TOPSOIL Team

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Andy joined British Sugar in 1987‭ ‬and has been National TOPSOIL Manager since 1999.

Initially joining as an Agricultural trainee Andy has worked as an agronomist for the company in England and Poland‭.‬

Andy holds the BASIS, FACTS and NEBOSH and GMA Level 3 Winter Games Pitch qualifications.

Andy’s role involves managing the production, marketing and sales of the topsoil received with the beets.

Out of work, Andy’s passion is rugby and keeping fit. Andy is a volunteer pitch advisor for the RFU in Eastern Counties and was for over 15 years the volunteer groundsman for his local rugby club - Bury St Edmunds.

Always up for a challenge Andy has trekked in Vietnam, climbed the UK’s three highest peaks and cycled the London 100 and from London to Paris all in aid of charity.

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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 Cantley and Bury factories, into Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire and Essex. 

Natalie also attends national and regional events each year such as Saltex, BTME, Futurscape, 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 10 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 4 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, Futurscape, 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 4 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.

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 rfu.

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

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In June 2020 Sam joined the TOPSOIL team to support our Sales Managers.

As well as supporting the Sales Team she is also the team co-ordinator for regional events we attend, such as Saltex, BTME, FutureScape and 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.

Sam likes to keep fit and is a keen runner. More recently taking up virtual challenges until events return that she can take part in.

TOPSOIL Placement Student Bethany is the newest addition to the team. She is a third year Business Management student at Lancaster University, specialising in Marketing and Accounting and Finance.

In her role Bethany will be supporting the sales team by managing our website, social media accounts and TOPSOIL literature. 

In her spare time Bethany enjoys playing netball and socialising with friends.