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Newcastle, The Journal reports Farmers & Mercantile expansion

The Journal, Newcastle Upon Tyne, reported 2nd April 2012 article on the recent recruitment by Farmers & Mercantile of two new, but greatly experienced, brokers to the farm insurance team based in York. Tony Allanson who manages the Yorkshire office comments … Continue reading

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Insuring renewable energy installations

What insurance covers are available for my renewable energy installations? We have seen a large number of farming clients that have chosen to install renewable energy plants, most commonly to harness wind and solar energies. Most clients are choosing contractors … Continue reading

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Look before you leap into cut-price insurance

Alec Bond, of Farmers & Mercantile Ludlow office, commented in this week’s Farm Business Money Matters on the practice of obtaining competitive quotes online for farm & farm related insurances. Full text of the article is below: Alec Bond advises … Continue reading

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Cereals 2012

Ok, we know it is still a few months away, but Farmers & Mercantile are getting ready for Cereals 2012. F&M’s stand number is H922. We look forward to seeing you there. As the Cereals 2012 website says Cereals 2012 takes … Continue reading

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Success breeds success! – F&M sponsor Luctonians RFC

The old adage that ‘success breeds success’, is as true in sport as it is in business. As a successful business Farmers & Mercantile believes in supporting the stand-out achievements of certain deserving clubs local to its offices. A few … Continue reading

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Worcestershire Team Chase – 26th Feb 2012

Caroline Startin chaired this year’s event thanking the heavens for a glorious day, “last year we were knee deep in mud” Caroline said “it takes a lot of the worry away when the weather behaves!”. A great turn out made for a … Continue reading

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Farmers & Mercantile Google Search Results

We have just been the subject of a hacking attack on our website www.fandmgroup.co.uk. As you might see if your search results show a Farmers & Mercantile page in the results it appears that as well as selling farm & … Continue reading

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Engineering Inspection Division Draw – England v Wales tickets, Twickenham.

We have a winner of our draw, sponsored by F&M’s Engineering Inspection Division, Mr Greg Bliss, Stilton, Peterborough, won the 2 tickets to see England vs Wales at Twickenham later this month. Greg’s reaction was firstly one of shock that very quickly turned to … Continue reading

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Farm Vehicle Theft Prevention & Recovery

We were recently informed of two farm vehicles which were recovered during January, after being stolen, as a result of having our recommended tracking systems installed. JCB 535 Telehandler recovered after 8 mins JCB 530-70  recovered after 20 mins in … Continue reading

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Farm Energy Insurance

Farmers Weekly (3rd Feb 2012) ran an article “Make sure farm energy insurance fits the bill”. Tom Forster, of Farmers & Mercantile, contributed to the article which discusses the issues around renewable energy installations and the need to get the … Continue reading

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