Steve Gibbs
FRESH BLOOD
A perennial issue for dealers
by Service Dealer Editor, Steve Gibbs

With news that a major manufacturer has seen a significant upturn of participants in its apprenticeship programme, how are dealers finding attracting new people to their business?

 

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NEWS
HUSQVARNA ANNOUNCE RESTRUCTURING OF CONSUMER BRANDS DIVISION
But UK unaffected

Husqvarna Group to focus more on premium products, with the underperforming Consumer Brands division folded into Husqvarna and Gardena divisions - but with very little impact on UK.

 

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Husqvarna Consumer Brands
SDF NAME NEW COUNTRY MANAGER
Graham Barnwell appointed

Graham Barnwell has spent most of his career working with the after sales side of the SLH Group and subsequently with the SDF Group since its inception in 1997.

 

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INCREASED PARTICIPATION IN JOHN DEERE'S APPRENTICE PROGRAMMES
54 young service technicians are being trained

John Deere's Ag Tech, Parts Tech and Turf Tech advanced apprenticeship programmes see just over 60% intake increase on the previous year.

 

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John Deere apprentice training group
STIHL ANNOUNCE NEW APPOINTMENTS
To enhance retail network support

Heading up the expanded sales team is Wayne Stone who was recently promoted to National Sales Manager.

 

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Wayne Stone
SULKY-BUREL UK NAME NEW DEALERS
In Staffordshire and Cheshire

Today's WEB ONLY news is Johnsons of Cheadle and G Richardson Agri Engineering in Cheshire are new distributors of company's range of soil preparation, drilling and fertiliser application equipment.

 

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Les Bailey, Johnsons Of Cheadle's sales and services manager
PRODUCTION OF 150,000th WALKER MOWER
Celebrated at special event in Colorado

Walker Mowers welcomed over 2,500 guests from nine countries and across the U.S, to a reunion at their 60 acre site, to celebrate 40 years of the creation of the Walker Mower.

 

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Walker Mowers celebration event in Colorado
VINCENT STRIKES GOLD
Kubota award presented

Dealers Vincent Tractors and Plant have been awarded Gold for Kubota Dealer Service Excellence for Construction.

 

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L-R: Steve Harrison (Kubota), Andrew Hoddinott, Alec Vincent, Matthew Hodge, Rob Wilkins (Kubota)
MASPORT TO REPRESENT ARIENS
In New Zealand, Australia and Oceania countries

Darren Spencer, Ariens Company VP EMEA and Asia, says the two companies principles of doing business are well-aligned, sharing a commitment to forming long-term partnerships.

 

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Masport managing director Steve Hughes in front of the Masport building in Auckland, New Zealand
POLARIS NAME 'ULTIMATE RANGER EXPERIENCE' WINNERS
UK NHS winner for international competiton

320 entries were submitted throughout May and June from 36 participating countries - with one of the two winners coming from the NHS North West emergency response services.

 

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Winning picture of a Ranger being used by NHS North West emergency response services
CLAAS SETS NEW WORLD RECORD
For the amount mowed in eight hours

DISCO 1100 RC conditioner mower unit, in this timeframe, mowed a total of 141.1 hectares of alfalfa with a roller conditioner and an average yield of 5.24 tonnes of dry mass per hectare.

 

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DISCO 1100 RC conditioner mower unit
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