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Amenity

Launch Of Origin Amenity Solutions

2nd Jul 2021

Origin Enterprise Plc formally announced the formation of Origin Amenity Solutions, comprising of four of the leading amenity industry brand names; Headland Amenity, Rigby Taylor, Symbio and TurfKeeper. Building upon the individual strengths of these four business, Origin Amenity Solutions will be operating at the leading-edge of plant science and turf technology with such leading products and integrated pest management

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Radford Park Visualisation of the approach to the new underpark Image courtesy of Barton Willmore Landscape Architects

Green-tech provides landscaping materials for over 1,000 Trees at Linear Park in Coventry’s City Centre

12th May 2021

To celebrate Coventry’s 2021 UK City of Culture status, a new linear park was proposed to run from Naul’s Mill Park, along the route of Radford Brook, to connect with Belgrade Plaza in the city’s theatre quarter. The area included a redundant 6.5-acre gas works site and a vast, grey, dark underpass area traversing underneath the ring road. All in

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Beans

Agrii and University of Warwick sign agreement to bring UK beans to market

9th Feb 2021

Agrii and the University of Warwick’s research commercialisation wing, Warwick Innovations, have signed a contract to promote the commercial production of UK haricot beans developed by scientists at the University of Warwick.Professor Eric Holub, from Warwick’s Crop Centre, part of the School of Life Sciences, has bred three haricot bean varieties which are adapted for growing in the UK climate

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Origin commits to U.N. Global Compact for Sustainability

29th Oct 2020

Origin Enterprises plc ('Origin' or 'the Group'), the international Agri-Services Group, today announces that it has become a signatory of the United Nations (U.N.) Global Compact, the largest corporate sustainability initiative in the world. By doing so, the Group has committed to aligning its corporate strategy and business operations with the Ten Principles of the U.N. Global Compact on human

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FOLIQ Fertilisers receive ECO certificate

7th Oct 2020

FoliQ Amical, FoliQ Ascovigor and FoliQ Aminovigor fertiliser products receive ECO certificate qualifying them for use in organic farming. We are proud to announce that our foliar fertilisers FoliQ Amical, FoliQ Ascovigor and FoliQ Aminovigor FoliQ have received a certificate of qualification for use in organic farming (No. NE / 531/2020). These fertilisers have been classified as ECO by the

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Appointment of TJ Kelly as the Group’s new Chief Financial Officer

23rd Sep 2020

Appointment of Group Chief Financial Officer 23 September 2020 Origin Enterprises plc ('Origin' or 'the Company' or 'the Group'), the international Agri-Services Group, is pleased to announce the appointment of TJ Kelly as the Group’s new Chief Financial Officer ('CFO'). TJ will join Origin no later than March 2021 following the completion of a customary notice period and will be

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Alex Steel

Alex Steel appointed to new role of Group Commercial Director

16th Sep 2020

Origin Enterprises plc (‘Origin’ or ‘the Group’) is pleased to announce the appointment of Alex Steel in the newly established role of Group Commercial Director, effective 1 October 2020. Reporting directly to Group CEO, Sean Coyle, the new Group Commercial Director will oversee the Group’s commercial operations and assume responsibility for a number of central support areas including Portfolio, Commercial

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Brendan Kent

Brendan Kent appointed Managing Director of Agri-Inputs division

20th Aug 2020

Origin Enterprises plc (‘Origin’ or ‘the Group’) is pleased to announce the appointment of Brendan Kent as Managing Director of the Group’s Agri-Inputs division, effective 1 October 2020. Brendan joined Origin in 1994 as Chief Financial Officer of Power Seeds and progressed to comparable roles in Goulding and Origin Fertilisers. He played a central role in the formation of Origin

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No digital proof needed on salisbury plain

22nd Jul 2020

John Thorne freely admits he’s already convinced about the benefits variable rate applications are making to his farm. “You don’t need to prove the technology to me. In fact, I was totally gobsmacked to be asked to take part in Digital Technology Farm trials – I can’t understand why everyone isn’t using it,” he says.Flamstone Farms consists of 285ha on

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Grid

Boosting Lending Potential with Satellite Imagery System GRID

21st Jul 2020

Improving the lending potential of credit providers to small holder farmers in southern Africa through satellite imaging. Funded by the European Space Agency, this £200,000 project, known as GroWise, paved the way for the implementation of ‘GRID’ technology. GRID is a Crop Growth Index (CGI) service that uses synthetic-aperture radar (SAR) data, optical satellite data and precision weather information to

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