RFS acquires turf care equipment firm


John Deere agricultural supplier Ripon Farm Providers (RFS) is to accumulate FG Adamson & Son to supply skilled turf care equipment and servicing to its clients for the primary time.
FG Adamson & Son, which serves clients throughout Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, was established greater than 75 years in the past and has been promoting and servicing John Deere machines for greater than 25 years.
It has two depots – at Swanland, close to Hull, and at Langworth, close to Lincoln – which will likely be taken over by RFS, with all employees being transferred as a part of the method.
Geoff Brown, RFS managing director, mentioned: “That is actually excellent news for RFS, its employees, clients, and the John Deere model.
“This would be the subsequent stage within the evolution of our enterprise as we provide our providers to the skilled turf marketplace for the primary time.
“FG Adamson & Son is a hugely-respected enterprise with a robust popularity for wonderful customer support, and we all know that the excessive requirements set by the employees for greater than seven many years will have to be continued.
“With its employees, we’re privileged to be taking over specialists of their discipline, and they are going to be instrumental in guaranteeing a seamless transition.”
Each events are working in direction of a completion date of January 31, 2023.
John Adamson, companion in FG Adamson & Son, mentioned that the enterprise has been on the coronary heart of the household for a few years.
He mentioned: “Throughout Yorkshire and Lincolnshire we’ve handled an enormous variety of golf programs, caravan parks, estates, sports activities grounds and industrial contractors who worth the customer support our crew has been in a position to supply.
“This has been backed up by the boldness within the John Deere model which brings the standard, reliability and longevity they want from their equipment investments.
“The sale marks the beginning of a brand new period for FG Adamson & Son. We all know its legacy will stay on within the RFS enterprise which already has the infrastructure to achieve extra clients throughout the area and make sure that our present clients stay nicely sorted.”