- 60,000 sales make Aston Barclay England’s third largest remarketing company

- New online auction service is free to all vendors

Auctioneer Aston Barclay Group has successfully completed the rebrand of its three auction sites with a view to increasing market share in the fleet, dealer and light commercial remarketing sectors.

The Aston Barclay brand has brought together Westbury, Chelmsford and Prees Heath Motor Auctions which were set up and are still owned by motor industry entrepreneur Les Scarborough.

The rebrand enables Aston Barclay to offer fleet, dealer, contract hire, finance company and manufacturer vendors access to a three-site operation that provides a joined up range of car and light commercial vehicle remarketing services. This includes a new state of the art online service that is offered free to all vendors via www.astonbarclay.net .

“Prees Heath and Westbury offer vendors sites that geographically aren’t served by any other auction supplier, while our new site at Chelmsford has scope to extend beyond its strong following among dealer and light commercial vendors,” explained Les Scarborough, Chief Executive of Aston Barclay.

“Selling around 60,000 vehicles each year for a number of high profile vendors effectively makes us the third largest remarketing company in England. We don’t envisage becoming the largest remarketing company or indeed buying the largest supplier in the market, but our three sites are all set for steady growth over the coming years,” he added.

Ongoing investment across the Aston Barclay network includes a three-acre extension to its Shropshire based Prees Heath site, while the 10-acre Westbury operation is set to double the size of its viewing canopy by mid-2010. Chelmsford secured the Freehold of its 12 acre site adjacent to the A12 in May of this year. Some planning has been approved to modify the site and you can expect to see many improvements to the premises during 2010.

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ASTON BARCLAY REBRAND OFFERS VENDORS A JOINED UP RANGE

OF REMARKETING SERVICES