T: 01228 406330 Group Intranet About Us Investor Info Careers Group News Charity Podcasts Contact Us Our Heritage 1877 - 1900 Towards the middle of the last century, two Cumberland farmers turned their backs on their farms and set up business as livestock auctioneers, one in Kendal and the other in Penrith. Though, at the time, they were completely unknown to each other, the moves sowed the seeds of a company that was to grow into one of the foremost livestock auctioneering partnerships in Europe. 1901 - 1959 Between 1906 and 1913 nothing startling happened to upset the day to day business of Harrison and Hetheringtonís Auction Marts Ltd through the depressed state of the farming industry. During periods of uncertainty, the board took a tough line on wage increases but were always concerned about the welfare of the staff. The Directors agreed: employees are allowed to take one dayís staff outing at a date considered suitable to the manager. 1960 - 1979 Borderway Mart opened on Friday 23rd August 1974. The opening week sales were a resounding success, but it took a lot of hard work and ingenuity on the part of the staff of Borderway to have the catalogues ready on time. The Autumn of 1974 was the start of the ëWinter of Discontentí, when the power industry employees were flexing their muscles by staging a series of strikes, and printers were so plagued by powercuts they were forced to turn work away. NEW VENTURE AT CARLISLE A new venture was undertaken on Friday by the Carlisle based auction company of Harrison and Hetherington, when the firm held a restocking sale. A record entry of more than 700 head of dairy cattle were on display before a large quantity of buyers from far and wide, especially from Cheshire and Shrewsbury, where farm stock has been killed due to the foot and mouth epidemic which struck more than 2,000 farms. Many farmers from the Midland counties did not actually take up the bidding themselves, but they had local friends in the ring to give a nod or a wink. FARMER & STOCK BREEDER - MAY 1968 1980 - 1999 In April 1998 the untimely death of Dick Harrison brought to a close the ëHarrisoní day to day management and control of the company that had lasted for nearly 130 years. H&H Group Plc is formed in 1999 with the development of businesses offering a diversification of services - not solely based around livestock auctioneering. In addition to auctioneering of livestock, vehicles, antiques and fine art, companies within the H&H Group now encompassed insurance, finance, chartered surveyors and estate agency services. LANDS TRIBUNAL On the 29th June 1987 Harrison & Hetherington wins a landmark case against Cumbria County Council for compensation of the compulsory relocation from their Botchergate site with an award of £860,00 being awarded by the judge. This legal battle had begun in May 1974 and could be deemed eligible for the countyís longest legal battle. Pages About Us Investor Info Careers Group News Charity Podcasts Contact Us Our Heritage Your Future 150 years of heritage The H&H Group operates as a holding company with a number of its companies operational across the auctioneering, commercial print, insurance and property sectors Registered Office Borderway Mart, Rosehill Carlisle Cumbria CA1 2RS Registered in England No: 36006 General Enquiries T: 01228 406330 E: info@hhgroupplc.co.uk H&H Group plc Borderway Mart, Rosehill Carlisle Cumbria CA1 2RS © Copyright 2021 H&H Group PLC | Policies | Covid Risk Assessment | All Rights Reserved | Designed and Developed by H&H Reeds