Unity Automotive is increasing its dealership portfolio and workforce because the privately-owned supplier group seeks to extend its scale.
Its administration workforce count on 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 workforce count on 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 positioning, AM understands.
It is going to even be Unity’s second devoted new and used industrial car 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 Frequent dealership added Jeep and Leapmotor alongside its present KGM, Subaru and Isuzu operation.
The corporate mentioned it expects to create greater than 45 new jobs in Gloucestershire over the subsequent 12 months and it hopes group car gross sales to exceed 3,000 models.
The enterprise has additionally reshaped its management workforce.
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 workforce reporting on to Tim Huxley this provides each Tim and chief government Jon Mathers time to focus on additional strategic progress alternatives with present and new franchise companions together with selling our quick rising retail and wholesale e-bike and bike enterprise, unity-moto.co.uk,” mentioned 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 received the AM Award for Gross sales Staff of the Yr in 2011.
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