Hippo Motor Group has expanded its UK footprint by opening a brand new dealership in Peterborough, taking on the previous Huge Motoring World location in Werrington.
Now buying and selling below a delicate launch forward of a full opening in mid-June, the location is a part of Hippo’s technique to develop its nationwide retail presence.
The Blackburn-based group at the moment retails over 10,000 autos a yr and generates £180 million in annual turnover.
Tom Preston. Hippo chief govt, mentioned: “We’re constructing for the longer term.
“Peterborough provides us the area, the situation, and the chance to develop, not simply in gross sales, however in how we assist our clients and our individuals.
“We’ve received a robust group, a transparent imaginative and prescient, and the ambition to do issues higher.
“We’re excited to be up and operating and able to welcome the area people.”
Tom Stanton has been appointed normal supervisor of the location, which is backed by Hippo’s £3 million prep centre in Blackburn.
Greater than 30 new roles are being recruited throughout gross sales, service and aftersales because the enterprise appears to construct a robust native group and ship constant, high-quality requirements.
Huge Motoring World determined to consolidate its two dealerships in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, into one website to achieve efficiencies final yr.
It concentrated its operations within the metropolis to its Fengate location, with the Werrington workers retained and relocating to its sole Peterborough website.
