The Farmers Mart Apr/May 2014 - Issue 33 | Page 54

YORK AUCTION MART LAND, PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT CONSULTANTS Opening May 2014 at The York Auction Centre, Murton, York Providing the complete range of land, town planning and development consultancy services for private and corporate clients on: • Planning Applications • Conversions •Listed Buildings • Change of Use • Flood Risk • Development Potential • Land Introductions • Lawful Development Certificates Contact Mark Newby, Chartered Town Planner Dip. T. & R.P. M.R.T.P.I. Also at Yew Tree House, South Back Lane (West), Terrington, York, YO60 6PX Tel: [phone] or 07540119062 www.yewtreeassociates.co.uk Nigel Atkinson and the Team are pleased to be associated with York Auction Centre and we wish Richard Tasker and his team well for the future. Weekly sales of cars and light commercials are another regular feature along with furniture and fine arts, fur and feather, property auctions and farmers markets. 4x4 Sales take place with the machinery sales. ‘have become massive dates in the York Auction Centre calendar attracting over 5000 lots every time’ The farm machinery sales are a phenomenon. They were started in 1990 and have become massive dates in the York Auction Centre calendar attracting over 5000 lots every time, as well as thousands of buyers. ‘In the café we usually sell over 500 breakfasts before 8am. That gives you some indication of the numbers,’ says Richard. ‘At one time we had huge numbers of Irish coming over, landing at Leeds Bradford Airport and arriving by coachload here at Murton. Their economy has altered that in recent times but now we get a lot of Eastern European business with machinery going out to Poland, Romania, Bulgaria, Lithuania and the Czech Republic. We also get business from India and Africa. Some buyers don’t come at all and just use the internet based i-Bidder system. The influx of Eastern European trade can create language problems but to be honest we have more problems in writing their names down than anything else. It’s odd writing a 12 letter name down that includes just one vowel.’ ‘When the Eastern European trade first came over they were buying farm machinery at the lower end of the market but they’ve gradually shifted more up market. At our last sale two modern Vaderstad Rapide drills were purchased to go to Romania.’ Making a positive difference to the farming community Call Nigel for advice on all your accounting, taxation and financial affairs Tel: [phone] or 01723 512180 Email: [email protected] Club Chambers, Museum Street, York, YO1 7DN; Bradgate House, Chapel Lane, Easingwold, YO61 3AE and 19-21 Belle Vue Street, Filey, YO14 9HU www.hghyork.co.uk 54 Apr/May 2014 FarmersMart To read more, visit www.farmers-mart.co.uk