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Landscaper’s acquisition offers wider play portfolio to councils


Landscape services business tcl, which works with a number of local authorities across the UK, has acquired installations company Admiral Play from Kompan. The new acquisition will enable tcl to strengthen its portfolio of services to parish and town councils and larger authorities with more modest budgets. tcl specialises in building play spaces and sensory gardens for local authorities. With its emphasis on natural play, tcl blends its heritage of landscaping with its desire to provide stimulating educational and enjoyable areas in which children can feel free to express themselves and explore. tcl Group managing


director, Simon Cashmore, said: “Current central government directives are asking local authorities to ensure play spaces being built today have a strong ‘natural play’ component and they are requiring play spaces which


Synthetic surfaces winning approval, says FIFA Synthetic playing surfaces


are increasingly accepted in the football world though there remains widespread mistrust, according to FIFA artificial turf programme manager Nigel Fletcher.


Fletcher said that the spread and acceptance of synthetic surfaces was improving with pitches now installed all over the world.


He said the international football federation were


approving "football turf" (synthetic surfaces) where "climactic and other conditions make it impossible", particularly those countries where turf maintenance was too expensive.


are both better from an aesthetic perspective, obscuring play spaces from the view of those who have no need of such a facility & satisfying local authority and Play England design principles. tcl’s service to parish and town councils is a ‘one stop shop’ for customers who want an integrated design and installation landscape solution. All projects undertaken are installed by directly employed, fully qualified, RoSPA and RPII (Register of Play Inspectors) certified and CRB checked operational teams. “We feel that a fusion of Admiral’s


skills and tcl’s


landscape services pedigree will provide a very attractive blend of services to authorities with budgets of below £60,000,” added Simon.


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Double success at Industry Awards


Timberplay are riding high after a double success at last months Horticulture Week’s


Landscape and


Amenity awards last week. Not only was their own submission, Castle Howard short listed in the category of Best Playspace, but the overall winner of the category was stocked exclusively with Timberplay equipment!


The winning playspace in


Hanwell, West London won plaudits from the judging panel for its innovative landscaping and use of natural play equipment, supplied by Timberplay.


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