Mart partnership
Mart partnership
HARRISON and Hetherington, the livestock auctioneer which owns the UKs biggest livestock auction mart at Carlisle, has created a partnership with Kendal Auction Mart in south Cumbria.
The deal is intended to give Kendal market a greater share of livestock sales in south Cumbria but retain its identity.
H&H Group chief executive, Trevor Hebdon, said: "This will create a working partnership and team approach between the two markets through the sharing of skills and resources."
The partners will take on the lease of the Kendal market premises and an executive management team will run the new business.
Mr Hebdon said H&H Group was looking forward to being involved in Kendal markets plans for the development of its new sale centre and related agricultural facilities on a greenfield site close to Junction 36 on the M6. *