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Caffyns closes dealerships

Time 8:40 am, February 10, 2011

screen-shot-2011-02-10-at-124932EASTBOURNE-based Caffyns is to close three of its businesses to reduce costs it has been revealed.

A bodyshop in Hailsham, a joint Nissan and Chevrolet dealership in Eastbourne, and a bodyshop in Tunbridge Wells will all be closed.

Caffyns touts the reduction of its costs and the improvement in the way it does business as the reasons for the decision, reports Insider Media. Although the closures will cost the firm £950k, Caffyns will invest the money in more profitable and modern dealerships.


The announcement comes after the closure of a Ford business in Haslemere, and the sale of a Citroen dealership in Uckfield.

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James – or Batch as he’s known – started at Car Dealer in 2010, first as the work experience boy, eventually becoming editor in 2013. He worked for Auto Express as editor-at-large from 2014 and was the face of Carbuyer’s YouTube reviews. In 2020, he went freelance and now writes for a number of national titles and contributes regularly to Car Dealer. In October 2021 he became Car Dealer's associate editor.



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