Why use a professional

Trees, much like people, can thrive and add value to lives and property given the right care. Poor pruning can irreparably damage a tree's health and remove decades from its life.

A professional will be able to advise you of the best way to tackle your trees ('topping' and 'lopping' are not considered good practice).

Some trees are given legal protection by a TPO (Tree Protection Order), or are covered by conservation area law. Should this be relevant to your trees an application must be made to the LPA, failure to do this or abide by the decision could lead to prosecution and large fines.

In this field there is not as much regulation as you might think. 

Anyone can buy a chainsaw and call themselves a tree surgeon. They may even be able to produce a certificate of insurance. 

HOWEVER! should there be an accident they will not be covered if they cannot provide the relevant qualifications.

Due to the lack of regulation many insurers only do the appropriate checks after the fact.

A true professional should hold and be happy to provide copies of relevant qualifications to prove their competence.

Rest assured we have £5,000,000 public liability in place.

All qualifications and insurances can be provided upon request.

To save you some legwork we have provided some links on this page to some of our most important qualifications.

These E certificates must be fully verified with NPTC before they are awarded.