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Rickerby Ltd

finance has proved a winner,”
he told me.
Rickerby employs some 130
people across its eight depots
and everyone is very proud to
be platinum CLAAS dealers
across all eight – no mean feat.
Martyn is the front line man along
with his colleagues, Colin Potts
and Allan Morris, all under the
watchful gaze of MD Ken Conley.
Martyn has been with Rickerby

for 25 years. He served his
time with County Motors for 10
years and after two years with a
John Deere dealer, he came to
Rickerby as a salesman. A mark
of the group’s success is the
number of long serving staff they
have. To mention but one - is
Ken Simpson a youthful 78 who
joined way back in 1958 – what
Ken can’t tell you about parts and
machinery new and old could be

‘everyone functions as a team
and we love to have that bit
of crack and banter’
put on a postage stamp. He still
does a full day’s work and has
suggested he may go part time
when he reaches 80! As Martyn
said to me “Ken is a fantastic role
model for the younger guys. If
anyone beats me in the morning

for opening up its Ken!”
I was also lucky enough to
have a quick conversation with
Paddy Rickerby, the current
chairman who is now taking a
lesser role within the business,
because, as he said to me: “I

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Contact RICKERBY today
or call the CLAAS Hotline on 01284 777666.
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