Steve Gibbs
BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARDWARE PLACE
Dealers left in confusion by government guidelines
by Service Dealer Editor, Steve Gibbs

With dealers unsure whether they should or are allowed to be open this week, Service Dealer gathered together key industry figures to discuss the current situation and what it means for our readers.

 

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BUSINESS SUPPORT
 
SME Digest Special Feature
EMPLOYEE ADVICE FOR EMPLOYERS
What to do with staff?
by Adam Bernstein, Service Dealer's SME Digest Editor

Every week, Service Dealer's SME Digest editor, Adam Bernstein will be providing our dealer readers with a Business Support article, designed to offer help and guidance for small business owners during these testing times.

 

In this week's WEB ONLY story Adam considers an issue vexing employers at the moment - what to do with staff? He speaks to Arwen Makin, a senior solicitor at esphr, about the law and the options open to employers.

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NEWS
SERVICE DEALER CONVENES INDUSTRY THINK TANK
To offer dealers advice

Service Dealer this week convened the first of an ongoing series of informal industry think tank sessions, conducted remotely via Zoom, featuring senior representatives of industry trade bodies, manufacturers, suppliers and business support services.

 

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Service Dealer's think tank session with industry leaders on Zoom this Wednesday
BAGMA OFFERS FURLOUGHING ADVICE
Important for dealers to know

As part of the Service Dealer conference call with industry representatives this week, BAGMA offered advice to dealers regarding the furloughing of staff.

 

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BAGMA
AEA OFFERS GUIDELINE ADVICE
Listen to official government rulings

Speaking with Service Dealer this week, Ruth Bailey CEO of the AEA, told us how they had been in consultation with government regarding key workers and essential businesses.

 

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NEWS
AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY DEALER ADVICE
From the Service Dealer think tank

The consensus which emerged from our discussion with industry representatives this week, which probably offered the most clear cut guidance is in respect of those involved in food production and the industries that supports farmers and the production of food.

 

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Advice for agricultural machinery dealers
COMMERCIAL GROUNDSCARE MACHINERY DEALER ADVICE
From the Service Dealer think tank

Advice for groundscare dealers, off the back of Service Dealer's conference call with industry body and manufacturer representatives on Wednesday this week, can be summed up as it's open to your interpretation whether you choose to open your stores.

 

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Advice for commercial groundscare dealers
DOMESTIC GARDENING MACHINERY DEALER ADVICE
From the Service Dealer think tank

Advice for domestic outdoor powered machinery dealers, which came out of Service Dealer's conference call is it's currently open to your interpretation whether you choose to open your stores.

 

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Advice for domestic garden machinery dealers
STIHL ANNOUNCE TEMPORARY WAREHOUSE CLOSURE
Move to tackle Covid-19 spread

Company says any orders placed after 4pm on Monday 23 March will unfortunately not be processed.

 

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STIHL GB's Camberley HQ
SALTEX PLANNING FOR NOVEMBER SHOW
Organisers hopeful exhibition can go ahead as scheduled

The organisers of November's exhibition have issued a statement stating that planning for SALTEX 2020 continues to be in full swing.

 

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IOG SALTEX
CEREALS POSTPONED UNTIL 2021
But vows to go online for this year

Organisers say they are determined to do their utmost to support the industry, so will be taking the event online on 10-11 June 2020 instead.

 

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Cereals
UPDATED EVENTS LIST
Further cancellations confirmed

Following on from last week's lists of cancelled events for our sector, some more shows have confirmed they won't now be taking place in 2020.

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Show cancellations
STILL CHANCES TO WIN!
Let's think about something fun?!

With all that's going on, let's take a breath and think about something a lot more fun for a moment - readers still have chances to win two great prizes with Service Dealer!

 

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Readers can still win a trip to GIE+EXPO in October
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