Spurred to enter the grounds management industry
Little did Spurs fan Harley Coplen know that his visit to WorldSkills UK LIVE 2019 at the NEC Birmingham would culminate in him winning a tour of the Tottenham Hotspur
TRAINING, EDUCATION & RECRUITMENT
Growing ornamental crops on Hadlow curriculum thanks to Provender Nurseries
Provender Nurseries and Hadlow College are collaborating on a new venture involving students and learning in line with the college curriculum. Students of all levels of horticulture are learning real
Advanced golf greenskeeper apprenticeship approved
The Golf Greenkeeping Trailblazer Group, an independent organisation representing British golf club employers and greenkeepers through a Board of Directors, is delighted to announce the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education
Time to Talk Day for Green-tech staff
Green-tech Supports Time to Talk Day on Thursday 6th February Green-tech supported Time to Talk Day on Thursday 6 February and encouraging as many people as possible to choose to talk
BASIS & STRI training courses introduced for 2020
Training provider BASIS and the sports turf consultants STRI have joined forces to provide a new modular training course that will help greenkeepers, groundsmen and amenity contractors to protect the
Groundcare courses by LANTRA
LANTRA, a leading awarding body for training in the land based industries, recently launched it’s new groundcare courses at SALTEX 2019. At the event the LANTRA team met with a
Landscaping courses for people with a disability
YMCA Training – in association with the Monday Charitable Trust – is offering a free Level 1 City & Guilds qualification in basic horticulture for people with disabilities. Following on
Hort Academy tackles skills gap in market
A pioneering Hort Academy for landscape and horticultural professionals designed to tackle the widening skills gap in the horticulture industry has been introduced by landscape company Bowles & Wyer. The
University challenge: a degree in landscaping
Education broadens the mind and it can also kickstart your business. Even so, how many landscape gardeners feel their study days are well and truly behind them? Rachel Gordon discovers how taking
Marketing for success
Whether a start-up or planning the next phase of expansion, effective marketing strategies can be the difference between success and failure for any business. But with so many different ways
Paving a future for the landscapers of tomorrow
Realising the value of landscaping training, leading suppliers the Talasey Group recently opened a training academy. Here they explain the benefits of the new facility According to a recent landscaping
Meeting the challenges of recruitment in landscaping
Declining work ethics and a general lack of awareness of industry opportunities are creating critical short- and long-term labour challenges in the world of landscaping. Ffion Llwyd-Jones explores how the industry is
Understanding apprenticeships
Understanding apprenticeships with The Landscaper Magazine
