Motorpoint opens doorways to new Portsmouth shop

Motorpoint has expanded to 17 utilized auto retail places with the opening of a new, 1.5 acre, 120-car or truck dealership in Portsmouth.

The opening of the new spot by the Mayor of Portsmouth, Councillor Frank Jonas, together with Mayoress Mrs Joy Maddox JP, is the hottest stage in the business’s ambitious a mid-term growth strategy aimed at taking its once-a-year revenues to £2 billion.

Utilised motor vehicle supermarket specialist Motorpoint unveiled in June previous year that it planned to add a further 12 retail web-sites – on prime of a not long ago-expanded community of 14 places – in a bid to reach its purpose.

The Portsmouth store on the London Street in the Hilsea spot, is a multi-million pound investment decision and was earlier a derelict web page.

Mark Carpenter, Motorpoint main executive officer, described the store as an significant milestone for its Southern enlargement strategies.

He stated: “We are delighted to have opened our 17th store in Portsmouth – a lively town with a robust maritime heritage. We are happy to carry our award-successful purchaser services to the interesting city of Portsmouth.

“Giving our buyers with unrivalled preference by supplying them hundreds of autos that go well with their way of life and budget is at the coronary heart of what we do.

“Shopper surveys present that 93% of our clients concur that we are unbeatable on rate, anything we attempt to be each and every and every day.

“We are also absolutely dedicated to guaranteeing our shoppers can obtain and buy their subsequent car or truck in the way that they like – no matter if that’s at their neighborhood store like Portsmouth, getting on-line or by calling our gross sales workforce.”

The opening follows immediately after Carpenter said the £5 million sale of the utilized auto grocery store group’s Stockton site would offer the enterprise with “further firepower” for progress.

Commenting on the new business’s opening, the Mayor of Portsmouth, Cllr Frank Jonas reported: “It’s brilliant information that Motorpoint has preferred the wonderful waterfront city of Portsmouth as its very first shop on the south coast.

“Motorpoint has created a sizeable financial investment in the town.

“They are delivering careers and job options which is excellent for the area financial system and have remodeled a derelict web-site in the heart of Hilsea into a area exactly where people can come across superior good quality used autos which are 100% thoroughly clean air compliant. We are delighted to welcome Motorpoint to Portsmouth.”

In March, Motorpoint’s retail footprint expanded to 16 made use of car or truck retail destinations with the opening of a new two-acre, 120-vehicle dealership in Maidstone. The opening, followed five months after Motorpoint Manchester opened its doorways.