Lely to establish turfcare service branch in Scotland after strategic review
The dealers are Henderson Grass Machinery, Hamilton Bros and Thistle Groundcare Equipment. They will continue to receive Lely's full support and backing between now and the end of May for sales activity. All parties will work together to ensure a smooth transition of the Toro business to a new service centre in the region currently being planned by Lely.
Maintaining the excellent customer service provided by these dealers will be a top priority, with ongoing co-operation and support in place for the dealers to meet servicing commitments going forward.
The move follows a review of Lely's route to market strategy for Toro products.
The review concluded that change was needed if the long-term aims for the Toro brand and business in Central Scotland were to be realised - in particular the desire to enhance the focus on the Toro brand, as well as Lely's TYM compact tractor offering.

"We are very grateful to the dealers affected by this decision for their good work in the past and expect to continue to work with them going forward."
In a joint statement, the directors of the dealers said: "As independent family businesses we are proud to have firmly established the global Toro brand locally in Scotland over the last 15 years. This has been achieved by nurturing our clients, building their trust in the Toro brand and in that of our respective companies. Whilst we are disappointed at Lely's decision to move the operation in-house, we shall embrace the change and reassure our immensely loyal customers that we will continue to maintain our exemplary standards of service until the cessation of their contracts."