New Claas dealership is ‘sign of confidence in Scottish agriculture’

Machinery: Sellars Agriculture is expanding into central belt with Linlithgow depot

One of Scotland’s main Claas dealerships, Sellars Agriculture, is expanding into the central belt.

The Oldmeldrum company, which also has bases at Cupar, Perth, Letham, Forres and Huntly, is opening a new branch in West Lothian, near Linlithgow. The new depot, which is due to be opened before the 2018 harvest season, will be called Sellars Linlithgow.

“Our investment in central Scotland is a sign of our confidence in Scottish agriculture and we look forward to providing a high level of service to existing and potentially new customers,” said Sellars managing director Neil Wattie.

He said the location of the new depot, close to the M9 and other major roads, made it the ideal place to provide more localised service for customers south of the Forth. Mr Wattie also revealed that the company had bought back Claas UK’S shareholding in Sellars.

He said: “We are proud that we are in a position where we can buy back Claas UK’S minority shareholding and so return to being 100% locally and family owned, and we are extremely grateful for the support and contribution they have made over the past years.

“Going forward as a main dealer for Claas, Lemken, Stewart, and many other high-quality manufacturers, we will continue to provide a superior range of machines and equipment to our customers, as always backed up by our reputation for offering a service.”

Meanwhile, the latest accounts for Sellars, which employs 80 members of staff, reveal a boost in turnover and pretax profits.

Turnover for the year ended September 30 was £25.525 million. This is up 6% on the year before when sales amounted to £23.749m. first-class

Sellars Agriculture is expanding into the central belt.