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27, February 2015
Insurance for ride-ons?; Deere profits drop; Henry Smith; Coping With Slopes 2; AEA Conference
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MOTOR INSURANCE FOR RIDE-ONS
DEERE DROP 43% in Q1
HENRY SMITH
COPING WITH SLOPES 2
AEA FINALISE CONFERENCE LINE-UP
AWARD FOR BOMFORD TURNER
SUCCESS FOR DENNIS & SISIS
JOHN JOINS CHARTERHOUSE
YOUNG AG ENGINEER SHORTLISTED
EXECUTIVE CHANGES AT KRAMP
HAKKI PILKE DISTRIBUTION DEAL
MAKITA SPONSOR WRITTLE TEAM
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FROM THE EDITOR'S DESK
VNUK - REMEMBER THE NAME
Farmworker accident enters legal case law

 
Chris Biddle
Despite the headlines, perhaps its time for compulsory insurance for off-road vehicles?

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NEWS
MOTOR INSURANCE FOR RIDE-ONS
New EU directive brings compulsory insurance for off-road vehicles a step closer

 
Motor insurance for ride-ons seems inevitable
Changes to the Road Traffic Act seem inevitable after EU ruling.

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DEERE DROP 43% in Q1
Farm business in the US hitting sales

 
Deere's Q1 profits have fallen
Despite a forecast of a downturn, Deere CEO says 2015 will see company 'solidly profitable'.

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HENRY SMITH
Sad loss of 'Mr Danarm'

 
Henry Smith
Danarm Machinery are very sad to report the passing of Heinz Schmidtke, known throughout the garden machinery industry as Henry Smith.

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COPING WITH SLOPES 2
BALI-NCF to hold another training event

 
Coping With Slopes event
Following the success of the first educational event held in October last year, BALI-NCF are hosting another day at Draycote Water.

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AEA FINALISE CONFERENCE LINE-UP
Senior Massey Ferguson executive added

 
Richard Markwell
The AEA have finalised their line-up of speakers for their Conference on 14 April, adding Richard Markwell, VP of Massey Ferguson EAME and President of CEMA.


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AWARD FOR BOMFORD TURNER
At Irish machinery show

 
The award was presented to Bomford Export Manager Jim Goddard and importer for Bomford in Ireland IAM Managing Director David Jones
Bomford Turner recently received a 2 Star silver New Product award, at the FTMTA agricultural show in Punchestown, Naas, Ireland. 

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SUCCESS FOR DENNIS & SISIS
200 cricket groundsmen attend seminar

 
Mike Gatting

Attendees at Dennis and SISIS’ cricket seminar day, hosted by St Albans School Trust, heard from speakers including Mike Gatting.

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JOHN JOINS CHARTERHOUSE
As Graden Product Specialist

 
John Fitzpatrick
John Fitzpatrick, who worked for the previous Graden distributor, joins Charterhouse Turf Machinery as their Graden specialist.

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YOUNG AG ENGINEER SHORTLISTED
For Welsh Government award

 
Richard Davies
A young agricultural engineer has been nominated for an award by the Welsh Government - in recognition of a device designed to help large vehicles to reverse.

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EXECUTIVE CHANGES AT KRAMP
Integration with Grene

 
Kramp's new Executive Board
With effect from January this year, Kramp Group announced a number of changes to the composition of its Executive Board.

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HAKKI PILKE DISTRIBUTION DEAL
Orange Plant appointed as dealers

 
Hakki Pilke
Orange Plant's Newcastle-upon-Tyne facility, will be home to the Hakki Pilke range of firewood processors.

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MAKITA SPONSOR WRITTLE TEAM
In the Young Gardeners of the Year

 
Makita power tools help Writtle College students
Makita UK is a sponsor of Essex-based Writtle College in support of their entry in the competition to be held at the Ideal Home Show.

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