Magazine - Consultancy

Five quick tips for jobseekers
2 Weeks ago - Consultancy - Frank Newberry - Issue 40 - Dec / Jan 2012
With the overall unemployment rate (at the time of writing) standing at one in twelve people in the UK - its highest level for sixteen years - and youth unemployment standing at one in five of young people and rising, Trainer and Motivational Speaker, Frank Newberry, offers a few quick tips for job seekers

The soil food web - undoing the myth
4 Weeks ago - Consultancy - Paul Lowe - Issue 40 - Dec / Jan 2012 - 37 comments
Seaweed, humic, fulvic acid, molasses and organics are all biostimulants, but what biology are you stimulating? What biology do you desire? And how can you ensure you are creating the biology for your needs? In this article, I will explain the functions of different microorganisms, how the ‘soil food web’ works, how this can be encouraged, how you can ensure biology is present and how to get the best out of your soil by utilising soil biology.

A question of balance for your soil
10 Dec 2011 - Consultancy - Andrew Turnbull BSc (Hons) - Issue 39 - Oct / Nov 2011
Andrew Turnbull, Technical Director of The Great Turf Company, discusses the importance of a carbon/nitrogen balance in the soil and how various organisms can affect the equilibrium

How to Manage Other People’s Expectations
30 Nov 2011 - Consultancy - Frank Newberry - Issue 39 - Oct / Nov 2011 - 1 comment
In his previous article Pitchcare Trainer and Motivational Speaker Frank Newberry explored how our expectations of ourselves can have an impact on our own performance. In this article he checks out what we might do to keep our customers’ expectations in touch with our realities!

The Lizard Orchid - one of the UK's rarest plants
24 Nov 2011 - Consultancy - Dr Mark Hampton MIEEM - Issue 39 - Oct / Nov 2011
Dr Mark Hampton of Peak Ecology looks at the Lizard Orchid, one of Britain’s rarest plants with a fragile foothold on six southern England golf courses

Manual handling - how to lift correctly
23 Nov 2011 - Consultancy - Richard Murray - Issue 39 - Oct / Nov 2011
Richard Murray of Real World Training says that, when it comes to manual lifting, it is the way and not the weight.

The science of water management by microorganisms
22 Nov 2011 - Consultancy - Douglas Speed - Issue 39 - Oct / Nov 2011 - 1 comment
Water management is becoming increasingly difficult and expensive for landscapers and turf managers. Rising municipal water prices and water restrictions that are now in place in more and more areas are adding to the already difficult water maintenance for turfcare professionals

Can you be better, or is this as good as you are going to get?
30 Sep 2011 - Consultancy - Frank Newberry - Issue 38 - Aug / Sept 2011
In his last article Performance Consultant and Motivational Speaker, Frank Newberry, explored how the power of your expectation can influence the performance of others. In this article he considers how our expectations of ourselves can affect our own performance.

Return of the worm ...
22 Sep 2011 - Consultancy - Editor - Issue 38 - Aug / Sept 2011 - 1 comment
For many years earthworm casting on sports turf was easily prevented by the pesticide chlordane. But chlordane was then banned, and now the problem of casting has returned because none of the chemicals currently used in the UK are as effective at controlling earthworms

Advancement of science in turfcare
20 Sep 2011 - Consultancy - John Handley - Issue 38 - Aug / Sept 2011
John Handley, Technical Marketing Executive for Maxwell Amenity, visits Queen’s University in Belfast where Dr Colin Fleming explains how their current independent test on BioMass Sugars will produce facts rather than fiction

The curse of the Giant Hogweed
30 Aug 2011 - Consultancy - Tom James - Issue 37 - Jun / Jul 2011 - 3 comments
... and other invasive species. A four-year project to treat and manage large tracts of invasive weeds in Ayrshire will realise an early adoption of the Coalition’s Big Society vision.

Trench campaign
17 Aug 2011 - Consultancy - Bruce N Brockway - Issue 37 - Jun / Jul 2011
The Land Drainage Contractors Association offer some pointers into drainage design, materials, workmanship and its ongoing maintenance

What do you expect?
14 Aug 2011 - Consultancy - Frank Newberry - Issue 37 - Jun / Jul 2011
Leadership trainer and conference speaker, Frank Newberry, considers how good leaders understand how the ‘power of expectation’ can be used to influence outcomes, particularly the performance of others. Frank also challenges us to raise our expectations of ourselves and of other people

A serious tree disease - SOD's law!
1 Aug 2011 - Consultancy - Alistair R McCracken - Issue 37 - Jun / Jul 2011
Alistair R. McCracken, of the Applied Plant Science and Biometrics Division, Agri-Food & Biosciences Institute, looks at Sudden Oak Death and its spread through the UK and Republic of Ireland.

Good water gone bad
29 Jul 2011 - Consultancy - Peter Roberts - Issue 37 - Jun / Jul 2011 - 1 comment
What makes a ‘good’ lake or pond go ‘bad’? Peter Roberts of Ringwood, Hampshire based water specialists Hydroscape Ltd., provides the answers and solutions

The advantages of diversity in turfgrass stands
11 Jul 2011 - Consultancy - Dr Leah A. Brillman - Issue 37 - Jun / Jul 2011
Dr. Leah A. Brilman, Director of Research and Technical Services at Seed Research of Oregon, suggests that looking to the near continent may benefit UK turfgrass managers

Getting to the root of the problem!
23 Jun 2011 - Consultancy - Andrew Turnbull BSc (Hons) - Issue 36 - Apr / May 2011
Andy Turnbull, Managing Director of the Great Turf Company, discusses the benefits of undertaking a rootzone survey

For FOCs Sake!
19 Jun 2011 - Consultancy - Richard Comely - Issue 36 - Apr / May 2011
Richard Comely, Director of Product Management at Ransomes Jacobsen, looks at Frequency of Cut (FOC) and its importance to the quality of cut on fine turf

Bee Healthy, but Bee Wise...
16 Jun 2011 - Consultancy - Dr Julian Little - Issue 36 - Apr / May 2011 - 1 comment
Dr Julian Little, Communications & Government Affairs Manager for Bayer CropScience Limited, discusses the reasons behind the decline in honey bees, rather than the speculative assumptions of the popular press