East Land Quality Forum 1 Agenda • Topsoil Market • Challenges • Sampling • Analysis • Reporting 2 The Market and Sources of Topsoil 3 Challenges Un-regulated market Muck Away Hard to fully police Price V Quality / Price often wins Variable sources / soil types Poor sampling In adequate reporting Out of date reporting Poor storage and handling Cross contamination Poorly trained staff 4 NHBC Technical Standards (2019) 5 6 Poor training On construction sites Groundworkers carry out 90 % of garden construction Landscape contractors just to carry out final topsoil preparation and lay the turf. Need assistance to understand the ‘landscape’ 6 Sampling Consistent products / Representative Samples • Samples are taken in accordance, at least, to BS3882:2015 every 5,000m3 (8KT) • 25 sub samples are taken to ensure the bulk sample is representative • We analyse our products over 30 times each year and hold historical data • Laboratory analysis is undertaken at a UKAS and MCERT accredited laboratory • Tim O’Hare Associates report includes • Declaration of compliance BS3882:2015 • Analytical schedule • Results of analysis • Conclusion • Recommendations • Certificate of Analysis We ensure a representative sample is taken 7 Analytical Schedule: Is this sufficient? 8 Specification is built using a range standards 9 PSA / Stones / pH / Nutrients 10 Heavy Metals & Contaminants 11 Heavy Metals & Contaminants 12 Interpretative Report 13 To find out more about British Sugar TOPSOIL To arrange a visit or for more information on TOPSOIL products call 0870 240 2314 or visit our web site www.bstopsoil.co.uk 14 British Sugar at a glance ▪ Four advanced manufacturing plants ▪ More than simply sugar processing sugar beet in the UK ‒ Power generation for a city the size of Peterborough ‒ Bury, Cantley, Newark and Wissington and head office in Peterborough ‒ Fuel ethanol, animal feed, topsoil, pharmaceuticals, betaine… ‒ Over 3,000 growers ‒ Lowest cost sugar processor in the EU ▪ A valuable part of UK agriculture ‒ Profitable, reliable part of arable rotation ▪ A major contributor to UK economy, especially in East Midlands and East ‒ Aids soil health, pest and weed control Anglia ‒ Positive sustainability story ‒ In 2015 farmers received ~£320m in receipts from British Sugar ‒ Total spend on goods and services was in excess of £600m ‒ Paid more than £200m in corporation tax in past five years ‒ Support a further 9,500 jobs in the UK economy 15 Our Sites Cantley Newark Details Details • Circa.160 permanent and seasonal employees • Circa.200 permanent and • Over 700 growers supply over seasonal employees 1.3 million tonnes of sugar beet • 700 growers supply 1.6 every year million tonnes of sugar beet • Cantley was the first sugar every year Head Office factory built in the UK in 1912 Details • Finance/HR/Management Wissington Details • Circa. 320 permanent and seasonal employees Bury St Edmunds • 1,000 UK growers supply over three million tonnes of sugar Details beet every year • Circa. 320 permanent and • Largest beet sugar factory in seasonal employees the world • Over 700 growers supply over two million tonnes of sugar beet every year Peterborough • Bagged sugar packaging facility Head Office Circa. 250 permanent employees 16 Using 99% of the outputs from the sugar making process 17 #BackBritishSugar Creating a level playing field for the British beet sugar industry • Buy homegrown British Sugar – look out for the Silver Spoon brand • Show your support for a great British industry on Twitter (@BritishSugar) • or Instagram (@BackBritishSugar) using #BackBritishSugar 18 Annually we purchase 7.5MT of Sugar Beet from 3.6K growers between September to February 19 The topsoil is excavated, dried and blended over 2 years 20 We have 40KT of covered storage: Ensuring Quality “On time and in Full every time” 21 British Sugar TOPSOIL and Topdressings have been successfully used in Landscaping & Amenity for over 25 years 22.