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Harratts’ new franchise

HARRATTS has won the Kia franchise for Wakefield and is planning to move into a dedicated showroom next month. The firm, which operates a network of dealerships across Yorkshire, said the temporary base for Kia Wakefield on Barnsley Road opens for business today. The group now represents seven different manufacturers (Volvo, Honda, Renault, Mitsubishi, Honda, [...]

Harratts scoops award

HARRATTS Volvo Wakefield is celebrating after being awarded the Trading Standards Excellence Award. This is the fifth time in a row the family-owned and run motor group has won the award, and scooped it in recognition of its outstanding customer service. Presenting the award to Gareth Bottomley, dealer principal of Harratts Volvo Wakefield, were Graham Hebblethwaite, [...]

Harratts’ £3m plan

HARRATTS has announced it has received planning permission to build a new showroom and headquarters. The family owned and run motor group which operates 14 dealerships across Yorkshire, confirmed that the new development at Calder Park in Wakefield would represent an investment of £3m and create 25 new jobs. Harratts, which has consistently grown in [...]

Harratts’ celebrations

HARRATTS Motor Group is celebrating after being confirmed as Volvo’s second largest new car seller in 2010. The family-run motor group increased sales of the Swedish marque by 13 per cent during 2010, and nearly doubled the Volvo national average sales increase of eight per cent, selling 2,398 cars. Harratts, which began selling Volvo from just [...]

Harratts’ record 2010

A HUDDERSFIELD-based dealership is celebrating following news that 2010 had been its most successful year ever. 2010 saw Harratts Volvo Huddersfield smashing previous records and boosting overall sales of new and used by 50 per cent. Sales of used cars more than doubled 2009’s figures increasing by 116 per cent, while new car sales increased [...]



Harratts Peugeot jobs  

Harratts Peugeot jobs

 

HARRATTS has just opened another new car dealer in Leeds with the creation of Peugeot Leeds. In doing so, it has added 25 new jobs to the national car dealer tally. MD Shaun Harratt reckons it is a natural next step for the car dealer group: ‘We already have a very successful Peugeot dealership in [...]

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Volvo dealer doubles  

Volvo dealer doubles

 

VOLVO dealer Harratts of Huddersfield says overall car sales have doubled since this time last year. Like for like sales of new cars are up since 82 percent in a year. What’s more, used car sales have more than doubled in the same period. It reinforces Harratts’ position as the UK’s second-largest Volvo dealer, and [...]

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Volvo dealer marks 25yrs  

Volvo dealer marks 25yrs

 

HARRATTS of Yorkshire last week celebrated a quarter-century with the Swedish firm by throwing a party. Volvo’s second-largest UK dealer group held its biggest ever launch event to introduce the new S60 to buyers. The bash also previewed a special series of ‘Ride And Drive’ days that commence today at Wakefield’s Bagden Hall Hotel. These [...]

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Harratts opens in Leeds  

Harratts opens in Leeds

 

HARRATTS has opened the 12th dealer in its territory with the launch of city centre outlet Peugeot Leeds. Doors will open of the Scott Hall Road retailer next month. It is big news for local employees – Harratts has taken over the territory of Robins & Day Horsforth and Evans Halshaw Central Leeds. These employees [...]

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Car dealer quadruples  

Car dealer quadruples

 

HARRATTS Nissan Sheffield has quadrupled its sales in 2009 and outperformed every other Harratts dealer. The dealer, which opened in January 2008, recorded a massive 427 percent rise in sales for 2009. Impressive stuff, said the firm’s directors, given how the UK car industry has contracted by 6 percent in the same period. Shaun Harratt, [...]

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Apprentice to manager  

Apprentice to manager

 

HARRATTS Mitsubishi has just appointed a new sales manager who has worked through the ranks at the firm. Peter Davies joined the firm in 1998, on the Barnsley dealer’s opening day. Starting out as an apprentice technician, he has now worked up to the post of sales manager 12 years later – to the delight [...]

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PX motors on sale  

PX motors on sale

 

HARRATTS Motor Group has launched a new used car dealer site offering part-exchange motors to the public. The auction-price cars will be sold from a dedicated forecourt at its car dealer in Barnsley. At least 40 cars will permanently be offered, as the car dealer bypasses the traditional PX-to-auction route. The public will be allowed [...]

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Dealer creates 30 jobs  

Dealer creates 30 jobs

 

HARRATTS of Yorkshire now has a starring team of 11, with the opening of its latest new car dealer. The family-owned firm has just opened a Honda new car dealer, next to its existing Volvo site. This, it says, is one of the largest independent Volvo groups in the country. In the process, it has [...]

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