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31, January 2014
Ag Eng centre; Robert Peston at AEA; Peacock and Binnington; Yorkshire Ag Show; Toro at 100; Rochford fuel
IN THIS ISSUE
AG ENGINEERING CENTRE OPENED
ROBERT PESTON AT AEA CONFERENCE
120 YEARS CELEBRATED!
FIRST YORKSHIRE AG SHOW
TORO AT 100
STOP BLAMING THE MACHINE!
GRIMME AND BROOKSBY PARTNER
LANTRA ANNOUNCE LEARNER FINALISTS
HARD ROAD TO HARROGATE HEROES!
RANSOMES SPONSOR BALI AWARD
GO-KARTING LAWN TRACTOR
HUNT FOR BRITAIN'S WORST FOOTBALL PITCH
V8 POWERED CHAINSAW!
MOST READ STORIES
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Jan / Feb 2014 issue contains:

2014 STATE OF THE INDUSTRY REPORT
HERITAGE AWARDS
PROFILE OF DAVID WITHERS
LIVES REMEMBERED
BTME PREVIEW
LAMMA PREVIEW
DIARY OF A SEASON
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FROM THE EDITOR'S DESK
LET ME BE ABSOLUTELY CLEAR . .
Governance by cliches is getting getting tiresome

 
Chris Biddle
Fifteen months away from an election, politicians are muddying the waters with weary cliches . . .

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NEW VENUE FOR INDUSTRY AWARDS
Stunning location for Service Dealer Awards in September

 
A new venue has been announced for the 2014 Service Dealer Industry Awards on 2 September
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NEWS
AG ENGINEERING CENTRE OPENED
Minister opens £2.9m Innovation Centre at Harper Adams

 
Lord de Mauley pictured with Harper Adams Vice Chancellor David Llewellyn
A new Innovation Centre for Agicultural Engineering has been opened at Harper Adams University this week.

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ROBERT PESTON AT AEA CONFERENCE
BBC Economics Editor to give key note speech at April conference

 
Robert Peston
AEA has announced the BBC' s Robert Peston as the keynote speaker at its conference in April.

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120 YEARS CELEBRATED!
By Peacock & Binnington

 
Peacock and Binnington (120 Years Logo)
Dealers Peacock & Binnington are proudly celebrating 120 years of serving the farmers of Lincolnshire and Yorkshire.

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FIRST YORKSHIRE AG SHOW
Taking place on Wednesday Feb 5th

 
The new McCormick X7.670 Pro Drive (left) and X7.460 Pro Drive

The first Yorkshire Agricultural Machinery Show, is being held next Wednesday

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TORO AT 100
Celebrations in July

 
Toro is celebrating its centenary in 2014
The Toro Company is to celebrate its centenary this year.

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STOP BLAMING THE MACHINE!
Rochfords offer dealers means to prove it's the fuel which is at fault

 
Separation test
Rochford Garden Machinery will distribute for the multi-award winning B3C Fuel Solutions range.

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GRIMME AND BROOKSBY PARTNER
To offer new higher education programmes

 
Grimme and BMC have joined forced to offer new courses

Grimme UK and Brooksby Melton College have joined forces to offer programmes in Land based Engineering and Business Management.

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LANTRA ANNOUNCE LEARNER FINALISTS
Service Engineering award

 
Scott MacMaster is short-listed for the Land-based Service Engineering Learner of the Year Award 2013
Bryan Grove and Scott MacMaster have been short-listed for the Land-based Service Engineering Learner of the Year Award 2013.

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HARD ROAD TO HARROGATE HEROES!
200 mile charity trek completed

 
David Steventon, Stuart Johnson, Mark Hillaby, Gordon Irvine MG, and Tim Johnson arrive at BTME last week
BTME 2014 saw the arrival of the ‘Mad Mower Men’ completing their 200-mile trek from Ipswich to Harrogate

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RANSOMES SPONSOR BALI AWARD
Won by Quadron Services

 
Quadron's Ben Binnell (3rd from left) and Ian Fleming (far left) with clients from the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, accepting the award from Will Carr of sponsors Ransomes Jacobsen (second from right) and comedian Hugh Dennis (far right)
Quadron Services Ltd, the green space management company were the principal winners of two accolades at the BALI Awards.

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GO-KARTING LAWN TRACTOR
Cub Cadet for circuit

 
The Cub Cadet at The P F International Kart Circuit at Brandon near Grantham in Lincolnshire

There could be a different line-up on the grid at a leading kart circuit following the delivery of their second ride-on.

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HUNT FOR BRITAIN'S WORST FOOTBALL PITCH
Briggs & Stratton sponsor search

 
Do you know Britain's worst pitch
Briggs & Stratton's Pitch to Win competition offers a £3000 pitch makeover to the worst football playing surface in Britain.

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V8 POWERED CHAINSAW!
For the bigger jobs in hand . . .

 
V8 powered chainsaw
Not just in the cricket, the Aussies came, they saw . . . .

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MOST READ STORIES
Summary of last 12 issues

 
The most read story of the last issues concerned Stihl changing their online policy
A summary of Service Dealer Update for the last 12 issues.

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