Steve Gibbs
TURNED ON TO BATTERY?
Dealers will need to be otherwise manufacturers will look elsewhere
by Service Dealer Editor, Steve Gibbs
Initiatives in the United States are seeing consumers encouraged to trade-in petrol mowers for heavily discounted cordless machines - but not via dealerships.

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NEWS
HUSQVARNA UNVEIL NEW PROFESSIONAL IDENTITY
New visuals and name for Husqvarna CLG
Company says new identity intended to make their commercial activity more easily recognisable whilst encompassing a wider range of products.

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NEW HOLLAND AWARD THEIR BEST DEALERS
Four from UK and Irish network honoured
New Holland say Dealer of the Year Awards highlight excellence in sales performance and service quality to customers.

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New Holland Dealer Of The Year
BURDEN BROS TAKE ON CHARTERHOUSE
New dealer for Sussex
Operating from their Framfield depot, Burden Bros Agri Ltd will be stockists of the Redexim range of machinery, as well as the Graden products.

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L-R: Nick Darking, sales manager for Charterhouse with group turf sales manager for Burden Bros Agri Ltd, Alan Pierce
CLAAS ADD TO NETWORK
Two new dealers
New to the network are Alkmonton Tractors and established dealer Hamblys has opened a new sixth depot.

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CLAAS UK has announced two new additions to its dealer network.
REDESIGN FOR DR FIELD & BRUSH MOWER
First in over a decade
Distributor Rochfords say there have been subtle changes to the design and appearance, with requested features added.

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DEALER APPOINTMENT FOR VENTRAC IN SCOTLAND
SGM Contracts take on machines
Price Turfcare has appointed SGM Contracts in Scotland for the Ventrac machines.

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Rupert Price of Price Turfcare with Steven McInroy of SGM Contracts
OPICO NAME MARKETING MANAGER
Newly created role
Helen Selkin will take responsibility for all the company’s marketing and public relations activity across an expanding portfolio of brands.

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Helen Selkin
MATT JOINS REA VALLEY TRACTORS
Sales Manager for Sudbury
Matt Mulligan joins dealership from JCB where he worked for 12 years, most recently as Territory Sales Manager for the West Midlands region.

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Matt Mulligan
BRITAIN'S BEST LAWN ADDS TO JUDGING PANEL
Chairman of UK Lawn Care Association
Sponsor EGO Power+ has announced that Richard Salmon has joined the judging panel for this year's competition.

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Richard Salmon
SPEARHEAD SUPPORT GRASSMEN'S CHARITY
Along with Irish distributor H. Fulton Tractors
Donating Destroyer machine to agricultural video stars Grassmen's raffle in aid of Make-A-Wish Foundation.

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L-R: Gareth Gault a.k.a. Donkey, Grassmen; Antony Prince, director of sales & marketing, Spearhead Machinery Ltd; Howard Fulton, managing mirector, H. Fulton Tractors
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SIMS GARDEN MACHINERY
Sales Assistant
Successful garden & groundcare machinery dealer, operating out of purpose-built premises in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, is looking for a Sales Assistant.

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PSD Groundscare
PSD GROUNDSCARE
Area Sales Manager – South East
PSD Groundscare, a leading supplier of groundscare machinery to a national dealer network, are looking at recruiting an experienced area sales manager / demonstrator covering the eastern dealers to develop both new and existing business.

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