Meet the Team

Our Team

Mark Deacon

Mark Deacon

Founder / Director

Mark started the company in 1986 on his fathers farm in a converted pig shed. He now oversees the agricultural machinery servicing, fabrication and machinery collections and deliveries. Mark has over 40 years experience in the Agricultural machinery industry.

Anthony Deacon

Anthony Deacon

Managing Director / Sales

Son of Mark, Anthony showed an interest in the business from a very young age. He joined the company from school and has overseen the whole of the ATV/ UTV business growth. He is now in charge of all new and used sales as well as managing all departments.

Alf Deacon

Alf Deacon

Farmer / Caretaker

Alf is the father of Mark and grandfather of Anthony. Alf is always on hand to ensure everything is in order, including the staff.

Colin Gleghorn

Colin Gleghorn

Business Development

Colin is well known in the automotive industry for his experience in aftersales training. Colin works closely alongside all departments to ensure they are operating profitably, efficiently and providing the best customer experience.

 
Bedford Team

Benn Shields

Benn Shields

Sales

Benn joined us from the power equipment industry where he previously worked as a product specialist for Honda ATV's and Lawn & Garden machinery. He has fantastic product knowledge and he is very passionate and confident with the machines he sells.

Bryan Rouse

Bryan Rouse

Parts Manager

Bryan joined us from the motorcycle industry where he previously worked in the parts departments. He has a great mechanical knowledge helping him to locate any part from a vast range of suppliers.

Jason Hollick

Jason Hollick

Service Manager

Jason joined us from the automotive industry, he brings many years of experience of running service departments for some of the largest most successful car dealerships in the country. Jason is responsible for ensuring we deliver the most efficient high quality service from our Bedford branch workshop.

Alison Gammons

Alison Gammons

Office Manager

Alison heads up our accounts department, she oversees all accounts and administration duties for both our Bedford and Bury St Edmunds branches.

Steve Walton

Steve Walton

Delivery Driver/Technician

Steve’s experience is in machinery, he has spent all of his working life on a farm where he has built an exceptional knowledge of operating and maintaining machinery. Steve is responsible for the collection and delivery of all new, used and serviced ATV’s, UTV’s, equipment, garden and compact machinery. He is not afraid to get his hands dirty and helps out in our workshops in between driving duties.

Natasha Smith

Natasha Smith

Parts Advisor

Natasha works under Bryan in our Bedford parts department although we actually believe Bryan works for Natasha, she is mainly responsible for sourcing parts from a wide range of suppliers for our busy service department.

Laura Wicks

Laura Wicks

Office Administrator

Laura previously worked in the Airline industry where she developed key organisation and administrative skills. Laura works alongside Alison at our Bedford HQ and assists with all accounts and administration duties.

Carl Devonport

Carl Devonport

Technician

Carl completed his 3 year apprenticeship program with us where he was trained at the Bosch/Suzuki training facility in Doncaster, this is a specialist course for ATV/ UTV technicians, Carl’s duties now include servicing, repair and fault diagnosis on the full range of ATVs and UTVs.

Richard Adderson

Richard Adderson

Technician

Richard joined us from the motorcycle industry where he previously completed his Honda apprenticeship at a Honda motorcycle dealership. He has a keen interest in motorsports and hopes to bring his experience to the service department.

James Griffin

James Griffin

Technician

James has lots of technical experience on a wide range of machines having worked with motorcycles, cars and in the rail industry. James is a senior member of our workshop at our Bedford branch and overseas the ATV/ UTV service and fault diagnosis work.

 
Suffolk Team

Keith Collins

Keith Collins

Bury St Edmunds Branch Manager

Keith has over 20 years’ experience in our industry. He joined our company December 2018 where he oversaw the development and opening of our Bury St Edmunds branch which opened its doors on 1st March 2019. Keith is Branch Manager and oversees all activities within the branch.

David Humphrey

David Humphrey

Sales

David’s background is in sales, he has a passion for using garden machinery and uses his passion and knowledge to deliver a first class sales experience to customers who visit our showroom. David is responsible for the sales of all our ATV, UTV, garden and compact machinery at our Bury St Edmunds branch.

Kieran Collins

Kieran Collins

Technician

Kieran’s role includes managing the daily workload in the workshop and carrying out servicing, repairs and fault diagnosis of all ATV, UTV and garden machinery.

Neil Smyth

Neil Smyth

Technician

Neil joined us from the forklift truck industry where he was a technician for many years, he has a wide range technical experience with all kinds of machinery. Neil’s daily tasks includes preparing of new and used ATV’s, UTV’s and garden machinery also carrying out service and repair work to customers machines.

Mike Chinnery

Mike Chinnery

Part Time Driver

Mike works for us part time generally 2-3 days a week he is responsible for the collection and delivery of all machines for our Bury St Edmunds branch. Mike is very well known in the agricultural industry having worked for many years in sales for the well know combine manufacturer Claas.