Steve Gibbs

The Grounds and Natural Turf Improvement Programme (GaNTIP), which is funded by the Football Foundation and ECB, and led by the IOG has released encouraging figures.

There has been much interesting activity lately with news coming out of the Empowering Parks conference, The Parks Alliance, the West Midlands Parks Forum and Green Flag.

The Golf Research Enterprise (GREEN) is aimed at identifying and finding solutions to the problems facing golf course professionals now and in the future.

TAP, the owners of TurfPro, have published the next part of their unique sector insight, this time revealing what professional end users consider to be their favourite groundcare tractor brands

Having myself moved jobs on several occasions, I know only too well many of the issues both employee and employer face when seeking new staff.

I was invited by John Deere to attend the first two days of the Solheim Cup at Gleneagles this weekend, to witness the investment, logistics and dedication of the John Deere Tournament support team and the greenkeeping staff.

Stanley Park topped Fields In Trust's poll of 36,832 voters from 364 nominated parks and green spaces throughout the UK

I was fortunate recently to visit Warwickshire County Ground, where head groundsman Gary Barwell, spoke to grassroots turf professionals about the work that he and his dedicated team of seven staff complete in the course of the year.

Jim Buttar has taken up the role at the Home Of Rugby, a position he commenced on September 2nd.

Following autumn renovations at Somerset, Simon Lee is joining Hampshire CCC to replace Nigel Gray who had come out of retirement for this season after Karl McDermott joined Lord's.