Farmstar Open Day 2017
Pleased to be working with Farmstar
& wishing them continued success.
Dawner Asset Finance is a Yorkshire based asset finance
brokerage with over 45 years experience in the Agricultural
market place. We work with a number of leading banks &
financial institutions, to offer financial solutions for our
customers asset funding requirements"
Authorised & Regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority
Company number OC343842
Tel: Andrew Wells 01904 449025 - 07825 232523
www.dafinance.co.uk
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Tel: 01744 853 200
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34 Spring 2017 www.farmers-mart.co.uk
The past year has been
a tough one for the farming
industry and yet many
businesses - although seeing
decrease in turnover - have still
managed to just about maintain
profit margins, Farmstar being
one of them. Andrew is always
an upbeat and positive character
and this feeds through to his
staff and obviously to customers
too. As he has said often to me,
“We are a team and we all have
to pull together”. This year he
has moved around, promoted
and acquired new staff. “You
can’t afford to stand still in this
business,” he says – and he
never does.
Staff training is always an
area where Farmstar doesn’t
cut corners, and it is this policy
that allows the movement and
development of staff around
departments. One example of
this is Lauren Fraser who was full
time on parts sales which went
down very well with customers.
Lauren complemented the
other women on the team, Amy
at Brigg and Katie at Newark.
Lauren has now moved onto
Machinery sales. All three are
great on product knowledge
and dealing with farmers face to
face.
Exports have been good for
Farmstar in 2016, particularly to
Spain, Ireland and Holland.
2017 has already seen healthy
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