TURF MANAGEMENT
JOHN DEERE DEALER
SHERRIFF ACQUIRES GREENLAY
John Deere agricultural and
turf dealer Thomas Sherriff &
Co Ltd, whose headquarters
are based at Haddington in
East Lothian, has bought the
professional turf business of
Greenlay Ltd in Cramlington, south
Northumberland.
This development extends the
dealership’s trading area and takes
to seven the total number of Sherriff
outlets serving customers from
the River Forth in Scotland, down
through the Borders to Durham in
north-east England and reaching out
west to the Cumbrian border.
Sherriff’s head office site at
Backburn in Haddington, which
replaced the previous facility in
Dunbar at the beginning of 2017,
brought both the dealership’s
agricultural and turf divisions under
the same roof for the first time. The
other Sherriff outlets are based
at Alnwick, Coldstream, Hexham,
Jedburgh and Stow.
All 17 Greenlay employees have
transferred to the renamed Sherriff
Cramlington business, with outlet
manager Eric Pattinson continuing
to lead the dealership’s experienced
sales, service and parts team.
“Originally founded by David Lowes
and his wife Judith in 1972 before
becoming John Deere Limited’s first
professional groundscare dealer in
1986, Greenlay is a well-established,
successful family business,” said
John Deere Limited division sales
manager Chris Meacock. “We would
like to thank the Lowes family and
especially Geoff Lowes for their
commitment to John Deere over the
past 33 years – it’s great to see this
positive outcome for his team.”
addition to our business and a great
fit for our organisation. Following
the development of our head office
at Haddington as part of our overall
expansion and restructuring plans,
this latest acquisition represents
another considerable investment in
our business, allowing us to expand
our geographical presence in the
north-east of England and the
Durham area.
“Most importantly, this means that
we will now be serving our total
John Deere area of responsibility
with both agricultural and turf
equipment, from the Forth to
Teesside and out to the Cumbrian
border. It ensures that we can
maintain the highest level of
support to our customers in both
the important business sectors of
agricultural and professional turf
equipment sales and service.”
Sherriff managing director Colin
Weatherhead added: “This is a key
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