Manitou UK formalise new Strategy for Gehl products in UK & Ireland
Manitou Uk of Verwood, Dorset is now fully responsible for the marketing of the Gehl product range in the UK and Ireland. The Gehl skid steer loaders, articulated loaders and tracked dumpers are top quality machinery for the construction and agricultural sectors. Gehl are now fully assimilated into the Manitou Group following the acquisition in 2008 and complement the Manitou materials handling and powered access equipment. The sales, marketing and after sales service and parts in UK and Ireland will now be the responsibility of Manitou UK Limited from the subsidiary’s head office at Verwood.
Ivor Binns, Chief Executive Office of Manitou UK commented: “We have adopted a robust approach to create a new dealer distribution network in the UK and Ireland to maximize the sales potential of the Gehl product, which is well respected in the marketplace for its reliability and performance. We have got the best of both worlds as we have appointed existing Manitou dealers as Gehl dealers and retained the strongest Gehl dealers who have specialist knowledge of the Gehl machinery”
Fire damage destroys learners’ dreams of an Eco-Friendly garden
In the early hours of Monday 18 July an allotment plot, which is used by Leicester College students and has an eco- friendly greenhouse, was badly damaged by vandals.
The attack came as shock to Lecturer Gary Halford and learners who have spent the last three years working to turn an unused area into a working garden with a shed and an eco-friendly greenhouse made from 1,000 plastic bottles.
Groby Road allotments have suffered vandalism in the past with minor damage and equipment stolen. On this occasion the Leicester College plot was targeted and suffered irreparable fire damage to the garden shed and significant damage to the eco-friendly greenhouse. The allotment is used by students with learning difficulties to build their confidence and develop their skill levels. Students have learnt how to plan a garden and to grow a range of produce including soft fruit and vegetables. The crops and fruit produced at the allotment are then used by catering students. Learners were also taught how to build their own woodwork structures and after a year of planning, the shed they constructed has now been completely destroyed by fire.
Principal Maggie Galliers said: ‘This is very distressing for everyone involved. It is such a shame that all the work |30| ENVIRONMENT INDUSTRY MAGAZINE
our learners have put into the allotment has been destroyed by such a pointless and callous act of vandalism.’
Horticulture lecturer Gary Halford said, “Both staff and students are really upset by what has happened, as a great deal of hard work and effort has gone into the allotment project. However, we are determined to continue the work as our students gain so much from the experiences and practical skills learned.”
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