Simpson’s subsidiary company, McCreath, Simpson & Prentice Ltd concentrates on Grain Merchanting and has a core base of more than 2000 farms in the North of England/South of Scotland Borders Region. They provide a large proportion of the malting barley crop from that region to Simpsons Malt. The balance is procured from the prime barley growing areas located in East Anglia, Lincolnshire, Yorkshire and the South of England.