Collings Bros gone

[onthehoof]

Long established Cambridgeshire firm, no more apparently

 

[serf]

Been going nearly 100 years

 

[copse]

Long established Cambridgeshire firm, no more apparently

Bankrupt?

 

[onthehoof]

Bankrupt?

Seemed to have a reasonable balance sheet, maybe looking at future, SFI etc

 

[copse]

Seemed to have a reasonable balance sheet, maybe looking at future, SFI etc

I fear more will go the same way.

 

[thorpe]

Been going nearly 100 years

 

[copse]

Are they case tractors ?

 

[onthehoof]

Are they case tractors ?

They lost Case franchise which was probably beginning of the end

 

[Blue.]

Seemed to have a reasonable balance sheet, maybe looking at future, SFI etc

Didn’t look reasonable to me,they owed over £2.5m…

 

[Robt]

They were once the biggest case quadtrac dealer. Very very sad. Jason and the team there did a good job. Th stocking payments for Kuhn will have killed them off…. Sad days

 

[onthehoof]

Didn’t look reasonable to me,they owed over £2.5m…

You must be reading it different to me

 

[WillYorkshire]

It's the way of the big machinery manufacturers. Force dealers to sell or amalgamate or lose franchise. Stuffs the customer, us, as there's no competition within huge areas. JD forced it through in this area and tbh I think it's a disaster. Keen to sell tractors and machinery. End of. And the personal touch has gone.

 

[lloyd]

Are they case tractors ?

Looks like Deutz if i'm looking at the right website.

 

[bobk]

I fear more will go the same way.

Definitely , fat boy Bailey has a lot to answer for

 

[copse]

Looks like Deutz if i'm looking at the right website.

I can imagine it’s hard work selling them!

 

[lloyd]

I can imagine it’s hard work selling them!

Might be unlike the star performer on the front of the machinery journal.

 

[Bob c]

um i thought they had a open day last week

 

[Johnnyboxer]

Interest rate doubling on stocking finance, is becoming hard to find out of cash flow or lack of it
A few more dealers may shut too in 2024/25

 

[grainboy]

Sad situation,
But gossip doesn’t help,
Fully solvent Dec 22,
No companies house info since then,

 

[Hesstondriver]

When topham was buying combines / quad tracks & magnums by the dozen it was a good solid business. A bit stuck in their ways but a real shame since loosing case