From left to right: Jason Shelbourne, Laura Bool, Jim Prior and Mike Murphy


Meet the dealer...


Plant and Engineering Services Plant and Engineering Services (PES) began life in 1990 breaking down dumpers and selling parts they had reconditioned. While they still specialise in selling dumper parts, both nationally and internationally, there are now more aspects to this Exeter based company. The Voice caught up with Operations Director, Jim Prior, to find out more…


Jim joined the business in 1997 after leaving the Army where he served as a Plant Mechanic. At that time, the company was owned by John Hall and Keith Lambert, but when they parted company in around 2003, Jim began to run the business with guidance from Keith. Jim says, “Selling dumper parts took the company so far, but business was beginning to stall, and so we looked to diversify. We began selling second-hand machines and then moved into selling new machines. The business is now split 50-50 between parts and new machine sales.”


PES provides a wide range of machinery including Thwaites dumpers, Ausa dumpers, telehandlers and forklifts, Atlas Copco


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equipment, Winget mixers, Muck-Truck motorised wheelbarrows and, in 2006, they became dealers for Volvo Compact Equipment. Jim says “Volvo is a well-known premium brand which fitted in with our business and the service we are proud to provide.” They are also the biggest Yanmar water-cooled engine supplier in the UK.


Mike Murphy joined PES a couple of weeks after Jim and began working in the stores. He is now responsible for new machine sales across Devon, Cornwall and The Channel Islands. Laura Bool joined the business four years ago and looks after new machine sales in Somerset, Banes, Wiltshire, Dorset and Hampshire.


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