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New Faces
The turf and amenity sales team has expanded with the appointment of three new representatives.
Mick Fance joins Scotts after 22 years in the industry - five years in sales positions with greenkeeping supply companies and the previous 14 in professional golf greenkeeping at a variety of clubs as head Greenkeeper and course manager.
Also joining is familiar face John Noyce, who returns after three years working for a Scotts distributor. John also combines experience on both sides of the fence, with 16 years in various sales capacities following a 14-year spell in Groundsmanship.
We would also like to formally welcome Mark Rayner to the Turf and Amenity Sales team. Turf managers in his area will already know Mark as their local Scotts representative, as he joined the company just too late to make the last edition of Scottslink.
Keep in touch-AREA MANAGERS
Gary Smith Tel/fax: 0141 9543701 Mobile: 07799 075918
Areas: Scotland, Cumbria, Northumberland, Durham, Cleveland, North Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, East Yorkshire, South Yorkshire
John Noyce Tel/fax: 01227 860462 Mobile: 07900 666691
Areas: South London, Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey, Kent, East Sussex, West Sussex
Mick Fance Tel/fax: 01245 267191 Mobile: 07879 652624
Areas: Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire, Essex, North London
Nick Martin Tel/fax: 01905 767756 Mobile: 07831 405653
Areas: Wales, Herefordshire, Gloucestershire, Wiltshire, Somerset, Dorset, Devon, Cornwall, Republic of Ireland
Mark Rayner Tel/fax: 01386 47020 Mobile: 07796 192724
Areas: Lancashire, Greater Manchester, Merseyside, Cheshire, Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire, Staffordshire, Leicestershire, Shropshire, Worcestershire, Warwickshire, Northamptonshire, Oxfordshire.
NATIONAL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER
Richard Walton Tel/Fax: 01943 462673 Mobile: 07778 603091
Including Northern Ireland