Etesia UK has reported a "huge uptake" in its petrol powered Buffalo ride-on mowers.

The company are putting this rise in popularity down to the outlawing in many city centres around the world, of the use of diesel powered products - and the lack of a battery powered ride-on machine, offering professional end-users similar power.

Eteisa UK md, Les Malin, said, "Who knows what the future holds, but, quite simply, the fact is that there is not currently a battery-powered machine on the market which is capable of equalling the performance of a professional petrol-powered ride-on mower.

“When you take into consideration the wide-spread demonising of diesel and the lack of professional battery powered ride-on mowers then there are unfortunately few solutions."

It is for these reasons that Etesia UK believe they have seen record-breaking growth in sales for its range of Buffalo ride-on mowers - which they say are the only commercial, petrol powered ride-on machines available in both two-wheel and four-wheel drive.

The range first launched six years ago, doing well in the European markets as countries such as France and Germany replaced huge fleets of diesel-powered ride-on mowers with Buffalo ride-on petrol mowers.

Now Etesia says the UK has started to follow suit.