TOPSOIL Team

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Natalie joined British Sugar in 2009.  Initially working on the Agriculture helpdesk, Natalie handled enquires from beet growers and supported the TOPSOIL team.  In 2012 Natalie joined the TOPSOIL team.  Natalie predominately sells out of our Bury factory, into Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire and Essex. 

Natalie also attends national and regional events each year such as Saltex, BTME, NHBC days and supports local BALI and BIGGA events.  She has recently passed her GMA Level 2 Winter Pitches (Applied Turf culture) qualification.  Over the last 11 years she has gained experience through working with RHS Hyde Hall, Garden design workshop with Adam Frost, attending local Greenkeeping open days at Ely and Middleton Hall and working with the Suffolk and Norfolk FA.

Outside of work Natalie has a passion for travel visiting several countries in South East Asia, Australasia and the Caribbean.  Natalie also has interests in yoga, reading, music and walking her dog Olivia who she adopted from a shelter in Greece.

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Grace joined the TOPSOIL team in 2017.

Before joining British Sugar TOPSOIL, Grace worked for Bidfood as a Telesales Executive.

Based near Nottingham Grace sells our range of subsoil, topsoil and topdressings across the Midlands. Grace attends National and Regional events each year such as Saltex, BTME, FutureScape, NHBC days and supports local BALI and BIGGA events. She has recently passed her GMA Level 2 Winter Pitches (Applied Turf culture) qualification.  Over the last 6 years she has gained hands on experience through working with RHS Hyde Hall and a Garden design workshop with Adam Frost.

Outside of work, Grace enjoys keeping fit and skiing holidays with her family.

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Kim joined British Sugar in 2015 in the Customer Services department as an Order Book Administrator, handling customer enquiries and taking orders for bagged and bulk sugar deliveries. In 2017 Kim joined the TOPSOIL team and looks after the Central Counties down into South East England.

Kim attends National and Regional events each year such as SALTEX, BTME, NHBC days and supports local BALI and BIGGA events. She has recently passed her GMA Level 2 Winter Pitches (Applied Turf culture) qualification. Over the last 6 years she has gained experience through working with RHS Hyde Hall, Garden design workshop with Adam Frost, attending local Greenkeeping open days at Middleton Hall and working with the Hunts & Peterborough and Bedfordshire FA and The GMA.

Outside of work, Kim is a keen sportswoman having played women’s rugby for 18 years at Peterborough and Deeping Rugby club.  Kim has represented her clubs at County Level.

Kim likes to visit the gym 4-5 times a week to keep fit, along with cycling and walking.

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Sam joined TOPSOIL in June 2020 supporting the team and Sales Managers directly.

She is also the team co-ordinator for regional events we attend, such as Saltex, BTME as well as local events with BALI and BIGGA.

Sam has valuable skills in assisting the smooth running of the administration side of the department which she manages daily for the team.

Prior to joining the TOPSOIL team Sam worked in British Sugars Grower Services team.  Sam’s role involved supporting Growers, Contractors and Colleagues in all aspects of their accounts.

Outside of work Sam is a keen runner and is also a qualified level 1 woman’s artistic gymnastics coach.

Maddie has worked for British Sugar since 2015, where she had a role in the logistics team and worked as a supervisor in Newark Factory’s warehouse.

In 2022, Maddie started working for TOPSOIL as maternity cover on a secondment. Now, she has a permanent role and new sales area.

So far, Maddie has attended national and regional events such as Saltex, BTME, NHBC days and support local BALI and BIGGA events. In addition, she also passed her GMA Level 2 Winter Pitches qualification in 2022. 

Outside of work she enjoys spending time with her family and her dogs.