Steve Gibbs
TOO MUCH FIGHTING ON THE DANCE FLOOR?
Is your town . . . coming like a ghost town?
by Service Dealer Editor, Steve Gibbs

It was suggested by a group of MPs this week that a tax on online sales would help bricks and mortar retailers and prevent high streets becoming like ghost towns - do you agree?

 

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NEWS
DUXFORD HIRE & SUPPLY CLOSING
Malcolm Evans to reitre after 50 years

Cambridgeshire-based dealer to close after half a century in business - but son will take on service side of the company for a new business.

 

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Malcolm Evans and his wife outside the Duxford Hire & Supply premises
OAKES BROS APPOINT NEW MD
Following Edmund Lindley's retirement

Richard Haines steps up from his role of business development director to assume the position of md at Hampshire dealers Oakes Bros.

 

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Richard Haines
TORO TO BUY MAKER OF DITCH WITCH
$700m purchase of Charles Machine Works

This week's WEB ONLY story is The Toro Company in the US has announced that it is to acquire The Charles Machine Works, Inc, which will see the company entering into the underground construction market.

 

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Ditch Witch
NEW DEALER FOR KUBOTA
Howard & Sons Exports Limited

Based in Marston near Devizes, dealership will provide aftersales, parts and technical support for Kubota's agricultural equipment to customers across Wiltshire and East Somerset.

 

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L-R: Richard Howard, Robert Howard and Ethan Cosma
C&O TRACTORS TAKE ON SKY AND HE-VA
Dealers for Opico brands

Dealership expanding relationship with Opico, serving customers across Dorset, Wiltshire, West Sussex, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.

 

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L-R: Charles Bedforth, sales manager, OPICO with Dick Spencer, sales director, C&O Tractors
ALLETT LAUNCH BATTERY POWERED CYLINDER MOWERS
First time lithium-ion offering

Until now, Allett’s mowers have traditionally been powered by petrol, with some products also available as electric models.

 

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Liberty 43
ARGO APPOINT PARTS SALES MANAGER
For Ireland, Scotland and Northern England

Focusing on parts supply to agricultural machinery dealers, Stuart Watson's appointment enables national parts sales manager Tony Burgess to focus on Wales and the rest of England.

 

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Stuart Watson
BOBCAT MAKE DEALER CHANGES FOR YORKSHIRE
A new dealer and an area extended

Bobcat has announced changes in the dealers responsible for sales and service of their range of equipment in Yorkshire.

 

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Sandy Gray, owner/director of Grays Machinery Ltd
DEERE REPORTS Q1 SALES OF $498 MILLION
Net sales up 16% to $6.94 billion

Deere & Co. have reported net income of $498.5 million for the first quarter ended January 27th 2019 compared with a net loss of $535.1 million for the quarter ended January 28th 2018.

 

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Deere & Co. have reported net income of $498.5 million for Q1 2019
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