Councils across the country are drastically reducing the amount of chemicals and pesticides they are using and investing time and money into more environmentally friendly products and methods of grounds maintenance and landscaping, in order to respond to the climate change policies that will no doubt become legal regulations, over the next few years, rather…
Special New Year offer for new or growing businesses…. With the start of the year upon us, many small business owners are starting to gear their operations back up, following the relatively quiet holiday period. When you’re running a small business, it’s easy to try and do everything yourself – but that’s not always great…
The UK, much like many parts of the world, is currently experiencing an heatwave. Safe working temperatures are hugely important in any workplace. Excess heat can cause drowsiness and could lead to sloppy or unfinished work. Working in high temperatures can also potentially cause heat stress and other health related problems. Despite the difficulties associated…
At the end of this month, GDPR comes into effect, officially on the 25th May, 2018 and as all businesses are expected to comply, we decided to get ahead of the curve and get our data privacy policy updated and ready. The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a new regulation that will replace the…
As we progress through mid-January, although we are still in the midst of Winter, our attentions are slowly turning to the preparation of the ground, ready for Spring and the planning of beds and plants that will pop through the soil during this season. Below are suggestions for optimising the space to achieve a bright…
At 7:46am on December 1st, 2017, the maintenance team at N & S Group attended an emergency callout for a damaged stone wall, in the Doncaster area, which had been ploughed into by a lorry, skidding on black ice. The driver never stopped, so we don’t know exactly how this happened, but the fallen stone…
Doncaster Business Property Forum Meeting Tuesday 5th, at the New College for High Speed Rail N & S group attended the property forum meeting in Doncaster yesterday, which was in our opinion one of the most exciting ones we’ve attended yet! We felt the theme was very much about transformation and how businesses and councils…
What is Small Business Saturday? Small Business Saturday UK is a grassroots, non-commercial campaign which promotes small business success and encourages consumers to try and ‘shop local’ and therefore support their economy and community. The day always takes place on the first Saturday of December each year and this year that falls on the “2nd…
As a regular road user with a team of maintenance vehicles, vans, snow ploughs and lorry drivers, N and S Group are vigilant supporters of road safety. This week we are supporting Brakes’ road safety week of 2017, the biggest road safety event in the UK. The campaign aims to raise awareness about the dangers…
What is Flytipping? Flytipping is the illegal dumping of rubbish and waste which costs the UK taxpayer many millions every year. The dumping of rubbish can range from small carrier bags, newspapers to kitchen appliances and can weigh many tonnes. As you would expect this is a serious offence and anyone caught and prosecuted for…