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  Pitchcare and ALS in Strategic Alliance

The e-commerce arm of Pitchcare.com Limited, the online website for the turf care industry, is teaming up with near neighbours, Amenity Land Solutions, in an alliance which will bring great benefits to the customers of both companies.

Pitchcare has been rapidly developing its online shop over the last two years and now boasts the widest online range of professional and domestic turf care products in the UK. By teaming up with ALS customers will now be able to benefit from the nationwide distribution.

Pitchcare’s Managing Director, David Saltman, said: “We have been looking to expand Pitchcare, as our business has grown quickly over the last few years. To further improve our service to customers, the natural step was to invest in premises to enable us to hold stock and to offer next day delivery on most items.

 
         
     
ALS moving fast forward with a new name from a new base

The Shropshire-based company formerly known as Amenity Land Services Limited has changed its name to Amenity Land Solutions Limited.

Introduced to better reflect the diverse and comprehensive range of products and services now offered to customers, the new trading name allows the business to retain its ALS acronym and logo, which has become well-known and respected over the 20 years that the company has been serving the amenity horticulture, landscaping and grounds care sectors.

To coincide with the change of name, ALS has re-located to a new and larger operations centre and warehouse facility at Units 2/3, Allscott, near Telford, less than four miles from its previous base at Long Lane, Wellington, near Telford...

8th August 2008.

 
         
     
Leading Contract firm takes a Greener, Lower cost path to total Weed Control

One of the first contractors In the United Kingdom to use the Mankar ultra low-volume (ULV) spraying system for weed control has given an unqualified thumbs-up to the system’s effectiveness and ability to significantly reduce chemical inputs and labour costs compared with conventional knapsack and CDA spraying methods.

The contractor is the Coventry regional office of English Landscapes, a national organisation delivering a wide range of grounds maintenance, cleansing and construction services to the public and private sectors...

16th June 2008.

 
         
     
Spraying Breakthrough set to Reduce Chemical Usage, Labour Costs and Environmental Impact

Significant savings in time, manpower and pesticide usage are promised for a new and highly-effective professional weed control system being introduced into the United Kingdom by Shropshire firm, Amenity Land Solutions (ALS), specialist suppliers of amenity horticulture products and services.

Utilising Mankar Ultra Low Volume (ULV) spraying equipment from Germany, the system is able to apply the absolute minimum necessary quantities of herbicide - typically 2 litres/ha - to achieve the required results, greatly reducing impact on the environment.

By comparison, Controlled Droplet Application (CDA) systems typically use between 10 and 15 litres/ha while a knapsack sprayer uses a massive 250 - 300 litres/ha...

3rd April 2008.