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21st Anniversary 1988-2009
In July, we celebrated the 21st anniversary of our first magazine, since when we are proud to have become the leading specialist publisher of business-to-business magazines for the land-based and outdoor power equipment market that extends from lawnmowers to the largest and most sophisticated farm machinery.
2009 Dealer of the Year winners announced
The winners of the 2009 Dealer of the Year Awards, organised by Service Dealer magazine and sponsored by Lucas Fettes and Partners and AXA Insurance UK Plc were announced recently at a glittering ceremony held at the Savill Court Hotel in Windsor.
The winning dealerships were:
Farm Machinery Dealer of the Year
Russells (Kirbymoorside) Ltd, Malton, North Yorkshire
www.russells.uk.com
Garden Machinery Dealer of the Year
Sims Garden Machinery Ltd, Stratford Upon Avon, Warwickshire
www.simsgardenmachinery.co.uk
Professional Turfcare Machinery Dealer of the Year
George Brown Implements Ltd, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire
www.georgebrowns.co.uk
ATV Dealer of the Year
Frank Gibson ATV Centre, Kelso, Roxburghshire
www.frankgibsonatv.co.uk
Emerging Dealer of the Year
HJR Agri Oswestry, Oswestry, Shropshire
www.hjragri.co.uk
Click here for full details.
Please enjoy a large selection of photos from the awards dinner here http://focusvisuals.com/awards/index.html.
NEWS
New production team for Turf Professional
We are pleased to announce that we have recently signed a licensing arrangement with The Garden Communication and Media Company (TGCMC) for the Peterborough-based publishing house to produce future issues of Turf Professional. TGCMC are publishers of a number of horticultural titles, including Garden Trade News and have a team experienced in the turfcare sector.
The current editor, Chris Biddle, remains as Executive Editor of Turf Professional and the new team include:
Advertising and Publishing:
Pat Flynn (Tel: 01733 775700) Email pat.flynn@tgmc.co.uk
Editorial:
Jim Ward (Tel: 07811 139419) Email: jim.ward@tgmc.co.uk
SPONSORSHIP DEAL
Service Dealer, the UK’s only b2b monthly magazine for land-based equipment dealers is pleased to announce that it has signed a sponsorship deal with leading independent insurance brokers, Lucas Fettes & Partners.
Under the arrangement, Lucas Fettes will sponsor a new and additional monthly business section, In Business, in Service Dealer – and will sponsor the 2009 Dealer of the Year Awards to be announced and presented at the Awards Dinner at Windsor in September.

The sponsorship was announced on 6 March at the Lloyds Building in the City of London by Chris Biddle (pictured on left), editor of Service Dealer magazine and Brett Sainty, director of Lucas Fettes & Partners.
Click here to view first issue of In Business
Go to Lucas Fettes website www.lucasfettes.co.uk




