Leadership Team
The team that leads from the front and keeps everyone moving
Rebecca Bryson
Managing Director
Job description: Overseeing all departments working closely with customers and manufacturers and ensuring all teams are productive and of course happy.
Likes: Riding, shooting and Holland Cooper
Dislikes: Liars, cowards and slow drivers
What are the values that drive you? To be successful in life, I believe you have to be in it to win it! I am very competitive whether it’s sports, business or just life in general. I am always competing with myself and trying to be the best version of me.
What do you like about working at BTE? The customers, manufacturers and staff make it a great place to work and they are one of the reasons why I am so passionate about the business.
What would you improve at BTE? I would like to continue with our improvement plans to modernise the business and ensure we offer the best solutions for customers and staff, enabling their experience with BTE to be first-class.
What do you enjoy doing outside of work? I enjoy competing on my horse Freddie, clay shooting, spending time with my friends and family, and walking my springer-spaniel, Boss. I also love going out for food and having a drink…or two!
Name 5 famous people who you would like to invite to a dinner party: Elon Musk, Nelson Mandela, Margret Thatcher, Channing Tatum and Adele
Ben Elliott
Chairman
Job description: Sales
Likes: Doing deals, football, nature
Dislikes: Queuing
What are the values that drive you? To do a good job & be trusted
What do you like about working at BTE? Selling good products, giving good service & working with nice people
What do you enjoy doing outside of work? Travelling with my wife and family
Name 5 famous people you would like to invite to a dinner party: Nelson Mandela, Tom Hanks, David Attenborough, Freddie Mercury & Tina Turner
What is your favourite…
Food: Salmon/jacket potato
Hobby: Travel
Music Artist: All types
TV Show: Gommorah
Place: Home
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Ami Townell
Executive Assistant to MD
Job description: Ensuring Becky’s life in work is running smoothly and without a hitch! Her right hand woman!
How long have you been with BTE? Only 2 months but it’s been an extremely enjoyable and fast paced 2 months.
Likes: F1, Long Haul holidays, Theatre & Comedians
Dislikes: Dishonesty, Cheaters & Two faced people
What are the values that drive you? Loyalty, Organization and honesty! I love the industry due to how brutally honest people can be with one another.
Name 5 famous people you would like to invite to a dinner party: Lewis Hamilton, Jon Bon Jovi, Zac Efron, Ryan Reynolds & Louis Theroux
What is your favourite…
Food: Mexican
Hobby: F1
Music Artist: Bon Jovi
TV Show: SAS: Who Dares Wins (Australia), Made In Chelsea, Hollyoaks, Big Brother (Guilty Pleasure)
Place: South Africa
Steve Aldridge
Group Service Manager
Job description: Look after the service team, internal and external engineers and sort out customers' problems.
How long have you been with BTE? 15 years in total, had a gap but been back for 3 years
Likes: Motorcycles, fishing and camping (motorhome)
Dislikes: Modern tech and dishonesty!
What are the values that drive you? Sorting out problems, making people smile and helping out when needed.
What do you like about working at BTE? The whole team, BTE’s family values and getting a machine out on time.
What do you enjoy doing outside of work? Walking and my hobbies
Name 5 famous people you would like to invite to a dinner party: Ozzy Osbourne, Bez from Happy Mondays, Lemmy from Motorhead, Sid Vicious and Johnny Rotten
What is your favourite…
Food: Pasta
Hobby: Fishing, motorcycling
Music Artist: Motorhead, Sex Pistols, Rockabilly
TV Show: Motorcycle racing or shows
Place: In my motorhome
Chris Bradshaw
Group Parts Manager
Job description: overseeing the day-to-day running of the parts department
Likes: football and having fun
Dislikes: road rage and cruelty in the world
What are the values that drive you? reliability, pride and to be successful
What do you like about working at BTE? family feel to the business , knowledge, company direction
What do you enjoy doing outside of work? socializing and gaming and football
Name 5 famous people you would like to invite to a dinner party: Liam Gallagher, Micky Flanagan, Robert de Niro, Beyonce, Keith lemon
What is your favourite…
Food: homemade foods i.e. lasagna or spaghetti Bolognese or Sunday roast etc.
Hobby: Gaming
Music Artist: Oasis / Arctic Monkeys
TV Show: stand up comedy
Place: where the sun sets
Zoe Bryson
Commercial & Events Manager
Job description: Organising BTE events and supporting the M.D., sales team, and other departments with info on market place and new sales leads.
Likes: Good food, sunny holidays and cocktails
Dislikes: Mushrooms, slow walkers and liars
What are the values that drive you? Integrity, accountability and courage
What do you like about working at BTE? The strong team at BTE and the variety of day-to-day, no two days are the same
What do you enjoy doing outside of work? Showjumping, reading and enjoying a good glass of wine, or bottle!
Name 5 famous people you would like to invite to a dinner party: Ryan Gosling, Scott Brash, John Whittaker, Liam Hemsworth and David Attenborough
What is your favourite…
Food: Surf and Turf
Hobby: Horse Riding
Music Artist: Cian Ducrot
TV Show: Below Deck (guilty pleasure!)
Place: A beach bar, somewhere warm!
Daniella Chadwick
Sales Team Leader
Job description: Supervising and working with the Sales Support Team and ordering all machinery for the company.
Likes: Reading, Music, Peach Ice Tea
Dislikes: Cheese & Spiders
What are the values that drive you? Loyalty, respect, organisation.
What do you like about working at BTE? How every day is so different
What do you enjoy doing outside of work? Spending time with family & going to concerts/ festivals
Name 5 famous people you would like to invite to a dinner party: Michael Poulson, James Hetfield, David Jason, Cardi B and Benji Webbe
What is your favourite…
Food: Sunday Dinner!
Hobby: Reading
Music Artist: Volbeat
TV Show: Vicar of Dibley/ Only Fools & Horses
Place: Corfu
Katie Clarke
Marketing Manager
Job description: Building the BTE brand and putting it out there for the world to see. I cover all things from campaign building to budgeting, social media to merchandise.
How long have you been with BTE? Altogether 7 years
Likes: Singing really loud in my car, reading and netball
Dislikes: Scary movies and avocados
What are the values that drive you? Growth is important to me, personally, mentally and at work. I believe you should always look at how you can grow as an individual. Honesty is the best policy – one of the reasons I love the construction industry is its brutal honesty!
What do you like about working at BTE? I have so much creative freedom and I can make all the necessary decisions to get the job done. There's no micromanagement but at the same time I know I can go to anyone for advice if needed.
What do you enjoy doing outside of work? Playing netball, eating chocolate buttons and spending time with my family.
Name 5 famous people you would like to invite to a dinner party: David Attenborough, Lady Gaga, Freddie Mercury, Ru Paul and Poppy O’Toole
What is your favourite…
Food: Yorkshire puddings
Hobby: Netball
Artist (music): Lady Gaga
TV Show: Ru Paul’s Drag Race
Place: Maldives
Cherie Smith
HR Manager
Job description: Anything to do with people or if you need a letter – I’m your woman. 😊
How long have you been with BTE? Just shy of 3 months (but feels like I could have been here years)
Likes: People watching
Dislikes: Explaining how I’m gluten free and not being catered for
What are the values that drive you? Work/life balance. Prioritising a healthy and happy medium between professional and personal lives.
What do you like about working at BTE? BTE wants to empower its employees, I love being able to think of ways to support growth for both the individuals who work with the company but then that growth helping the business to thrive
What do you enjoy doing outside of work? Throwing myself into all sorts of mum activities I never thought I would ( art clubs with a baby is mad). Live music and comedy
Name 5 famous people you would like to invite to a dinner party: Harry Styles, Joe Brumm (created Bluey), Dolly Parton, Lewis Capaldi, Jamie Dornan
What is your favourite…
Food: Chocolate
Hobby: not really a hobby but I’ve just started volunteering for St Johns Ambulance and I’m loving it already
Music Artist: Harry Styles
TV Show: Taskmaster/ Daisy Jones & the Six
Place: NYC
Darren Fielding
North Area Manager
Job description: I oversee most aspects of business into and out of Leeds depot as well as having a big input into the workings of Leyland depot. I am in charge of attachment purchasing for our excavators as well as helping to implement Health & Safety practices in the workplace.
Likes: Most sports, Leeds United & Leeds Rhinos for my sins! I like watching all kinds of films and tv series.
Dislikes: Bad driving, selfish people, slackers!
What are the values that drive you? Honesty, loyalty, dedication and generally being nice.
What do you like about working at BTE? I like the family core values that run through it. I also like the fact that there are rarely two days the same and the variedness of my job.
What do you enjoy doing outside of work? Spending time with the family, meals out, watching cricket, rugby & football.
Name 5 famous people you would like to invite to a dinner party: Ricky Gervais, Karl Pilkington, Vinnie Jones, Noel Gallagher, Leonardo DiCaprio.
What is your favourite…
Food: Lasagna, Chinese.
Hobby: Barbecuing, going to sporting events, concerts.
Music Artist: 60’s, 80’s, 90’s Dance Music, Indie.
TV Show: Breaking Bad, Gavin & Stacey, The Office (English Version), Wonder Years.
Place: Florida
Louis Botting
Finance Controller
Job description: Accounting operations management, cashflow monitoring and preparation of management accounts and financial forecasts
Likes: Golf, cricket and Budweiser
Dislikes: Cats, olives and Newcastle Brown Ale
What are the values that drive you? Honesty is key to building solid working relationships. Taking the opportunity to add value to business; both tangible and intangible.
What do you like about working at BTE? Everybody has been extremely welcoming since joining the business. There is a great team ethic running throughout the business which makes it an enjoyable working environment.
What do you enjoy doing outside of work? I enjoy playing golf, cricket and being competitive at anything and everything.
Name 5 famous people you would like to invite to a dinner party: Michael Vaughan, Ian Poulter, Michael McIntyre, Michelle Keegan and Adele
What is your favourite…
Food: Sunday roast
Hobby: GOLF
Music Artist: Bruno Mars
TV Show: Only Fools and Horses
Place: Australia
Why choose BTE?
As one of the largest, independent and family-run plant suppliers in the UK, we pride ourselves on our levels of expertise. We have been in the construction industry for over 33 years and have developed a wealth of knowledge across all departments including sales, parts, and service.
We work with premium construction machinery brands that are all leaders in their sectors and utilise cutting-edge technologies for their innovative products. Whether you are looking for new machinery, quality used equipment or parts and servicing, we can cater for all you plant requirements.
What’s more, we have extensive experience working with plant and tool hire, house builders, groundworkers, civil engineers, landscapers, utilities and so many other sectors of the construction industry. We understand your pain points and can help offer solutions.
Don’t just take our word for it though – have a look what our customers have to say.
BTE Plant Sales have been a long-term trusted supplier of Bullimore Plant Hire, delivering an exceptional service year on year.
BTE offer a great range of machinery and we have always been more than happy with their customer service. I have dealt with Dean for around 10 years and have a great working relationship with him.
Dean has helped our business grow by assisting with our new machine purchases over the years, he has always made sure he tailors our deals to suite our business. He has always been very proactive and efficient with all of our enquiries and orders.
BTE’s unparalleled understanding of the construction plant market and specifically our requirements, has made them our trusted partner for almost 30 years. Their expertise, flexibility and attention to detail ensure they consistently deliver on their promise of delivering outstanding results. We look forward to continuing our relationship with BTE and are confident that they will support us with innovation, supply and maintenance of our fleet going forward.
Since buying my first new excavator from Joe, I have purchased numerous Kubota’s and Thwaites off of BTE.
The Kubota is unbeatable in the hire industry due to its reliability and simplicity for the user, backed up with Joe and BTE's excellent service there is no reason to look elsewhere.
Joe has helped me to grow the fleet with expert knowledge of the machinery and at competitive prices which is why I have stuck with BTE. The company as a whole is well organised and can’t do enough to help even when there have been issues, we have worked together with the staff at Leyland and they have been rectified easily and quickly.
Parts/ Service
Both teams have been invaluable over the years, the knowledge and help they have given has helped our service team get our machines back up and running as quickly as possible. Help with wiring diagrams, updates on breakdowns, offers and help with parts cost have also been a massive part in great customer service.