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The Trade News Room            

The News Board features current Press Notices with information on the latest products and developments from companies in the Turfgrass industry. Notices are be posted as received and will remain on the site for 4 weeks.

If your company would like to take advantage of this free site please e-mail your latest news to Client Service Co-Ordinator.

External Trade

• Summer Rise for Take-All Risk - Turf managers should be on the lookout for the first signs of Take-All infection, especially on sand...
• IOG Fine Turf Management- A Year of Considerable Progress for Cricket - As Martin Ford celebrates his first anniversary as the Institute of Groundsmanship’s (IOG) Fine Turf...
• About the Atom Professional Edger - THE ATOM PROFESSIONAL EDGER is the heavy-duty tool no grounds professional can afford to be without....
• Aston Villa stays sharp with super Atom - Jonathan Calderwood, grounds manager of Aston Villa Football Club, needed a fast solution to keeping...
• Rolawn to Launch Specialist Topsoil's at Glee - Following the launch of their lawn seed and fertiliser range at GLEE 2007, Rolawn, Britain’s largest...
• DLF Trifolium’s Easy Lawn wins the Waterwise Marque - We are delighted to announce that DLF Trifolium’s Easy Lawn has won the Waterwise Marque.  Wate...
• Spaceship Warns of Alien Plants - British Wild Flower Plants (BWFPs) are bringing their giant spaceship to Saltex. Last seen on the c...
• Three launches by DJ Turfcare- including one that remains a close-kept secret - DJ Turfcare launches three new products at IOG Saltex this year – one to be unveiled at the show TH...
• MJ Abbott strengthens management team - Leading sportsturf contractor MJ Abbott Limited has appointed Nigel Pritchard as Purchasing and Dire...
• Rolawn appoint Graeme Howe fencing as key stockist in Cumbria - Rolawn, the UK's largest turf grower and leading topsoil supplier have appointed Graeme Howe Fencing...
• ‘Education, education ,education’ is JKC’s message at SALTEX 2008 - Education and training will be key themes of Japanese Knotweed Control’s attendance at this year’s I...
• Remote treats the parts that others cannot reach - Terrain Aeration launch their new Remote Terralift machine, the lightest, smallest most manoeuvrable...
• Matthew joins Barenbrug - Specialist grass seed breeder Barenbrug has announced the appointment of Matthew Williams as its new...
• Ransomes Jacobsen achieve combined accreditation - Ransomes Jacobsen ACHieve combined accreditation For quality, environmentAL management and Health &a...
• South African ministerial delegation visits Ransomes Jacobsen in Ipswich - A delegation, headed by the Acting Premier of the Provincial Government of the Western Cape in South...
• Rolawn first choice for Best Show Garden at Gardening Scotland 2008 - Rolawn are celebrating being first choice for the Best in Show Garden at Gardening Scotland 2008. R...
• IOG Scotsturf teams up with road expo to help local authorities single-source business decisions - With over 70 exhibitors already confirmed, plus an unmissable series of education presentations and ...
• New Kioti dealers for Scotland and Northern England - Reco, sole UK distributor of Kioti compact tractors, has added two new dealers to its sales network ...
• Jacobsen machinery and operator training wins over Worthing Golf Club - New turf maintenance equipment, supplied by local Ransomes Jacobsen dealer Harper & Eede of Albo...
• All aboard for easier ways to visit IOG Saltex - In addition to a host of special feature and demonstration areas that add value to the time spent by...
• The drive is on for club upgrade - Liverpool-based Nobles Construction has been appointed by West Lancashire Golf Club to refurbish its...
• Rethink RockTron - RockTron hosts Europe’s first zero carbon charity golf tournament in aid of Rethink RockTron, the p...
• IOG Announces dates for NPC level 1 summer schools - The Institute of Groundsmanship (IOG) National Practical Certificate Level 1 Summer Schools will thi...
• Low HAV levels for Turf Teq - Independent consultant Conformance Limited recently tested Turf Teq’s Power Rake, Power Edger and Po...
• GroundsCare Products have recently appointed three - GroundsCare Products have recently appointed three new dealers for their Turf Teq range of landscape...
• Dennis strengthens customer service - Newly appointed as Customer Manager with professional grounds maintenance equipment company Dennis, ...
• LS Tractor – The complete range of compact tractors - SALTEX 2008 In 1947 the multinational Korean company LG Group was established and is today a leader...
• AberRoyal produces ‘legendary’ greens at Thornton - If the quote on Thornton Golf Club’s website is anything to go by, the standard of the greens at the...
• Family celebrates a mud-free lawn from top UK artificial grass experts - A garden in Welwyn, Hertfordshire, has a superb new lawn that requires no mowing or watering – thank...
• Discover the cutting edge - GroundsCare Products will be in Demonstration area C with the full range of Turf Teq self-propelled,...