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ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT LOOKERS GROUP, PLC.

May 26, 2020July 26, 2020

ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT LOOKERS GROUP, PLC.

Lookers Group is a multi-franchise dealer group, who is responsible for the representation of 32 volume premium and volume automobile manufacturers in the United Kingdom and Ireland. This means the group is a car dealership group, who work with several car manufacturers to help sell their brands.

Founded in 1908 by John Looker, the Lookers Group was first located in Manchester where it primarily involved itself with the sale of bicycle and its parts, and accessories. The company also occasionally sold used cars. Before the first world war, Lookers Group thrived on solely dealing with Ford products, and it was successful to an extent. In 1910, the company came to an agreement with a certain garage owner in Manchester, in Hardman Street. This merge will go on to form the Lookers Limited. In 1911, the new merge built a new garage in the same street. John Looker hoped to use this space to accomodate the growing business that the Fords were generating.

In 1918, Lookers Ltd was selected as a distributor of Austin motors, and this aided the growth of the company in Cheshire and Lancanshire. The company also bought more garages to accomodate their growing business partners. The deal with Austin Motors became so profitable for both parties that the slang “Lookers is Austin” was on the lips of everyone.

However, John Looker retired in 1929. The business continued to become even more successful until 1939, the year the second World War started. Due to several understandable factors, the business began to crumble. But of course, after the war in 1945, the company began healing, and had its first major acquisition in the 1960s. After this, the group moved to Yorkshire.

More than 12 years later in 1973, the company moved its headquarters to Chester Road, from Hardman Street where it had been for many years. After that, the company was listed on the London Stock Exchange. This allowed the company to be able to expand properly.

The Group is now headed by CEO, Mark Raban, and it had a revenue of £3.649 billion in 2015.

Today, the headquarters of the company is located in Altrincham, Greater Manchester, and it is one of the largest motor retailers in the United Kingdom. The group represents a number of vehicle manufacturers, such as Peugeot, Hyundai, Kia, Ford, Vauxhall, and so on. Clients can select from an extensive range of several car types. Also, the group operates as a middleman for used cars, and also offers car repair services in its services centres which are scattered across the UK.

What Lookers Group offer clients is a step-by-step guidance when you want to buy your first or second car. The group also offer upgrade services in case you now have a family, or need another car that fits your current lifestyle. A number of their other services include accident repair facilities, aftersales provisions, and vehicle servicing.

Lookers Group prides itself on its staff of dedicated professionals, with several years of experience in their chosen fields. All of these have been put in place to ensure you purchase the most ideal car.

ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT MARSTON’S

May 26, 2020July 26, 2020

In 1834, Marston was founded. It started as a brewery at Horningblow Brewery in England. The founding father is John Marston, a brewer who had gained a reputation for himself in the 1800’s. After a merger with John Thompson and Son Limited in 1898, Marston’s moved to Albion Brewery where its utilization of the Burton Union System became famous. This marked the beginning of the brewery’s reputation for a distinct system of fermentation, and an ale with a fruity, dry taste.

The brewery became even more iconic in the early 20th century after becoming Marston, Thompson and Evershed. This was due to the merger that occured between the three breweries. After this, the company went ahead to buy more pub companies scattered across England.

Launching a series of new alcoholic drinks, the most widely accepted is the Pedigree which was introduced in 1952. Today, it is one of the best selling ales in England, recording more than 40 million pints every year.

However, in 1999, Marton’s Brewery was purchased for £292 million by brewing giants, Wolverhampton & Dudly Breweries. After several deliberations, the new owners decided to change the name of the company to Marston’s PLC in 2007. In 2010, the brewing company was the largest in the entire Great Britain.

Today, the brewing arm of Marston’s PLC operate in five major breweries across England. It includes Jennings in Cumbria, Park Brewery in Wolverhampton, Ringwood Brewery, Wychwood Brewery in Oxfordshire and Bank’s in West Midlands. Popular examples of Marston’s brewed beers include Resolution and Old Empire.

One other thing Marston’s is notable for is the running of pubs in several locations in England. The company now has more than 2,100 pubs, with more than 14,000 staffs working for the brewing company. In their several years of existence, the firm has strived to achieve excellence, and this is why they are still the only brewery in the whole country that uses the Burton Union System. This is based on a fermentation in oak barrels through the use of a fermenting apparatus. Also, there are three breweries in the Great Britain that uses its own cooper, and Marston’s is one of them.

Marston’s is also the leading pub business in the England, and one of the leading brewers of bottled beers, ale, and premium cask.

Due to the improved distribution of Marston’s products and growth of its pubs, it has become one of the FTSE 250 LISTED company. The company has also created local pubs which are perfect for every sort of occasion from family hangouts to town centre bars, to family pub restaurants, and get-togethers. The pubs are used to encourage relaxation, reflections, celebrations, socialization, or if all you need is a cold beer or a great meal to round up your day.

It is no doubt that the company, Marston’s has grown to be one of the most loved in the whole of Great Britain. Their quest for quality and finesse is of course the reason why.

NATIONAL EXPRESS

May 26, 2020January 1, 2021

NATIONAL EXPRESS

National Express, which was founded in 1972 is a coach operator that provides services through the whole of Great Britain. Importantly, they carry out their movements between cities and regions. Their services are largely rented out to local coach companies in Great Britain. The company’s headquarter can be located in Birmingham. Their hubs include Birmingham, London, Manchester, Gatwick Airport, Southampton and Leeds.

In line with the Transport Act 1968, the National Bus Company was created to own shares for many state-owned local bus companies. Several of the bus companies were similarly into operating coach services but were branded as National from the onset. The National Express brand had her first operation in 1974 even though, the coach services continued to be operated by individual companies.

The National Express network connects more than 540 locations, not to mention of 59 of the UK mainland’s 64 cities with 1,800 plus services operating every day, increasing to over 1,900 on Fridays. Over 1,000 airport services a day run direct to the terminal for all major UK airports.

National Express, as part of her features, offers several routes to landing places across the country. What’s more? Shuttle and airport services are also operated. Many National Express coach routes pass through several town centres, which accelerates journey times for longer journeys considerably. A smaller number of shuttle services operate at least once an hour over faster direct routes.

National Express tickets are ready for sale through a range of methods, including on-line and telephone booking, and varied pricing structures. Traditionally, tickets are sold through National Express ticket offices at coach stations, or by third-party agents at bus stations and travel agents. These sell tickets generally at the ‘Standard Fare’ or the ‘Advance Fare’ when booking in advance. A similar ticketing structure applies with the telephone booking service. Since 2013, tickets have also been available for purchase from the Post Office. Other ticket types include ‘Season Tickets’ and ‘Multi-rides’, aimed at frequent travellers, although in many cases FunFares are cheaper; and BritXplorer, which allows foreign tourists unlimited travel for a specified period.

National Express offers several discounts to customers. There is the Young Person Coachcard which is available for people between the ages of 16 to 26 years. This card offers a third off standard and fully flexible fares, in addition, 15% off events services.

There is also the senior Coachcard. National Express introduced a Senior Coachcard after the government threw out the concessionary half-price fares for the over-60s in October 2011. This discount gives a third off standard and fully flexible fares.

Lastly, there is also the Disabled Coachcard. National Express introduced a Disabled Coachcard which is available to adults registered as disabled, this gives a third off standard and fully flexible fares.

National Express and its franchisees uses different vehicle types for operations. The primary coach type on the network is the Caetano Levante. The most recent Levante III was introduced onto the network in July 2018. There are also other vehicles used on the network that includes Plaxton Elite and Caetano Boa Vista.

National Express Coaches now make available, free WiFi on most coaches. Passengers can connect to a digital entertainment service, VUER, and watch hours of films and TV for free.

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Introducing RecruitSleuth

January 26, 2020July 26, 2020

We are partnering with a Recruitment App and Website business called RecruitSleuth this company offers a great product and solution and will be powered by our own database.

They offer to take a CV, strip it apart and analyse the performance of the companies a candidate has worked for and show that in graphical form. In working this way they can offer insights into how a person has influenced the companies they have worked for, or if nothing else the type of environment it has been to work in.

Additionally they search for key directors within a sector and geographical area which can then be used to headhunt.

The idea is great and whilst working on their website they are also developing an Android and IOS app to go with it. Their website can be found at RecruitSleuth. We will keep you updated on how our discussion go, and when their website is fully functional.