01/11/2020
Fall Back – Trick or Treat! It’s that time of year again, the clocks have gone back and we are no longer in British Summer Time, the kids are thinking of Halloween, albeit with Tier 2 restrictions, whilst at BTAC, we are still working flat out as contractors in the equestrian, groundwork and agricultural sectors....
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13/10/2020
Is the Autumn Only About Preparing For Winter? Although it can seem like it for many of the people we deal with in the agricultural sector, the autumn months are much more than making preparations for the onset of winter. That said, there are, of course, some key tasks that need to be started from...
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17/09/2020
BTAC Invests At BTAC, we are always committed to offering our clients the very best services we can, I believe that forward-thinking companies should never stand still, in other words, if you can make improvements to your service offering, you should do so. That’s why we’ve recently taken the decision to invest in a...
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02/07/2020
Hedge Cutting 2020 When July appears on the calendar it means that high summer has arrived at last. Of course, it also means that lots of things will be growing at their maximum rate. In turn, this causes a lot of problems with overgrown hedgerows which might not have been trimmed back for a year...
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18/06/2020
The Challenges of Dry Weather There were 266 hours of sunny weather in May making it a record-breaker. I’ve had a look back at the records and the previous sunniest month on record in the UK was June of 1957. Anyone who works outside for a living will have noticed just how hot and sunny...
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11/06/2020
Your own swimming pool? I have been taking an increasing number of enquiries about swimming pool excavations recently. At BTAC, we undertake all sorts of excavation works and can dig out ponds and lakes for clients all over the East Midlands. However, in recent weeks the trend has definitely been for swimming pools instead....
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04/06/2020
BTAC Groundworks and Agricultural Contractors Offer a Wide Range of Services in the East Midlands Established in 2014, we provide high-quality services to satisfied customers all over Leicestershire, Rutland and the wider area. As you’d expect of a professionally run firm, we are fully compliant with all regulations and guidelines that concern the safe...
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19/05/2020
A message from Big Brian… For many people, the lockdown imposed in the UK has not just meant social isolation but real problems for getting work done. Being an agricultural, groundwork and equestrian contractor, there has been no possibility of getting the sort of work we do at BTAC carried out from home. We have...
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02/05/2020
BTAC Update – Essential Work During the Covid-19 Crisis I appreciate that for many people it is most definitely not business as usual during the social lockdown which has come into force in the UK. This does not mean we are not open for business, however. In fact, as some of our work can...
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17/02/2020
In February, Storm Ciara battered much of the UK leaving a trail of devastation in its wake. High winds causes problems for all sorts of industries, not least the transportation sector, but they also cause numerous problems for large landowners, smallholders and in the agricultural industries, too. What’s more, we know from direct personal experience...
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