CHARLES Hurst Group, Northern Ireland’s biggest car retailer, has appointed company stalwart Alan Thompson as Head of Business at its £8 million Jaguar and Land Rover outlet.
Thompson, who joined Charles Hurst in 2005 as franchise manager for Nissan across multiple sites, joins the JLR team almost a year after the company first opened the impressive 40,000 sq. ft. luxury showroom.
Since then, more than 20 new roles have been created at the premium franchise across technical, sales and management areas in what is now among the UK and Ireland’s top-performing Jaguar Land Rover showrooms.
Queen’s University Belfast graduate Thompson, who is from Ballyclare, started his motor industry career in 1986, joining Savills Vauxhall as part of a management fast-track programme before progressing to business manager within 10 years.
The new JLR showroom was the first to be opened in Northern Ireland as a key part of the brand’s £16 million UK-wide retailer initiative announced in 2017.
Part of the Lookers Group, Charles Hurst is the north’s largest motor retailer, representing 20 brands across seven sites including its 20-acre Belfast headquarters, the largest automotive park in Europe.
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