A Guinness Mart of Records!
For
Harrison and Hetherington Europe’s leading Livestock Auction Company,
2011 has been a year of highs. Its accomplishments read almost
like a Guinness MART of Records. In his first full year with this
Carlisle based company Scott Donaldson, Sales Director, looks back
at the livestock trading for the last six months and looks forward
to 2012. [more]
£1000 Prize for Winter
Champion
As
owners of the winner of the overall Supreme Champion at The Royal
Highland Winter Fair, Messrs Hyslop and Richardson, Miss Jennifer
Hyslop and Andrew Richardson of Balluskie Farm, Barr Hill, Girvan
Ayrshire were presented with a cheque for £1000. [more]
Harrison and Hetherington’s
3 Degrees
Working your way through college took on a new meaning last
week when three young Harrison & Hetherington Auctioneers were
awarded degrees at a ceremony in Carlisle Cathedral. [more]
Lockerbie Mart Starts Autumn
with Improved Facilities
Earlier this week saw the official opening
of new offices, penning and a café at Harrison & Hetherington’s
Lockerbie Auction Mart in Dumfriesshire. These new facilities,
the result of a £250,000 investment, were officially opened by
H & H Group Board Director
Dawn Harrison. [more]
Industry Stalwart Receives Blamire
Prize
One of the stalwarts of Cumbria’s farming industry
David Thomlinson, has been presented with the prestigious 2011
Blamire Award. David who farms at Scaleby has been part of the
county’s farming scene for nearly 50 years as both an auctioneer
for Harrison & Hetherington
and as a breeder of Limousin cattle. [more]
Talents of Young Auctioneers
Recognised
Harrison & Hetherington has announced that 3 of its
employees - Grant Anderson, Lynne Grieve and James Little - have
been accepted as Associate Members of the Institute of Auctioneers
and Appraisers in Scotland (IAAS). [more]
Increasing Market Value
Pedigree
and commercial dairy farmers have the potential to further increase
their asset values by marketing surplus stock through the auction
system according to an industry expert. [more]
Cattle expert
takes on Scottish role with Harrison & Hetherington
Beef cattle expert Neil Caul has joined Harrison & Hetherington
in a new role as sales development manager in Scotland. Neil brings
more than 30 years’ experience of the livestock industry to the
new position to develop the Carlisle-based company’s already significant
presence in Scotland. [more]
UK producers set to benefit from
beef numbers game
A declining global beef production leading to increased exports
and reduced imports to the UK augurs well for British cattle breeders
- and finishers - believes Harrison & Hetherington sales director
Scott Donaldson. [more]
Solid Trading
for H&H Group
Interim results for the H&H Group for the six months
to December 31st 2010 demonstrate strong trading, with turnover
unchanged on the previous year and profit standing at £627k before
tax - the second highest figure at this stage of the year in
the Group’s history. [more]
H&H
Announce UK Dairy Expo 2012
The launch of a major new UK dairy cattle show
has been announced by Carlisle-based organisers Harrison & Hetherington.
The prestigious event is set to take place in the company’s recently
opened million pound exhibition hall at its Borderway complex on
Friday 2nd and Saturday 3rd, March 2012. [more]
Leading auctioneers expand the team for the future
Two
trainee auctioneers with Harrison & Hetherington have
taken to the rostrum, reflecting the UKʼs leading livestock marketing
companyʼs commitment to the future of the live auction ring. [more]
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