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Extro, Intro or Ambi?
21Nov
Trainer Frank Newberry has long believed that turfcare sector employers like their supervisors to be as good, if not better, at communicating than they are a...
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Double delight in Handsworth as two lots of funding are presented by Clive Betts MP
08Nov
Clive Betts, MP for Sheffield South East, was on hand to present Handsworth Junior Sporting Club and Handsworth Parramore FC with two lots of funding from th...
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Now listen very carefully… I will say this only once!
09Jul
Trainer Frank Newberry asks if we are really listening to each other in meetings at work or whether we are just competing to get our point across? He looks a...
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STIHL adds to workwear range
06Jul
STIHL has expanded its range of high-visibility workwear that offers professionals the very best in comfort and mobility. The new lightweight MS Protect cut ...
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Taylor Swift and the Slovenian Greenkeepers
16Feb
Grounds Training Tutor Frank Newberry reports on how we can all be tempted to blame others for our workplace woes. He suggests the way forward is to try not ...
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Trade Body Warns of Giant Hogweed Danger
17Jul
National trade body, the Property Care Association (PCA), is urging caution as the invasive weed Giant Hogweed takes hold this summer. The plant’s sap is ext...
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Grounds Training heading for Basingstoke in August
26Jun
Grounds Training was established ten years ago to provide a complete and unique service delivering training courses for the sports turf industry.  In addi...
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Replay travel to Iceland to deliver talk on synthetic surface maintenance
12Jun
A team from Replay Maintenance were recently invited to deliver a seminar, entitled ‘The Maintenance of Artificial Turf’, to a select cong...
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Dennis and SISIS announce Cricket renovation event
05Jun
Dennis and SISIS have announced that they will be hosting a cricket renovation event at St Albans School, Woollam Trust Playing Fields on Tuesday 18 July 201...
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Pitchcare to Sponsor BCGBA World Club Championship
05May
KING GEORGE V collected the first piece of silverware of the BCGBA season to lift the PITCHCARE World Club Championship trophy at Leyland Fox Lane Sports & S...
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Speaking truth to power … and to other people at work
28Mar
There are times when we all need to give team members, colleagues and even managers some honest feedback at work. This honest feedback might be about anythin...
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Nominations now open for Amenity Sprayer Operator of the Year 2017
27Mar
The Amenity Sprayer Operator of the Year 2017 award (ASOY) was recently launched at the Amenity Forum Conference – with the chance for the top operators to w...
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Grounds Training – A milestone
14Mar
The autumn of 2016 marked 10 years since John Richards invited me to “see if I could do something with a few training enquiries” that had trickle...
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Newly Qualified Instructor Available For Lantra Mower Courses
09Feb
We are pleased to announce that our Instructor, Martin Sampson, is now registered with Lantra Awards to deliver all their Pedestrian and Ride-on Mower traini...
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