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New insight guide launches for biodiversity net gain

Bethany Vann — Fri, 22 Mar 2024 09:01:10 +0000

Pro Landscaper launches a new guide for biodiversity net gain (BNG), offering practical guidelines and comprehensive insight on the new government legislation. The guide looks to offer practical insights into the rules and regulations of BNG, following its rollout last month, providing readers with an acute understanding of how to navigate this new set of […]

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‘One million tradespeople can’t afford to run their vehicles’

The Pro Landscaper Team — Fri, 24 Mar 2023 11:45:43 +0000

Last week’s Budget saw the Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt unveiling plans to maintain the 5p cut in fuel duty for a further 12 months as inflation remains high – saving the average driver £100 next year. Whilst the freeze in fuel duty is a much-needed measure for tradespeople, Fix Radio, the UK’s only radio station dedicated […]

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BMF confirms Mike Tattam as commercial director

The Pro Landscaper Team — Mon, 27 Feb 2023 11:52:51 +0000

Mike Tattam has been appointed commercial director for the Builders Merchants Federation with effect from 1 April 2023. Tattam has a career spanning over 35 years working with manufacturer brands in senior commercial roles. He brings experience across heavyside and lightside sectors, and with national and independent merchants as well as specialist stockists and buying […]

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Balfour Beatty secures c.£90m Fife College campus contract

The Pro Landscaper Team — Thu, 19 Jan 2023 10:44:05 +0000

Balfour Beatty today announces that it has been awarded a c.£90m contract by Fife College for the design and construction of a new learning campus in Dunfermline, Scotland. Balfour Beatty will be responsible for the delivery of three interlinking buildings spanning over 20,000m2, which will house state-of-the-art teaching facilities and learning spaces for students, staff […]

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Wates to build 334 new mixed-tenure homes in Barking and Dagenham

The Pro Landscaper Team — Tue, 17 Jan 2023 10:52:41 +0000

Wates has been appointed by Be First to build 334 new homes as part of an £874m regeneration of the Gascoigne Estate in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham. This will be the third project Wates has undertaken for Be First in the area, having recently completed 201 homes at Gascoigne West Phase 1. The £142m Gascoigne […]

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Living Wall industry launches Best Practice Guidance to allow architects to specify with confidence

The Pro Landscaper Team — Tue, 03 Jan 2023 03:49:14 +0000

The Living Wall industry has launched a Best Practice Guide for designers, specifiers and architects to provide clarity on the latest National Building Regulations. On 1 June 2022 the government introduced a new framework to further strengthen and clarify building regulations and fire risk guidance as part of wider reforms to building safety. National legislation […]

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UK Landscape Barometer: October 2022 findings

The Pro Landscaper Team — Sun, 18 Dec 2022 22:25:57 +0000

There has been a steady fall in enquires this year, similar to that of the lack of confidence in the industry. However, as the year comes to a close, we are seeing 6% of our respondents gain confidence in just one month (from 10% of respondents feeling more confident in November 2022 to 16% in […]

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UK Landscape Barometer: September 2022 findings

The Pro Landscaper Team — Mon, 05 Dec 2022 10:55:04 +0000

Confidence has taken another dive across the sectors compared to the previous month, but even more so compared to the same time last year, when confidence appeared to be on the up. Design and build seems to have taken the biggest hit during September 2022. All respondents in this sector reported that their turnover had […]

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Carbon calculators won’t solve construction’s carbon problem says Soben

The Pro Landscaper Team — Fri, 25 Nov 2022 09:57:36 +0000

Global construction consultancy, Soben, is calling for industry-wide improvements to how carbon is calculated and reduced, as it launches a new Carbon Cost Management service. Led by ex-Bouygues Energies & Services UK sustainability lead, Dr Bonahis Oko, Soben’s challenge comes at a time of increasing pressure on the industry to focus its net zero efforts on […]

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‘No need to panic as housing market remains strong’, says expanding housebuilder

The Pro Landscaper Team — Thu, 24 Nov 2022 11:17:07 +0000

Widespread panic was unnecessarily spread throughout the UK as predictions that the housing market would suffer in the current economic climate were ‘way wide of the mark’, it has been claimed. This was the opinion of Nicky Gordon, the managing director of rapidly expanding Cumbrian housebuilder Genesis Homes, who has been buoyed by recent reports […]

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