Jobs hope as car dealership gears up for new expansion

Company completes relocation to larger site

A car dealership in Peterborough is creating new jobs with a major expansion of the business. SWCarSupermarket, formerly of Saville Road, has moved its business to a 21,000 sq ft building on a site of 3.68 acres frontingPadholmeRoad, Eastern Industry.

Anton Khan, managing director of SW Car Supermarket, said: “We are very excited by this move which should leadtoafurtherstronggrowth of our company.

“Weexpecttoincrease our staffing on site by the end of this year to 50 people.

He said: “We were a larger playeralreadyinthePeterborough used car market but the move to this site with passing traffic will increase our profile hugely.

“Once works to the former Anglian Water building are completedweshouldhave700 motor vehicles of car space bays and alternative capacity to service and repair 20 cars on site at any one time within our bespoke workshops.

The site was sold by Barker Storey Matthews’Peterborough office.

Richard Jones, director at BarkerStoreyMatthews, said: “We were delighted to sell the site to SW Car Supermarket.

“The firm moved onto the vacant part of the site in November and has completely refurbished it and has moved the operation from Saville Road.

“The balance of the site comprising the Anglian Water premises was purchased on February 3 and will be refurbished over six months to create a prestige showroom and large workshop facility linked to the car sales site.”

Savills and Drake Commercial were also agents on the site.