Brayleys has purchased its first Hyundai outlet in St Albans from family-owned enterprise Coupers for an undisclosed sum.

The town centre web site has been Hertfordshire’s authorised seller for Hyundai for greater than 30 years and can add Hyundai to Brayleys’ portfolio of manufacturers, together with Kia, Honda, Mazda, Renault and Dacia.

AW Rostamani Group now owns 100% of the enterprise Paul Brayley based in 2003. He was appointed CEO of each Brayleys and West Means Nissan, which was just lately acquired the Dubai-based group.

Commenting on the acquisition of Hyundai St Albans, which was brokered by automotive consultancy MotorVise, Brayley, stated: “I’m delighted on the acquisition of Coupers, which has a protracted and proud heritage in St Albans. It has additional which means for me because it was additionally the beginning location for Brayleys 20 years in the past, after I took over the Honda franchise within the metropolis. The addition of Hyundai will additional broaden our buyer attain throughout the House Counties and strengthens our place as one of many largest privately-owned automotive retailers within the South East.”

Paul Kendall, managing director of Coupers, stated the corporate’s 24 workers would switch over to Brayleys, underneath the phrases of the acquisition: “It is extremely a lot enterprise as regular on the dealership in Catherine Road, and I do know each the workforce and valued clients might be in nice fingers with Brayleys, who will proceed our custom of delivering distinctive customer support.”

Earlier this yr, Brayleys additionally made its debut rating within the record of Greatest Workplaces compiled by Nice Place To Work® UK based mostly on suggestions supplied by workers about general well being and wellbeing, each inside and outdoors the office.

On attaining this, Brayley stated: “Brayleys takes nice delight in making the enterprise really feel very very like a household. To have that formally recognised publicly, based mostly on the views of your workforce, is a unbelievable achievement for the corporate and we look ahead to welcoming the workers from Coupers into the group.”