HAYDOCK COMMERCIALS This year Haydock Commercials celebrated its 20 anniversary
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following a management buyout in January 1985. The company started at its head office at Haydock and has added four other sites at Preston, Deeside, Halebank and Ellesmere Port.
The last two sites were added to the company in 1998, with Ellesmere Port started with the Tankfreight Bitumen contract (now Exel). In March 2003 Simon Dykes, now managing director, and Graham Whittaker, now finance director, purchased the majority of the company shares. It was Dykes who promoted Emma Jacobs to used sales executive.
The company sells around 150 used trucks a year from Ellesmere Port and Preston, as well as trading off non-Scania part exchanges and vehicles on the internal pool of trucks from the manufacturer's head office in Milton Keynes.
Ellesmere Port developed a purpose-built site on North Road in April 2000 with nine workshops and three dedicated petroleum regulation days. The company employs more than 200 people with 50 on the books at Ellesmere Port Scania. The workshops are open between Cam Monday and 4pm Saturday.
The company offers a three-month drivehne warranty on anything sold. as well as further packages such as repair and maintenance, and servicing. Where possible, vehicles have a minimum of a 10-month MOT.
Website: www.haydock-commercials.co.uk