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IOG recommends 2.5% pay rise for grounds staff in 2020
The IOG, the leading membership organisation for everyone involved in the management of sports pitches, landscape and amenity facilities in the UK, is recommending a 2.5 per cent increase in ground
IOG host Winter Pitches training course in Finland
The IOG has delivered an IOG Level 1 Winter Pitches training course to 13 delegates in Finland, which is the first of a package of grounds management courses due to take place in the country, in th
Post-show survey findings prove SALTEX is the industry’s flagship event
Findings from the SALTEX 2019 post-show survey have revealed that attendees are continuing to embrace SALTEX as the groundscare industry’s flagship event.
Clare Balding OBE appointed RFL president
Clare Balding OBE will become the 30th President of the Rugby Football League next summer.
A record-breaking SALTEX 2019
The word on the show floor was that both visitors and exhibitors felt that SALTEX 2019 was the best one yet.
IOG Industry Awards celebrate the very best in UK groundsmanship
More than 600 of the UK’s and Europe’s leading groundscare experts from both the professional and volunteer sector, as well as dignitaries from the governing bodies of sport and influential sports
IOG Industry Research Reveals a 'Skills and Recruitment Time Bomb'
The footballing achievements of England’s Lionesses and the men’s one day cricket team may have inspired another generation of players this year's summer and with sports participation - by all ages
Sports Turf Operative Apprenticeships under review
The IOG is urging the turf care sector – especially training providers, employers and apprentices – to take part in the consultation exercise announced by the Institute for Apprenticeships and Tech
GaNTIP Programme reports another year of progress for grassroots football and...
New statistics show that the pitch improvement strategy instigated by the Premier League, The Football Association, the Government’s Football Foundation, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) a
David Carpenter is appointed IOG chair
As David Carpenter takes over as chair of the Institute of Groundsmanship (IOG), he says his three-year tenure in the post will be a case of evolution not revolution.