Unity Automotive needs extra progress after newest growth
Unity Automotive is increasing its dealership portfolio and workforce because the privately-owned supplier group seeks to extend its scale.
Its administration group anticipate its annual revenues to exceed £100 million following its subsequent stage of growth, which takes it into Gloucestershire for the primary time.
Unity has acquired its eighth location, a former Land Rover dealership at Rutherford Means, Cheltenham, which the group says will “be bringing manufacturers into Gloucestershire which were absent for a few years together with some new contenders into the market”.
Unity Automotive is increasing its dealership portfolio and workforce because the privately-owned supplier group seeks to extend its scale.
Its administration group anticipate its annual revenues to exceed £100 million following its subsequent stage of growth, which takes it into Gloucestershire for the primary time.
Unity has acquired its eighth location, a former Land Rover dealership at Rutherford Means, Cheltenham, which the group says will “be bringing manufacturers into Gloucestershire which were absent for a few years together with some new contenders into the market”.
Fiat, Jeep and Leapmotor are deliberate for the location, AM understands.
It would even be Unity’s second devoted new and used business automobile dealership, representing Fiat Skilled.
This newest growth comes after progress in 2024 with Unity’s acquisition of Fiat dealership Grays Storage in Warwick and the opening of a central PDI and preparation centre.
It additionally refranchised its Leicester dealership, which had beforehand represented Subaru and SsangYong, with Fiat and Jeep, and its Balsall Widespread dealership added Jeep and Leapmotor alongside its current KGM, Subaru and Isuzu operation.
The corporate stated it expects to create greater than 45 new jobs in Gloucestershire over the following 12 months and it hopes group automobile gross sales to exceed 3,000 items.
The enterprise has additionally reshaped its management group.
Russell Boot has taken a brand new place as director of gross sales operations, to work alongside aftersales director Jamie Holliday, finance director Rob Davis and director Mark Hensher, and of whom report to managing director Tim Huxley
“With the reformed senior group reporting on to Tim Huxley this offers each Tim and chief govt Jon Mathers time to focus on additional strategic progress alternatives with current and new franchise companions together with selling our quick rising retail and wholesale e-bike and bike enterprise, unity-moto.co.uk,” stated the corporate.
Having began with one enterprise, Cross Roads Storage at Tredington, Unity Automotive now has dealerships in Oxfordshire, Gloucestershire, Leicestershire and Warwickshire.
Unity’s Cross Roads Storage gained the AM Award for Gross sales Staff of the 12 months in 2011.
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