Wales-based car retailer set to expand to new £12m dealership

11th April 2018 9:45 am

A Neath-headquartered car dealer is set to open one of Europe’s biggest second hand car showrooms as part of a cross-border expansion, a recent news report in the local media has been able to suggest.

The new Coventry showroom for Trade Centre Wales, operating as Trade Centre UK, will host 1,000 cars with 400 housed in the giant indoor showroom in the former premises of Coventry Leekes furniture store.

The dealership will be Trade Centre UK’s fifth showroom and will employ around 140 members of staff.

Headquartered in Neath, The Trade Centre Wales originally had showrooms in Merthyr and Cardiff North before taking the decision to branch out into the rest of the UK, opening the first Trade Centre UK site in Wednesbury, in April 2017.

Andy Coulthurst, chief executive, said: "As a proud Welsh business, we’re so pleased to be able to expand into the rest of the UK on such a large scale.

"Our continued success in Wales has allowed us to take the leap and along with expansion plans, we’re committed to maintaining the same level of service and value our customers expect across the group.

"The rapid growth we’ve experienced in such a short space of time is down to the hard work and commitment of the team and we’re thrilled to open Europe’s largest ever used car showroom.

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