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History of Norscot Truck and Van Ltd.
21 years of service to the Truck Industry
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Norscot DAF Trucks Ltd. opened for business on
1st November 1982 from premises at Gauchill,
Kintore, Aberdeenshire. The eight thousand
square feet building was located in a two-acre
yard close to the town in a Birchwood setting.
Founder Directors Bill Borthwick (Company
Secretary) and Raymond Massie (Chairman) both
former employees of DAF Trucks traded from this
site until December 1987 when due to the
successful acquisition of the Leyland and
Freight Rover (LDV) franchises, had outgrown the
Kintore site and moved to larger twenty thousand
square feet premises presently occupied in
Bridge of Don, Aberdeen. The franchise now known
as Leyland DAF continued to prosper and again
another five-year milestone for the company saw
the acquisition of the truck and van Division of
MacRae and Dick in Inverness. This gave better
access to a larger customer base in the North of
Scotland and secured the territory borders for
the future. Bill and Raymond were keen to secure
the long-term future of Norscot and to that end
negotiated a management buy-in for George
Barrack to purchase the total share holding in
October 1999. Bill left the company and Raymond
stayed on with George to assist in the smooth
handover of ownership.
January 2001 saw another milestone with Norscot
introducing Foden into the group and a year
later the companies’ annual turnover hit the
significant figure of £20 million. Norscot has
been in the top five DAF dealers since 1983 –
2003, a remarkable twenty-year achievement and
in 2003 were rated in a customer survey at joint
number one in both sales and after sales
disciplines.
Roll on the next twenty-one years.
Raymond Massie
30th October 2003 |
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