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The Forum of Private Business (FPB) calculated that the cost of a single day of employee absenteeism because of the freezing winter conditions could be at least £230 million. Even if you were able to get anywhere, snow covered ground stopped work. It’s worth looking at some interior landscaping ideas in this months feature 'Inside jobs'.

Harrogate Week will see BIGGA collaborating with a wide range of industry bodies ensuring that the show will see the greatest ever cross section of people converging on the North Yorkshire spa town.

This year the Royal &Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews (R&A), the English Golf Union (EGU) the Professional Golfers Association (PGA), the Greenkeepers Training Committee (GTC); the British Association of Landscape Industries (BALI); the Golf Club Managers Association (GCMA), and the Club Managers Association of Europe (CMAE) are all in attendance and hosting seminars ensuring that the mix of people grows and the opportunity to share knowledge increases.

BIGGA Chief Executive, John Pemberton told The Landscaper “We are delighted that so many organisations see Harrogate as the ideal place to hold events and are sure that they will contribute to the wonderful mix that already exists during Harrogate Week,”

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With the UK gripped by the longest period of cold weather for nearly 30 years, any economic means of shifting snow has become a top priority across many parts of the country.
For clearing smaller areas such as car parks, pedestrian precincts and footpaths an Avant mini loader equipped with either a dozer blade or snow brush attachment is an ideal combination and can make light work of an otherwise labour intensive operation. In addition it is possible for the machine to pull a small self-propelled gritter at the same time, hence completing two jobs with just one pass.
One company that has already recognised the outstanding ability of Avant machines is Affordable Access of Romsey in Hampshire which operates a busy hire and sales business.
The company has just taken delivery of new snow brush and owner Tony Thornton says: “Avant machines are perfect for tackling snow clearance work and, unlike some larger equipment, they do not have to be parked-up for most of the time waiting for snow to fall as they can be utilised throughout the year for a multitude of tasks ranging from materials handling and digging to grass cutting and trenching work using a choice of nearly 100 attachments.”
The full range of Avant machines and attachments are available from Avant Tecno (UK) which is based near Thetford in Norfolk. Tel: 01953 714896.
sales@avanttecno.co.uk
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