Courtesy of  Service Dealer's YouTube channel, the magazine's Laurence Gale was out and about in Harrogate this week, chatting to exhibitors about what challenges and opportunities they saw for 2020.

First up Vinny Tarbox, sales manager at MTD Speciality Turf Products talks about Cub Cadet's latest efforts in the battery operated market and establishing a dealer network.

Next Laurence caught up with Baroness UK sales director Adam Butler, to talk about the newly formed collaboration between Baroness UK & Kubota.

Iseki UK managing director, David Withers, alongside the newly appointed Alan Prickett, spoke to Laurence about their presence in the UK market and their growing dealer network.

On the STIHL UK stand, Jordan Watson, ground care field sales support, talks about the latest products and why they chose to attend this year's show.

Partick Desmond, operations manager, Kioti UK next speaks about the latest Kioti products featured at the 2020 BMTE show and what's in store for 2020.

Finally for today, Simon Jennings, Golf & Utility vehicle sales rep at Ernest Doe tells Laurence about the shift away from lead-acid batteries to more efficient and environmentally friendly lithium-ion power.

We will have more interviews from BTME to come but in the meantime you can catch up with our entire archive of clips at the Service Dealer YouTube channel. Do subscribe to kept up to date with all our video content.