Not in Lincolnshire by any chance
Tim, the guy in question is one of those people that inspires honesty , confidence and trustworthiness the first time you meet him , just found out he's a MOT tester as well so I doubt he'll be unemployed long.
No, in Kent near me.
He, worked as a grease monkey in a little garage. Got laid off for being a lazy ar5e.
Then worked on his girlfriends dads farm doing little jobs, then a tractor broke down. He fixed it much quicker and cheaper than the guy they would call out normally. Word got around, and the rest is history.
Now leases out £250k John Deere's. The money on them is huge.
He buys them on finance and then re-finances it to the farmers.
Sounds a bit like sub-letting to me, but apparently is all legal and he does very well out of it.
Now has his own farm. As well as the tractor leasing business.