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Top seminars

Meet leading suppliers

Special events

All in a single day

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HE T R O F W O H S TRADE W E N D N ONS A E R G B R U S THE E E R T TS AND S I R O B R A ’S K U

 Free-to-attend FutureArb 2015 is rapidly

approaching and is sure to be an exciting one day trade event. Held at Sandown Park Racecourse on Tuesday 17th November, FutureArb is co-locating with sister show FutureScape, a successful event for the past four years, to offer a greater array of products, seminars and debates for everyone to get their teeth into.

 We have topics such as health

and safety covered in the seminar programme and exhibitors will be showing all the latest kit and technologies available to the industry.

You will also be able to share a cuppa with the Pro Arb team, who will be there in force and are looking forward to meeting you all.

 Sandown Park

Racecourse is within easy reach of London by car and train, and there is ample free parking.

We look forward to welcoming you to this year’s event!

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SEMINAR PROGRAMME 2015

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TREE AID

TREE AID is an internationally recognised organisation specialising in forestry and poverty alleviation in sub-Saharan Africa. Part of the fundraising team, Carrie Brassley’s seminar will introduce how trees are used in Africa to improve lives and landscapes and explore how a charity partnership can boost business.

CARRIE BRASSLEY

HEALTH AND SAFETY DEBATE Jonathan Hazell chairs the debate on health and safety compliance for the small contractor. Panellists include Frances Hirst of the HSE, Kevin Moore from Tree Fella Ltd, Paul Smith of the Arb Association, Stuart Phillips from LANTRA, Martin Lennon from Arboricultural and Forestry Consultancy Services and Reg Harris from Urban Forestry (Bury St Edmunds) Ltd.

JONATHAN HAZELL

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• TIPS ON BECOMING AN ACCREDITED ARB MEMBER

Paul Smith, Arb Association technical officer and manager of the ARB Approved Contractor (ArbAC) scheme, will be discussing his top tips on becoming an approved contractor.

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PAUL SMITH

MOVING TREES • Deric Newman, whose father Chris was instrumental in

developing the large tree moving industry in the UK 50 years ago, will be exploring a brief history of tree moving, reasons to move a tree and when not to along with the methods, techniques and processes involved.

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FR JONES SITE VISIT Pro Arb visited the headquarters of FR Jones and Son recently and was impressed by the size of the operation run from relatively small premises

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R Jones and Son is a one stop shop for all your arboriculture needs, from saws to ropes and boots to carabiners. Based in Sydenham, south London, it has two 6,000ft² warehouse buildings, one of which is a walk-in shop and service department that includes, unusually, a climbing wall. The company moved into the facility three years ago but ran out of space within 18 months, hence the need to lease the second 6,000ft² warehouse.

Justin Jones, who shares the post of managing director with his father, oversees 22 members of staff across both facilities. There are four guys in the workshop, two in the packing area and six on the shop floor, all overseen by general manager Chris Parrott.

There is also an in-house web team and an accounts team reporting to Justin.

The customer base is roughly 70% repeat business with about 50% coming directly through the company’s website. This enables it to sell products to customers in America and Australia, as well as every corner of the UK. FR Jones retails select products that it feels are right for the market, while trying to avoid distributors with their associated costs. Instead, it buys direct from manufacturers and passes the savings on to its customers. Products are imported from all over the world and at any one time the warehouses have around £800,000 to £1m worth of stock.

FR Jones is more than just a retail operation though. It offers its customers a full support package from repairs to replacements and it does up to 20 LOLER (Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998) inspections from the warehouse each week, something that not many other companies can brag about.

“Two of us started doing LOLERs about three years ago,” Justin explains. “I now have another

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person on a LOLER course. We also run a night shift here which means someone can bring their kit in at 5pm and pick it up at 6am so they have not lost a single day’s work.”

FR Jones sees Stihl and Husqvarna as products that are imperative to have in stock.

Although they don’t necessarily always have a best seller, when a new product comes out, a huge spike of orders ensues before levelling off with the rest of the range.

“The company believes ba˜ ery powered products are going to be the next big thing.

Over the next five years Justin believes we will see a seismic shi˛ from petrol to ba˜ ery powered products” Around 200 parcels leave the facility every day and each parcel can contain anything up to 30 items, so a massive number of orders can be processed on a daily basis. The retail store also puts about the same number through its tills.

Having set 2015 sales targets for batterypowered products that were exceeded by March, the company believes that battery powered products are going to be the next big thing. Over the next five years Justin believes we will see a seismic shift from petrol products to battery powered products.

CONTACT Unit 3, Sydenham Industrial Estate, Kangley Bridge Road, London SE26 5BA Tel: 020 8676 3010 Email: enquiries@frjonesandson.co.uk Web: www.frjonesandson.co.uk

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