Renault Trucks Makes Multi Million Commitment To UK Base
Renault Trucks, Coventry has officially opened its new custom built dealership doors with a total of £4 million invested in the new site, which will offer the full range of Renault Trucks products and services.
The new dealership, located at Burlington Road on the Bermuda Industrial Estate at Nuneaton, was officially opened by Stefano Chmielewski, the President and CEO of Renault Trucks SAS and is the latest to join the Renault Truck Commercials line-up, which is the company’s wholly owned dealer network group. In the UK, Renault Truck Commercials now has eleven sites, making the group a significant presence in Renault Trucks’ UK network. The total network currently comprises over 65 locations, plus a further four dealerships in the Irish Republic.
Not only does the site include a custom build internal showroom and reception area, but has a fully equipped 4-bay workshop with two full length inspection pits, a comprehensive parts store and a state of the art steam cleaning facility. There is also a further workshop bay specifically dedicated to LCV service and maintenance, as the new dealership is the latest to achieve Renault Trucks’ Fast & Pro Van Sales & Service Centre accreditation. From the workshop a full range of repair and maintenance services are available, from routine repairs and service inspections, to accident damage repairs and MOT preparation. The facility is a licensed tachograph centre and, in addition to looking after customer’s Renault trucks and vans, it can provide the same services for all makes of commercial vehicles, trailers and ancillary equipment.
“The distribution business has become one of the fastest growing sectors in the Coventry and Nuneaton region,” says Chris Hammond, Distributor Principal of Renault Trucks Coventry. “The volume of commercial vehicles running from and through the area has grown significantly in line with this growth, which led to the decision to invest in this area.
There is already quite a strong Renault Trucks vehicle parc in the area and, despite the current economic difficulties, we are confident that we will grow our market share in the region across the product range.”
Chris continues, “Our strap line at Renault Trucks Midlands is ‘our business is to keep your business on the move’ and we will be bringing this ethos to the new operation at Renault Trucks Coventry, with the focus very much on excellent customer care.”
The opening of Renault Trucks Coventry has initially created ten new jobs, which will grow in line with the business.
However, the opening of the new Coventry dealership was only one of two major investments by Renault Trucks being celebrated, the second being the inauguration ceremony for the new £5 million headquarters building at Dunstable, Bedfordshire held later the same day.
Stefano Chmielewski the President and CEO of Renault Trucks SAS presided over the official inauguration ceremony for Renault Trucks new UK headquarters at the Houghton Hall Business Park, Dunstable, which will be home to: Renault Trucks UK Ltd, (the UK sales and service HQ), Renault Truck Commercials Ltd, (the headquarters of Renault Trucks wholly owned UK dealerships) and BRS Ltd, the group’s truck rental, contract hire and fleet management services company.
Both Renault Trucks UK Ltd and Renault Truck Commercials were located in the company’s previous headquarters at Boscombe Road, Dunstable. While BRS Ltd joins the building, relocating from its previous offices at Warwick and Eland. Renault Trucks has had a long association with the Dunstable area, having been located at its previous premises on Boscombe Road since it entered the UK market in 1981.
The new site at the Houghton Hall Business Park has a dedicated training and development centre, that includes a fully equipped, 3-bay technical training workshop with development in both technical and commercial aspects being very important for Renault Trucks, its network and its customer base in the UK. Renault Trucks is currently training 70 apprentices through this new centre.
As Laurent Farman, the Managing Director of Renault Trucks UK Ltd commented in his inauguration speech at Dunstable. “Renault Trucks is committed to the UK market and we are here to stay. As we all know, economic conditions are very difficult at the moment but the UK market is still the 3rd largest truck market (above 6t) in Europe and there are still opportunities for us to grow today and in the future.
Both of the new investment projects were, of course, started before the economic meltdown and it is strong sign of the full support we have from our headquarters in Lyon that these investments in our future were allowed to continue.
Customers will start buying trucks again and recovery will come. We now have the best products, the best processes, the best people and the best network that we’ve ever had in our history, so are in a very strong position to take advantage of this recovery as it happens.”
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