Hunt for fresh young talent as popular competitions return
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Following on from its successful launch last year, the RHS are once again on a mission to find the best emerging Landscape and Plant Design talent with the RHS Young Landscape Contractor (supported by BALI) and RHS Young Planting Designer 2017 competition.
Held at the fantastic RHS Flower Show Tatton Park in Cheshire, the popular competition will return for its second year in 2017, offering budding young talent the platform and support to display their planting and landscaping talents.
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Is sport sponsorship a flawed strategy or a marketing masterpiece?
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With all the controversy surrounding professional sports, and in particular football, why would any unrelated business want to get involved and associate their brand through sponsorship?
It’s a question that many have asked and attempted to answer, but an agreed conclusion has never really been reached and hence the debate rolls-on.
In some quarters, the risk of being caught up in high-profile scandals, or at the focal point of Journalists, TV and Radio ‘pundits’ intentionally trying to scare monger or create a perceived negative story,is just too much of a gamble.
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Colin Butt buys Palmers Scaffolding
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The UK’s oldest scaffolding contractor, Palmers Scaffolding – formed in 1880 by Edwin Palmer – has a new owner, British entrepreneur Colin Butt who runs a number of established business from his UK base at Aviation House, Aviation Park, Chester.
In a divestment process at the end of 2016 (which came into effect January 4th 2017), the leading scaffolding and access solutions brand Palmers was sold to businessman Colin Butt by previous German owners XERVON GmbH, who were looking to off-set some of their non-EU businesses, post Brexit.
Don’t waste your time...
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No matter what way you look at it, your waste is never going to be a glamorous part of your business, so definitely isn’t an area you will want to be spending time setting up, negotiating with salesmen or chasing collections.
Yet, with the festive period only just passed and cancelled schedules experienced, you’ll also recognise the inconvenience a build-up of waste could have on space and hygiene to your working environment, not forgetting the impression it may leave with your existing or potential customer base.
Direct Corporate Clothing reports strong growth
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Direct Corporate Clothing (DCC) has posted a 22 per cent increase in turnover following a number of high profile contract wins.
Birmingham-based DCC is one of the UK’s largest providers of workwear, corporate wear and personal protective equipment (PPE) with customers including Miller Homes and Travis Perkins.