Steve Gibbs
COMMUNICATING WITH CUSTOMERS
Let them know there is a real alternative
by Service Dealer Editor, Steve Gibbs
With ever growing competition from mainstream retailers, focusing on customer communication is crucial for the long-term success of specialist dealers.


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Early Bird tickets for the Service Dealer Conference & Awards close today, Friday September 29th 2017
EARLY BIRD TICKETS END TODAY!
For the Service Dealer Conference & Awards
Early Bird tickets for the Service Dealer Conference and Awards must end today, Friday September 29th.

The deadline to enter your dealership for a Dealer Of The Year Award has been extended until October 10th.

And today we welcome Ibcos as the latest Networking Sponsor of the event.

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NEWS
HONDA L&G RANGE AVAILABLE THROUGH JOHN LEWIS
Orders to be fulfilled by local dealers
Honda’s premium lawn & garden machinery range is now available from the e-commerce site of retailer John Lewis.

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Honda petrol mowers are now available through John Lewis's website
BURDEN BROS AGRI SCOOP EMPLOYER AWARD
At Swale Business Awards
Competing against 16 finalists for the title, dealers Burden Bros Agri were recently named the Swale Business Awards Employer of the Year 2017.

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Dale Burden, Managing Director from Burden Bros Agri receives award from Dale Penfold, from COOK Ltd
OVERTON APPOINT GILPIN
For Mean Green Mowers
Dealers Johnston Gilpin & Co based in County Down, Northern Ireland have been appointed by Overton (UK) for the range of Mean Green Electric Commercial mowers.

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Johnston Gilpin & Mean Green Mowers
DEERE TO ACQUIRE BLUE RIVER TECHNOLOGIES
To advance machine learning capabilities
Deere & Company has signed a definitive agreement to acquire California's Blue River Technology, a leader in applying machine learning to agriculture.

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Deere & Co are to acquire Blue River Technology
TYM EXPANDS SALES TEAM
Appointment for the north
Reesink Turfcare has appointed John Addy to its TYM Tractors team as northern regional sales manager.

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John Addy
KUBOTA HOST ALAM CONFERENCE
Association of Lecturers In Agriculture Machinery
The top educators in the agricultural machinery sector chose Kubota UK to host their annual conference recently.

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ALAM members and Kubota employees come together in Kubota’s workshop.
AG MACHINERY DEALER TO TACKLE FUND RAISING TREK
Mike Pullin walking for Sue Ryder
Gloucestershire dealer Mike Pullin of P & D Engineering is undertaking a fund-raising walk for the charity that helped him and his family during the most difficult time of their lives.

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Mike Pullin of P & D Engineering
IDEAL RESULT FOR MASSEY
New combine wins DLG Innovation Silver
Massey Ferguson has scooped a Silver Medal for the newly-launched IDEAL combine harvesters presented by the German Agricultural Society.

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Massey Ferguson's IDEAL has scooped a DLG Silver award
CONGRATULATIONS!
To Mr and Mrs Hayes!
James Hayes, owner of Hayes Garden Machinery in South Molton, and previous recipient of a Dealer Of The Year Award, married Suzanne recently in North Devon.

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Mr & Mrs Hayes
AND FINALLY . . .
Man cooks bacon in his mower's engine!
A man has filmed himself modifying his lawnmower's engine so he can cook bacon and cut the grass at the same time.

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In the video the man says that orange smoke blowing from the enngine indicates that the bacon is cooked
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IOG SALTEX
SALTEX 2017 ‘YOUR INDUSTRY YOUR SHOW’
Visitor registration now open
The countdown to Europe’s largest annual turf management event has officially begun, marked by the opening of online visitor registration.

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