Nurture Group has acquired Lancashire landscape maintenance company, Northern Estates Services Ltd (NESL). The acquisition follows on from the Group’s £60m investment by All Seas Capital earlier this year, marking its ninth acquisition in the past twelve months and further operates as an important step to consolidating the Group’s national presence. […]

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Mitie secures £62m IFM Phoenix Group contract

Bethany Vann — Thu, 20 Jul 2023 09:36:43 +0000

National facilities management company, Mitie has secured a five-year integrated facilities management (IFM) service contract with savings and retirement business, Phoenix Group. Mitie will provide planned and reactive maintenance, including waste management, landscaping and decarbonisation, across six Phoenix Group locations in five cities nationwide: Edinburgh, London, Hitchin, Wythall and Telford. The £62m contract will see […]

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idverde holds onto prolific Olympic Park contract

Bethany Vann — Wed, 05 Jul 2023 09:05:35 +0000

Award-winning landscaping provider idverde has been re-awarded the ground maintenance contract for the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park and the surrounding public realm, 11 years on from the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The London Legacy Development Corporation has renewed idverde’s existing ten-year contract for an additional eight years, following a procurement process. The £24m […]

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RSK Group acquires Crowders Nurseries

Bethany Vann — Wed, 28 Jun 2023 10:56:25 +0000

Sustainable solutions provider RSK has acquired Crowders Nurseries, a seventh-generation family-run wholesale nursery business. Crowders has been cultivating plants for more than 200 years, operating out of two locations in Lincolnshire: Horncastle and Woodhall Spa. It provides wholesale solutions on a multi-sector scale from government organisations, local authorities, landscape contractors, landscape architects and construction firms […]

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Mitie secures two-year expansion of FM contract

Bethany Vann — Mon, 26 Jun 2023 12:06:16 +0000

National facilities management company, Mitie has secured a two-year extension of its FM contract, providing total facilities management services to the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) sites in London and Handslope Park, Milton Keynes. Mitie will provide planned and reactive maintenance in the form of custodial and reception services, and grounds maintenance across the […]

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Husqvarna partners with Kew Gardens

Bethany Vann — Thu, 22 Jun 2023 08:55:58 +0000

Husqvarna, providers of robotic mowing solutions in the professional sector is partnering with the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew to strengthen the gardens’ journey to become carbon positive by 2030. Three Husqvarna electric commercial lawn mowers will be installed at Kew Gardens, two Husqvarna Automower® 550 EPOS robotic mowers and one Husqvarna Automower® 535AWD robotic mower. […]

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Greenwood Plants awarded £2.7m National Highways contract

Bethany Vann — Fri, 16 Jun 2023 07:38:38 +0000

Wholesale nursery Greenwood Plants has been awarded £2.7m in funding by National Highways to grow three million trees from seed over the coming five years. National Highways is targeting net zero by planting at least three million trees by 2030 with Greenwood signed as the sole supplier for the project. The tree whips will be […]

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Green-tech: An official drop-off hub for Free Tubex Collection & Recycling Programme

Bethany Vann — Tue, 13 Jun 2023 11:43:10 +0000

Tubex has expanded the reach of its Tree Shelter Collection and Recycling Programme by providing new hubs around the UK where tree shelters can be dropped off to be recycled for free. The scheme is a joint initiative with charity Yorkshire Dales Millennium (YDMT), which opened a number of its own recycling hubs in 2021. […]

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