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	<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 14:49:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>eFIG promote the benefits of plants in buildings</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 13:15:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<description><![CDATA[eFIG Chairman Kenneth Freeman, promotes the benefits of plants in  buildings. <br />
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[eFIG Chairman Kenneth Freeman, promotes the benefits of plants in  buildings. <br />
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		<title>Workplace plants raise productivity</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 10:51:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Stressed at work? Put potted plants on your desk </title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2011 17:10:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<description><![CDATA[Having potted plants in the office is good for  your health, a new study has discovered. <br />
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 Research found that the presence of pot plants  in offices reduced fatigue, stress, dry throats, headaches, coughs and dry skin  among workers. <br />
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To read more of this Daily Mail article, please follow this link: <br />
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Stressed at work? Put potted plants on your desk<br />
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[Having potted plants in the office is good for  your health, a new study has discovered. <br />
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 Research found that the presence of pot plants  in offices reduced fatigue, stress, dry throats, headaches, coughs and dry skin  among workers. <br />
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To read more of this Daily Mail article, please follow this link: <br />
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Stressed at work? Put potted plants on your desk<br />
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		<title>Urban Planters partner Greenworks in UK </title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2011 16:10:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<description><![CDATA[Greenworks&#39; &#39;Moving Hedge&#39; attracted attention among architects and interior designers at the new &#39;Landscape&#39; exhibition in London earlier this year. <br />
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As Greenworks&#39; UK partner, we helped exhibit this great new product, whilst exhibiting at the show. <br />
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Aveda Salon and Spa fell head over heels with the product and subsequently ordered two flower dressed walls for their new branch opening on the Kings Road, London.[...]]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[Greenworks&#39; &#39;Moving Hedge&#39; attracted attention among architects and interior designers at the new &#39;Landscape&#39; exhibition in London earlier this year. <br />
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As Greenworks&#39; UK partner, we helped exhibit this great new product, whilst exhibiting at the show. <br />
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Aveda Salon and Spa fell head over heels with the product and subsequently ordered two flower dressed walls for their new branch opening on the Kings Road, London.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Urban Planters get hired for The Apprentice.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2011 15:56:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Newsletter Issue 22</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2011 15:03:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<description><![CDATA[Please go to the Newsletter section of our website to view our latest newsletter. Lots of interesting stuff going on here at Urban Planters.[...]]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[Please go to the Newsletter section of our website to view our latest newsletter. Lots of interesting stuff going on here at Urban Planters.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Eversheds Grow their Own </title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2011 15:55:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Urban Planters scrub up for new luxury salon and spa opening</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 May 2011 11:46:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Plants: The Secret Weapon in Buildings</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2011 11:35:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>eFIG National Award Winners 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2011 13:44:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Ten years old and still going strong</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Mar 2011 15:43:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Urban Planters present at Green Building Summit</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2011 15:51:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Urban Planters present at TH!NK FM</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2011 17:14:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<description><![CDATA[ Managing Director Thomas Palfreyman will be  one of the speakers at the BIFM conference TH!NKFM in  Nottingham at the beginning of April. <br />
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 This conference targeting Facility Managers, will take place at the East Midlands Conference Centre and adopts a new approach to the conference format, organising speakers in  four hubs each focusing on a different topic.<br />
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 Tom&#8217;s presentation, &#8216;Plants the Secret Weapon&#8217; is listed in  Hub 3: Sustainable Business &#8[...]]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Managing Director Thomas Palfreyman will be  one of the speakers at the BIFM conference TH!NKFM in  Nottingham at the beginning of April. <br />
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 This conference targeting Facility Managers, will take place at the East Midlands Conference Centre and adopts a new approach to the conference format, organising speakers in  four hubs each focusing on a different topic.<br />
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 Tom&#8217;s presentation, &#8216;Plants the Secret Weapon&#8217; is listed in  Hub 3: Sustainable Business &#8211; Actions not Words, alongside  speakers on &#8216;BREEAM and what it means for an FM&#8217; by Sophie Hutchinson from  Morgan Lovell, &#8216;Sustainability in the Workplace&#8217; presented by MCM Architects and  others.<br />
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 Keynote speakers &#8211; there will be two a day &#8211; include  motivational speaker Chris Moon MBE, who has survived kidnap and death threats  and Paul Morrell, Government chief construction Adviser.<br />
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 The other hubs are: Hub 1: Tough Decisions for Tough Times; Hub 2: Future  Ways of Working; Hub 4: Training.<br />
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TH!NK FM Link: http://bit.ly/hw3Ex3]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Urban Planters scores minor victory over Banksy in Turnip Prize</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Dec 2010 10:25:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Urban Planters Take Part in London Festival</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Nov 2010 14:12:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Prescott slammed for spending money on plants</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Oct 2010 16:57:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Points for Plants Moves One Step Closer</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 10:42:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<description><![CDATA[Urban Planters have welcomed the news that the Green Building Council have recommended that companies be awarded points for enlisting the services of interior landscapers to select the right indoor plants, as part of a strategy to improve the air quality in workplaces and, as a result, make them more sustainable.The recommendations form part of a recent review of the Indoor Air Quality element of the BRE Environmental Assessment Method (BREEAM), the widely used standard for best practice in envi[...]]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[Urban Planters have welcomed the news that the Green Building Council have recommended that companies be awarded points for enlisting the services of interior landscapers to select the right indoor plants, as part of a strategy to improve the air quality in workplaces and, as a result, make them more sustainable.The recommendations form part of a recent review of the Indoor Air Quality element of the BRE Environmental Assessment Method (BREEAM), the widely used standard for best practice in environmental design. They state that, as part of an Indoor Air Quality Management Plan, businesses should aim to reduce the presence of harmful chemicals in the air, and that one of the most effective ways to do this is through using professionals to select the right indoor plant:&#8216;To ensure an even spread of the correct types of plants with in buildings accredited by the BREEAM systems, 1 to 4 plants per 12 m2 will improve O2 levels and reduce CO2 within buildings. This will reduce energy bills by reducing the amount of work the air conditioning plant has to do. Plants can also reduce large changes in temperature which again helps to keep energy costs low. Planting will improve productivity and reduce absences across the work force again helping to cover the cost of the plants. Points should be awarded for seeking the specialist advice of an interior landscaper to ensure right plant/right place policy is adopted.&#8217;The report also goes further by recommending that businesses be awarded more points if they use the services of interior landscapers to not only select the right specimens but also regularly maintain them.Urban Planters and the industry&#8217;s trade body &#8216;eFIG&#8217; has been in regular contact with the GBC over recent months, calling for official recognition of the important role plants have to play in creating sustainable buildings and these recommendations bring us closer to realising that aim: we may soon see these recommendations becoming part of all Low Carbon Buildings accreditation criteria as early as 2011.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Pots of Health</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 09:29:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Points for Plants</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2010 09:32:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Office Plant of the Year 2010 Announced</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2010 16:20:04 +0000</pubDate>
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