it covered! Pitchcare launch new insurance service
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Pitchcare and GroundCover Insurance are announcing the launch of a new insurance service especially for people, businesses, clubs and organisations in the turfcare industry and the broader Pitchcare membership.
Available via the Pitchcare website, or at
www.groundcoverinsurance.co.uk, the service aims to address problems often confronting the company or individual when buying what is, essentially, just a promise, a promise to pay claims when the worst happens.
Everyone knows that promises are cheap and often broken, so GroundCover Insurance has covered the ground to find Insurance Professionals, real people, whose job it is to get the right insurance cover at the right price and make sure that the promise isn’t broken.
This fast, efficient service aims to remove the enormous amount of time that can be wasted just looking for insurance, whether online, on comparison sites, filling in application forms etc., and also aims to remove the doubt about whether the insurance will actually work when it’s needed!
The service is a new concept not to be confused with any other in the market, no insurance risk is too small, large, difficult, odd or complicated to get help with, and it costs nothing to ask!
Pesticide control fears Amenity Forum express concerns to Government
The Amenity Forum has written to DEFRA, the Secretary of State and other Government Ministers expressing concerns about comments being made recently and emerging from discussions within Government departments.
These relate to the implementation into law of the EU Sustainable Use Directive. The concern is that current controls on the use and distribution of pesticides may not be maintained but reduced. The Forum fear that this will put back much that has been achieved and penalise those in the sector who have helped so much to improve standards and public safety.
The Forum recognises the Government’s wish not to unduly add to requirements in the Directive unless absolutely necessary but, if the current text of the Directive was just transposed into UK law, it believes that the changes would undermine the status of current professional standards on user and adviser certification and training.
The Forum has done much recently to improve standards and encourage wide scale use of continuing professional development and qualified staff. The wording of the Directive states that Member States would be required to provide access to training, rather than stating that all sprayer operators and advisers must be trained and certificated by law. This is seen as a backward step and the Forum urges the UK government to make clear its commitment to current standards.
The Chairman of the Amenity Forum, John Moverley said, “In considering the consultation on the changes last year, we had always believed that the Directive sought to reinforce controls on the use and distribution of
pesticides, rather than weaken them. We urge the Government for a continuation of the UK’s current statutory requirement for certification of sprayer operators and an extension of this requirement to all advisers, as well as provisions for ongoing training and professional development.”
Gary Harland, Chairman of the Communications group of the Forum said, “The Forum remains committed to promoting best practice in the distribution and use of pesticides, and we feel that this must be underpinned by legislation to protect and enforce minimum standards.’’
Steve Hewitt, Chairman of the Education and Training group of the Forum said, “Whilst application of the measures may be maintained through our membership by existing voluntary approaches, changes in legislative needs would be a backwards step after the agricultural and horticultural sector has worked hard to set the very best standards. In amenity we recognise there remains much to be done and we do not want to see slippage in this area of requirement.”
Clarification
In an article on Bath Rugby Club, published in issue number 35, there was a comment by Head Groundsman, Darren Bell, that he formerly used a contractor from Sheffield who only came down once in a blue moon and was not as conscientious.
We have been asked to clarify that the Sheffield contractor referred to is not Premier Pitches.
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