DEALER TAKEOVER COMPLETED

New Holland has confimred that Haynes Agricultural Ltd have now completed their acquisition of neighbouring New Holland dealership, Oakes Bros Ltd.

Haynes will now operate six New Holland Agriculture depots covering parts of Kent, Sussex, Hampshire, Wiltshire, Berkshire and Surrey making them also now one of the largest New Holland dealers in the country.

The former Oakes Bros depots have been retained, in Micheldever. Hants. In Horsham, West Sussex and in East Ilsley, Berkshire. All of the staff in those depots have transferred to Haynes.

Adrian Woods, Haynes agricultural operations director, said on completion of the acquisition, “We are we delighted to have been able to expand our agricultural operations across the south of England. We look forward to working with all of our new staff and customers in our new territory and wish them a warm welcome to Haynes as we develop our business in the area together with New Holland.”

Pat Smith, New Holland business director for UK commented, “We are delighted that these two companies with long trading history have come together giving them the critical mass to invest and grow the business fit for the future ”