Thurlow Nunn Standen Ltd
Thurlow Nunn Standen are agricultural machinery dealers with strong roots in the past and a proactive approach to the future of farming. As East Anglia`s premier agricultural machinery dealers, we take pride in delivering a high quality service and invest in training and development of the dedicated team that work at TNS. With a monthly retail stock holding of more than 40,000 lines, including genuine Challenger, Fendt and Massey Ferguson parts, as well as genuine parts for our key brands, we aim to supply the part you need as quickly as possible. Our six branches located throughout Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire cover the East Anglia region and we are able to provide you with new and second hand agricultural machinery and quality used tractors from all branches.
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- Business Type:
- Distributor
- Industry Type:
- Agriculture
- Market Focus:
- Nationally (across the country)
About Us
Thurlow Nunn Standen are agricultural machinery dealers with a vision for the future and strong roots in the past
As East Anglia's premier agricultural machinery dealers, we take pride in delivering a high quality service and have invested in training, development and strong succession planning in all departments. Investment in our flagship premises in Littleport, which boasts a high-tec workshop accommodating 12 technician’s bays, demonstrates our confidence and commitment to the future of farming.
Our close working relationship with the Specialist Installations Division, provider of class leading crop storage solutions, and also TNS Finance, offering reliable financial backing for your business, ensures we can provide you with a comprehensive service.
With a strong leadership structure that maintains historical ties to the Thurlow and Nunn families with both James Thurlow and Sally Tew continuing the Thurlow connection and Jeremy Nunn representing the Nunn family, there is strength in this stable structure.
Being part of a traditional, family business gives our loyal and committed staff a sense of pride in the service we offer to our customers and we are extremely proud to have awarded in excess of one hundred 25-year long service awards.
history
George Thurlow set up in business in Stowmarket in 1875 as an oil merchant and engineer.
From these humble beginnings the Company moved into the supply of steam engines and threshing tackle to become one of the country’s leading distributors. From steam the company moved into agricultural machinery and is now one of the leading Massey-Ferguson distributors in Europe.
Because of our family history we have been able to retain many records and artefacts. A large number of the company’s archives have now been professionally catalogued and stored at the Records Office in Bury St Edmunds for safekeeping.
It is considered extremely rare to be able to produce the paperwork for every sale made by a Company going as far back as 1890. The Sales Ledgers are handwritten and we still receive letters from steam engine enthusiasts requesting sight of the reference made to their engine in these ledgers.
In 1968 our current Chairman, John Thurlow, took over the running of the business when his Father died and shortly after in 1970 George Thurlow & Sons Ltd merged with their neighbouring Massey-Ferguson dealer to create Thurlow Nunn Ltd. In 1982 Thurlow Nunn purchased a small interest in a Vauxhall garage in Stowmarket which became the starting point for Thurlow Nunn car dealerships. 1985 saw the merger with F A Standen Ltd and the company became known as Thurlow Nunn Standen Ltd.
2007 was an exciting year for the Agricultural Division with the purchase by the Group of eight acres of commercial land just outside of Ely in Cambridgeshire. On two acres of this site we built a new depot to house our Head Office and the Littleport depot (our two depots previously situated at Ely and Downham Market were amalgamated into one to form the Littleport depot).
We built a high-tec workshop which includes computerised oil supply, fume extraction system, internet access points on technicians benches and automated waste oil disposal. The branch also boasts a superb retail showroom and the benefits of modern office accommodation.
2012 was another year of expansion for the Agricultural Division, with the successful merger of the Norfolk franchises of Randell Norfolk Farm Machinery. This grew our agricultural branch network with the integration of these new branches in Norfolk.
We believe that this investment demonstrates the Company’s commitment to the future of agriculture.
Mission Statement
'We at the Thurlow Nunn Group strive, through applying our family values, to be the organisation of choice for our customers, employees and stakeholders. In so doing, we will provide a sustainable future for all.'