The Farmers Mart Feb/Mar 2015 - Issue 38 | Page 72

N & S Moorhouse

KEEPING FARMERS FARMING
– N & S Moorhouse Ltd
»»The New Year got under

efficient service for farmers -

current premises as the best

way for Ian Wilkinson on a very

something upon which Stephen

choice and bids were needed by

chilly 2 January with a trip to

and Nigel still pride themselves

close of that week. Stephen is a

Barnsley to meet Stephen and

today.

man who knows his own mind

Nigel Moorhouse, owners of

As farming machinery

and a deal was struck there

agricultural machinery repair

became bigger and more

and then to buy the current

specialists, N & S Moorhouse

complex, Stephen realised that

premises.

Ltd. But he got a warm

he would need full workshop

welcome from this down-

facilities in order to keep the

garage with some 10 ramps

to-earth father and son duo,

same high level of service. So

installed, some hard work was

who have built a reputation

he invested in a workshop in

quickly needed to make the

for outstanding customer

Skelmanthorpe. At that time,

place fit for purpose: the ramps

service.

Nigel was just 10 years old but

had to go, then a mezzanine

the business continued to grow

floor plus stores, shelving,

agricultural repair business

and prosper and Nigel joined

workshop walls and a sales

for 50 years, starting with a

Stephen after leaving school.

counter were all put in place.

Stephen has been in the

job working in a garage with a

Thanks to continuing success

As it was previously a service

Compared to Skelmanthorpe

tractor repair facility for three

in the business, Stephen and

it initially looked huge – but

years. A farmer’s son himself,

Nigel saw a growing need for

within weeks they had filled

he knew how to get on with

more workshop space and also

the place and to this day it is

farmers which gave him an

much more space for their

packed with machinery and

advantage; and, as he admits:

expanding parts department.

equipment.

“I was the wrong shape to lie

Some 12 years ago after

under cars!” So he started his

consulting Barnsley estate

the largest range of spares

agricultural repair business

agent Wilby’s to come up with

in Yorkshire. It’s a bit like

as S. Moorhouse repairing

some options, they all met

Arkwright’s store as in “If you

all manner of machinery and

up at Cress Grange garage to

need one of those they most

working from the back of a

look at four possible options.

likely have it…anything else

van - which provided a fast and

Wilby’s recommended the

will be with you tomorrow.”

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