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Local vet wins national award

A Dorset based vet is celebrating his success after receiving a prestigious national award. Mark Burnell - a founding director of Synergy Farm Health, which operates from practices in Evershot, Crewekerne, Dorchester, Tauton, Chard, Martock, Bridport and Bere Regis - was announced as the winner of the Livestock Advisor of the Year category at the Farmers Weekly Awards held on October 7th 2010. Sponsored by Silotite®, the market leading brand of silage balewrapping film from bpi.agri, this category sets out to acknowledge those who have made an outstanding contribution to the UK’s livestock

PUTTING THE CAT INTO CATALOGUE

Leading online retailer of fixings and fastenings Leofixings.com has launched a new catalogue, which features a larger than ever product range. The catalogue’s 108 pages are jampacked with all types of fixings and fastenings, including for the first time ever ironmongery and adhesives and sealants. Other sections include screws, nails, drill bits and accessories, construction fasteners and heavy duty anchors. For increased convenience and practicality, the new Leofixings.com catalogue benefits from a handy A5 format. In addition, it employs a colour coded system for improved ease of

SAGA FINDS FLOOR PROTECTION A CRUISE

Megatac – the innovative floor protection film from Visqueen Building Products – has been used for another high profile project. The high performance, cost effective product, which has already gained firm favour with those involved in the repair, refurbishment and construction of commercial, private and public sector properties, has recently been employed by SAGA for a £multi-million refit of its ocean going liner, the SAGA Pearl II. Formerly known as the Astoria, the 18,591-tonne, vessel underwent a major programme of works at Swansea dry-docks to ensure its décor reflected the SAGA brand

Local vet nominated for national award

The work of a Cheshire based vet in support of British agriculture has been recognised with a nomination for a prestigious national award. Neil Howie - a partner at the Nantwich Veterinary group, which operates from a purpose built veterinary hospital on Crewe End Road, as well as practices in Crewe, Hurleston and Market Drayton - has been shortlisted for the Livestock Advisor of the Year category at the Farmers Weekly Awards. This category, which is sponsored by Silotite®, the market leading brand of silage balewrapping film from bpi.agri, hopes to recognise those who have made an

Local vet nominated for prestigious national award

The work of a Dorset based vet in support of British agriculture has been recognised with a nomination for a prestigious national award. Mark Burnell - a founding partner of Synergy Farm Health, which operates from practices in Evershot, Crewekerne, Dorchester, Tauton, Chard, Martock, Bridport and Bere Regis - has been shortlisted for the Livestock Advisor of the Year category at the Farmers Weekly Awards. This category, which is sponsored by Silotite®, the market leading brand of silage balewrapping film from bpi.agri, hopes to acknowledge those who have made an outstanding contribution to

Lancashire homeopath nominated for national award

The work of a homeopath from Lancashire in support of British agriculture has been recognised with a nomination for a prestigious national award. Christine Lees, originally from Lytham St Annes, has been shortlisted for the Livestock Advisor of the Year category at the Farmers Weekly Awards. This category, which is sponsored by Silotite® – the market leading brand of silage balewrapping film from bpi.agri – hopes to acknowledge those who have made an outstanding contribution to the UK’s livestock farming community. Combining an agricultural degree from the Royal Agricultural College,

Local homeopath nominated for national award

The work of a local homeopath in support of British agriculture has been recognised with a nomination for a prestigious national award. Christine Lees, the founder of Homeopathy at Wellie Level (HAWL), which operates from the Duchy Farm in Tetbury, has been shortlisted for the Livestock Advisor of the Year category at the Farmers Weekly Awards. This category, which is sponsored by Silotite® – the market leading brand of silage balewrapping film from bpi.agri – hopes to acknowledge those who have made an outstanding contribution to the UK’s livestock farming community. Combining an

Local homeopath nominated for national award

The work of a Wiltshire homeopath in support of British agriculture has been recognised with a nomination for a prestigious national award. Christine Lees, the founder of Chippenham based Homeopathy at Wellie Level (HAWL), has been shortlisted for the Livestock Advisor of the Year category at the Farmers Weekly Awards. This category, which is sponsored by Silotite® – the market leading brand of silage balewrapping film from bpi.agri – hopes to acknowledge those who have made an outstanding contribution to the UK’s livestock farming community. Combining an agricultural degree from the Royal

OHSAS 18001 for bpi.recycled products

bpi.recycled products has added to its growing list of internationally recognised accreditations. The business has just been awarded OHSAS 18001:2007 certification for operations at its Rhymney site which produces building films sold under the Visqueen Building Products brand name. Jointly developed by some of the world’s leading standards and certification bodies, OHSAS 18001:2007 sets out to promote safe and healthy working environments. It provides a framework which helps organisations to identify and control their health and safety risks, to reduce their potential for accidents, to

Visqueen backs Brick Awards

As part of its commitment to facilitating higher standards across the construction industry, Visqueen Building Products is to be a sponsor of the national Brick Awards. The British-based business, which ranks as Europe’s largest manufacturer of building films, is backing the Specialist Brickwork Contractor category through its Zedex CPT High Performance DPC. Established in 1977 and widely seen as the premier event of its kind, the Brick Awards aim to recognise excellence in design and construction using brick. Anyone can enter, from architects/designers, owners and developers through to

MAKERS OF MAIZE SILAGE URGED TO TRY NEW PRODUCT

Farmers and agricultural contractors currently producing maize silage could be set for excellent results if they employ a new product. Launched earlier this year, Visqueen Clingseal is a new silage sheet from bpi.agri which has been proven to reduce top and shoulder losses in the clamp. bpi.agri believes the new product will prove especially beneficial to those now making maize silage because of the higher value of this crop and the therefore more costly nature of any clamp wastage. “Top and shoulder losses are undesirable in any clamp and particularly so with a crop like maize which has a

BLiSP. The ultimate ‘bag’ for life...

A recent article in the Daily Mirror and a number of other national newspapers has highlighted the plight of premature babies and lent support to the case for using a bpi.healthcare product. The story told how a now six month old baby girl was born prematurely in the back of an ambulance at the start of 2010. With such preterm babies facing an increased risk of hypothermia due to their extreme sensitivity to low temperatures, one of the paramedics involved in the child’s delivery was desperate to find a way of keeping the infant warm until her arrival at hospital. As incubators are too

BPI.AGRI BACKS FEDERATION OF WELSH GRASSLAND SOCIETIES

Demonstrating the strength of its continued commitment to British agriculture, leading manufacturer of Silotite balewrap and Visqueen silage sheeting bpi.agri has become a commercial sponsor of the Federation of Welsh Grassland Societies. This organisation - which consists of 21 separate grassland societies stretching from Anglesey to the Wye Valley - acts as a forum, bringing together researchers, farmers, advisors and technical experts in order to develop the science and practice of grassland production and utilisation. Speaking of the new agreement, Louise Aplin, Marketing Manager at bpi.

bpi.recycled products helps eco-conscious youngsters

A global gathering of some 6,000 scouts and girls guides has received a massive product donation from one of Europe’s largest manufacturers of refuse sacks. bpi.recycled products - which operates from sites across the UK including a factory in Heanor, Derbyshire - has supplied 18,000 Green Sacks® completely free of charge for use at this year’s PEAK 2010 camp which runs for a week in late July at Chatsworth House, Derbyshire. Held every five years since the 1970s, the PEAK camp brings together scout troops and girl guide units from right across the world. This year’s event will be attended

BPI’S ‘CORE’ STRATEGY PAYS OFF

Leading UK printer/converter bpi.consumer VMB recently extended its highly successful core re-use initiative to include a major customer, Greenvale AP, the UK’s leading supplier of fresh potatoes. Having successfully concluded a long term trial in-house as part of a strategy to reduce waste to landfill, the company approached Greenvale AP to share the substantial benefits of a 102 tonne reduction in cardboard waste and the associated drop in transit packaging figures in the Annual Return required by the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 2007. During the

Specification made simple

Visqueen Building Products is taking steps to reduce the demands on today’s busy architect or specifier. The leading manufacturer of building films has just launched a definitive new guide which makes it easier than ever to specify the right structural waterproofing or gas protection solution in line with a project’s parameters and the latest building regulations. “As Europe’s largest manufacturer of high performance building films, Visqueen Building Products offers an enormous array of products covering everything from hydrocarbon protection systems and tanking membranes to damp proof

bpi.recycled products reveals RWM plans

As the 2010 RWM exhibition rapidly approaches, bpi.recycled products has revealed its plans for the annual show for the recycling and waste management sector. At the event, which runs from the 14th to the 16th September at the NEC, the business will be promoting the impressive capabilities, knowledge and reassurance it can offer as Europe’s largest polythene waste recycler with a history in recycling extending more than 40 years. Cameron Yates, Marketing Manager at bpi.recycled products, explains: “The waste management sector and recycling in particular is continuing to grow at an

NORSOUND SETS SIGHTS ON POLE POSITION

A British-based manufacturer of acoustic door seals and door safety products such as hinge covers is taking innovative steps to raise awareness of its product range. Norsound, which works with customers across a range of sectors including education, healthcare and the hotel/hospitality trade, is sponsoring a team in the FIA World Touring Car Championships (WTCC). Dan Jones, General Manager at the business, said: “As a progressive business, Norsound adopts a progressive approach to everything we do - whether that’s new product development, the provision of technical support or the way in

BPI MAINTAINS PERFECT RECORD ON FTSE CSR INDEX

British Polythene Industries (BPI) plc has received recognition for the strength of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) policies for a ninth consecutive year. The business, which ranks as Europe’s largest manufacturer of polythene films, bags and sacks, has once again been awarded a Certificate of Inclusion for the prestigious FTSE4Good Index. BPI has achieved a listing every year since the index was created in 2001. Devised by FTSE Group to help investors make ethical investment choices, the index series assesses the CSR policies of businesses against stringent and globally

Prize draw success for Dumfries agricultural contractor

An agricultural contractor from Foremannock, Dumfries is celebrating his success after being announced as the winner of a pallet of premium quality silage balewrap. George Shuttleworth scooped the bumper haul of Visqueen Poliwrap® after entering a free prize draw staged by bpi.agri - the leading manufacturer of silage balewrap and silage clamp sheeting - at this year’s Scotgrass exhibition. George, who wraps as many as 10,000 silage bales per year for local farmers, was ecstatic with his prize which was delivered to him earlier this month. Visqueen Poliwrap® is already his preferred brand

bpi.visqueen supports crop growth research

Leading manufacturer of horticultural films, bpi.visqueen is playing a key role in a ground breaking international research project. Through its continuing working relationship with Lancaster University, the business is one of only two commercial partners contributing to an EU COST (European Cooperation in the field of Scientific and Technical Research) project into the regulatory role of UV light on crop growth and development in a changing climate. The four year project brings together 36 global renowned research groups across 17 EU and non EU countries with the aim of developing an

GLASTONBURY GETS ON-BOARD WITH PLASWOOD

Aside from some of the biggest and best names in global music, this year's Glastonbury is set to play host to an unusual example of just how effective modern plastic recycling can be. Located in the Green Kids Field, the Cadmus is a giant 40 foot long, 40 foot tall and 20 foot wide play ship constructed not out of wood but from an innovative recycled plastic alternative to wood known as Plaswood. Plaswood is manufactured by British Polythene Industries (BPI) plc - a business which ranks not only as Europe's largest manufacturer of polythene films, bags and sacks, but also as Europe's

NEW FACE AT FORGEFIX

ForgeFix, the leading distributor of fixings, fastenings and associated products such as drill bits, has welcomed Louise Boughton-Wild (formerly Bowden-Wild until her wedding in February 2010) to its sales team. Louise joins the company as an Area Sales Manager with responsibility for a territory that covers the Midlands and both North and South Wales. Having worked for APT for almost a decade selling fixings and fasteners to customers ranging from plumbing and builder’s merchants to DIY outlets and fixing companies, Louise brings with her a wealth of experience and specialist knowledge.

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