All change in the PelGar team
Richard Applegarth has been promoted to UK Sales Manager. Richard will continue to look after the eastern territory, where he has been building PelGar’s business over the past 15 months, but he will now take over the responsibility for PelGar’s key accounts and will be working closely with PelGar’s UK regional managers David Gill and […]
SunConnex appoints new CEO
Steven Pleging is well known in the PV industry following several successful management positions he fulfilled at multinational companies including Philips, Ecostream International and Colexon Energy AG. Steven has a longstanding relationship with the owner of SunConnex, Kie Tan who believes his experience building his own consulting firm TeamSolar BV founded in 2009, will equip […]
First Milk appoint former Food & Farming Minister Sir Jim Paice as new chairman
Sir Jim is currently Member of Parliament for South East Cambridgeshire, a position he has held since 1987. During his Parliamentary career, he has held a number of ministerial and shadow ministerial positions, most recently he served as Minister of State for Agriculture & Food in the Coalition Government from 2010 – 12. First Milk […]
Bunn Fertiliser appoints new Crop Nutritionist
Based at the Bunn headquarters in Norwich, Stuart will be learning about customers’ specific crop nutrient needs and responding with new products and services. “I look forward to working with our technical sales managers, advisors and customers to assess our whole portfolio, looking to adapt, change and adjust, to better meet customer requirements,” Stuart explains. […]
New Non-Executive Directors put farmers at heart of RPA
Angela Gillibrand and David Cotton have both been appointed to the Agency Management Board and the Audit and Risk Assurance Committee. Rad Thomas will sit on the Agency Management Board and Arthur Reeves has been appointed to the Audit and Risk Assurance Committee. RPA Chief Executive Mark Grimshaw said: “The appointments of Angela, David, Rad […]
Kubota Appoint new Business Development Manager
One of Kubota’s longest-serving employees, Adrian originally joined the business in 1986 as a Service Engineer and went on to become Service Manager and Parts Manager, before moving in to a dealer development role in 2007. Adrian’s appointment signals a new approach to the agriculture and groundcare markets for the leading Japanese manufacturer, which will […]
Wanted: farmer with a difference to run Woodland Trust Scotland’s former royal hunting estate
The Trust, which since it was founded in 1972 has acquired more than 20,000 hectares of woodland sites, nearly half of which is in Scotland, is looking for an agricultural and environmentally-minded enthusiast to take responsibility for the grazing operation of its biggest property. It has instructed Baird Lumsden, one of Scotland’s most prominent country […]
Bruton Knowles expands South East Senior Team
The promotion of Fraser Castle MSc MRICS to Partner and the welcoming of Naomi Game as Senior Surveyor in a diverse role that will include rural practice, will expand the area of the Guildford team’s range of services. Fraser joined Bruton Knowles South East Regional office in 2000 as a graduate trainee. Since then he […]
Key appointment for McArthur Group
Steven has over 25 years’ experience across a broad range of sectors within the building materials market, most recently with flooring wholesaler and distributor Sheffield Insulation Group (SIG) where he was Commercial Director for four years during which time he helped deliver significant sales growth in a very competitive market. McArthur Chief Executive Sam McArthur […]
