John Deere dealers Chris Tallis Farm Machinery Limited and Alexander & Duncan Limited have announced they will merge on May 1 to create a new agriculture and groundscare business, Tallis Amos Group Limited.
Both dealerships will continue to trade under their existing names at their respective branches – Chris Tallis at Evesham, Bibury and Dursley in Worcestershire and Gloucestershire, and Alexander & Duncan at Leominster in Herefordshire. Warwickshire-based Parks & Grounds Machinery, which merged with Chris Tallis in December last year, will also now have a presence at all four sites.
The new company will be owned by the Tallis and Amos families, with managing director Ben Tallis based at the Evesham head office and sales director Simon Amos based at Leominster running the company as partners. The four sites will employ more than 80 people, nearly half of these being fully qualified service technicians.
“Both companies have a rich and long heritage and a strong commitment to retaining a family ethos, backed up by high-quality customer service,” said Ben Tallis. “We have a combined trading history of over 150 years, and several hundred years of sales experience across the business. This is a good fit for both dealerships, and by coming together in this way we’ll be better placed to meet the challenges that lie ahead.”
“Our customers will not only get the security and specialist knowledge that comes from access to a dealer of considerably larger scale,” Simon Amos added, “they will also be able to continue to do business with the same people and families they’ve known for generations.”
For more information visit: www.christallis.co.uk orwww.alexanderandduncan.co.uk.
