Buxton’s Ltd Win Forestry Equipment Dealer of the Year 2023 Award
Buxton’s Ltd, the arboricultural machinery dealership based in Penkridge, Staffordshire and Forest & Arb the arboricultural machinery dealership based in Winchester, Hampshire have jointly won the 2023 Forest Equipment Dealer of the Year Award.
The Award was announced and presented to Neale Hopely of Buxton’s and Jason Nettle of Forest & Arb at the Service Dealer Conference and Awards on 30 November by Steven Davies, Head of Agriculture from sponsors Société Générale Equipment Finance.
The Awards, organised by the leading business magazine Service Dealer, are now in their 19th year and recognise outstanding sales, service advice and support by dealers in the garden machinery, professional turfcare machinery, farm machinery, ATV and forestry equipment industry.
Awards are also given for New Technician of The Year, Best New Initiative, Star of the Dealership and Leadership.
The judges said, “Buxton’s have one of the largest showrooms in the UK for and arboricultural products, with an ever-expanding range. They have recently completely overhauled their premises which has coincided with the next generation of Buxton’s taking over increased responsibility in the dealership.
Forest & Arb place great value on meeting customers face-to-face, creating new relationships, hence their attendance at both major arb shows this year. The dealership pushed through continued stock difficulties in early 2023 to ensure sure they had the right equipment available – whilst at the same time expanding into new product areas.”
Steve Gibbs, editor of Service Dealer magazine, added, " Each year Service Dealer is delighted to celebrate the very best in specialist, local dealer expertise. Our winning companies and individuals exemplify how exceeding customer expectations is standard practice in their working lives. In these times when the consumer journey can be increasingly depersonalised, our Dealer Of The Year winners prove that friendly, highly-skilled, one-to-one service is both vital and to be cherished.”
Picture: Neale Hopley and Jason Nettle are presented with their Award by Steven Davies, Head of Agriculture at sponsors Société Générale Equipment Finance, with Service Dealer owner Duncan Murray-Clarke, left and comedian Charlie Baker, right
Our sincere appreciation goes to the judges, Service Dealer magazine, and everyone who has supported us on this journey. We look forward to continuing our commitment to excellence and innovation in the years to come.