Arbury marks 10 years with new dealership

A Warwickshire firm is to celebrate its tenth anniversary by opening a new motor dealership in Coventry.

Arbury, which has six dealerships across the West Midlands, has bought the former Europcar rental centre on London Road and is planning to create a new outlet which will open next year.

The company has yet to announce which brand it will sell through the new operation but will be investing £1 million in the development.

It has purchased the site from Coventry development firm Deeley Group which was marketing the quarter of an acre site through city-based commercial property specialist Bromwich Hardy.

Arbury managing director David Stenning said: “This is prime site for a dealership. We have been looking to acquire a site to open a new Coventry dealership and this is perfect for our requirements.

“We hope to start work on a new showroom in the New Year and are aiming to complete within 12 months.”

Arbury, which employs 165 people and is one of the top 200 dealership groups in the country, currently markets Peugoet, Skoda, Citroen, Suzuki and Fiat in Nuneaton, Leamington, Lichfield and Walsall.

Jo Leaver, of Deeley Properties, said: “The new investment Arbury will bring to the site will vastly improve it.

“It is always pleasing to deal with expanding locally-based company and Arbury is exactly that.”

Pixture: David Stenning (left) with Jo Leaver and Tom Bromwich