Landscape
Amenity PRODUCT UPDATE
AUGUST 2015
Hedge & Verge Mowers
Street Furniture & Lighting
Play & Activity Today Latest news and views from the sector
A look at the urban environment
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Jane Carley’s market round-up
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HLF and Big Lottery Fund give £34m to parks’ regeneration The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) and Big Lottery Fund has announced that they are investing £34 million in what they describe as ‘some of the UK’s most precious, yet tired green spaces’. The money will, the HLF says, transform these sites, some of which are in the country’s most deprived communities. Disused historic buildings will be restored and used as new cafes or public facilities, helping to attract more people and therefore more income. Innovations include public wi-fi installed in Peel Park, Salford and plans to harness renewable energy from the mill pond at Victoria Park, Stafford.
HLF’s chair, Sir Peter Luff, said on behalf of HLF and the Big Lottery Fund: “We all benefit from spending time outside in the fresh air, so it’s vital that we look after our green spaces, particularly in dense urban areas. “National Lottery players’ money will give a boost to each of these 16 historic places, helping make sure they have a great future.” The projects include Great Yarmouth’s Venetian-inspired water gardens constructed as part of an unemployment relief programme after World War I; Belfast City Cemetery – the final resting place of some of Belfast’s industrial giants, including an underground
wall originally built to divide Protestants and Catholics and a ‘poor ground’ where 63,000 people are buried in unmarked graves; and Winckley Square Gardens, Preston – one of Northern England’s finest Georgian squares – with notable residents including suffragette Edith Rigby and seven-times Mayor Nicholas Grimshaw. Stoke-on-Trent’s Hanley Park – one of the biggest Victorian public parks in the UK, built for local potters and miners to relax and play sports – is also included in the list.
The Heritage Lottery Fund Enquiry 1
BALI Chalk Fund rewards the UK’s top landscape students Eleven students from ten BALI Training Provider members across the UK have received Best Student 2015 awards from the landscape industry’s training charity – the BALI Chalk Fund. With a remit to support education and training in the landscape sector, the BALI Chalk Fund’s trustees, who include former BALI national chairmen and board directors, provide financial support to encourage companies to offer industry apprenticeships in addition to helping individuals who need financial assistance to
pursue industry education and training. The BALI Chalk Fund Best Student 2015 Award was presented to the following: Ryan Yates, Berkshire College of Agriculture; George Lovegrove, Capel Manor College; Joshua Noakes, Merrist Wood College; Robert Crompton, Myerscough College; Christopher Shore, Reaseheath College; Jack Byng, South Staffordshire College; Roy Townson, Sparsholt College; Graham Simpson, SRUC Oatridge Campus; Simeon Dunford, Streetscape Social Enterprise;
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Francesca Le Maistre Banham and Robert Band, Writtle College. Fund Chairman Peter Jennins OBE commented: “It is our sincere hope that they will be encouraged to maintain their contact with BALI and benefit from the wealth of knowledge and expertise that exists within the membership of the association. We also hope that their interest in training and education will continue throughout their careers.” BALI Enquiry 2
Everris becomes ICL and a global player Everris has united with other companies in the ICL Group, Fuentes, Nu3, Novapeak and F&C, to form a new global company – ICL.
ICL, with the ICL name gradually replacing Everris on product packaging and in marketing and communications through the course of 2015/16.
This integration builds on a rich history in specialty fertilizers, growing media and plant protection products spanning decades.
“This transition to one strong and united company delivers a range of benefits to our customers,” says Stephen Squires, ICL business director for UK & Ireland. “As well as an expanded product portfolio, it means stronger emphasis on innovation and product development together with further integration and optimization of operations in the supply chain. Our recent strategic alliance with Yunnan Yuntianhua in China will lead to an expanded ICL product offering, while our extensive R&D programme is set to deliver new soluble PK fertilizers.”
ICL has developed a rich portfolio of products serving the needs of turf and amenity, ornamental horticulture and specialty agriculture with market leading brands including Greenmaster, Sportsmaster, Sierrablen, Osmocote, Peters, Levington, Agroblen and Agrolution. In the UK there will be a gradual phased transition from Everris to
Planned expansion of ICL’s laboratory and in-field research capabilities is set to accelerate product R&D utilizing core technologies, including soluble and controlled release fertilizers. The company is also developing new nutrient efficiency technologies and growth enhancers. ICL Enquiry 3
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