JCT600 motors into its 70th birthday with star billing at Arena

CAR Retailer JCT600, Yorkshire's largest family business, celebrated its 70th anniversary by bringing together around 2,000 colleagues, suppliers and business contacts at the First Direct Arena in Leeds.
John Tordoff, chief executive of JCT600John Tordoff, chief executive of JCT600
John Tordoff, chief executive of JCT600

During the celebrations, John Tordoff, the chief executive, described how the company had grown from a single dealership into a £1.1bn turnover business.

The business was founded by John’s father and current chairman, Jack, in 1946 as Brooklands Garage on Sticker Lane, in Bradford.

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The company has 50 dealerships representing 18 of the world’s biggest car brands; and it now employs more than 2,300 staff at its dealerships from Lincolnshire to Newcastle, and at the firm’s Bradford head office.

Mr Tordoff, said: “Our annual conference is a great opportunity to thank everyone we work with for their continued support – it is only by working closely with our trusted partners that we have been able to build such a successful company and we wanted them to join us as we celebrate how far we have come over the last 70 years.”

The theme of the conference was ‘overcoming challenges’ with Falklands war veteran Simon Weston as the guest speaker, alongside current chief executive John Tordoff.

The event included a display of some of the iconic vehicles of the last seven decades.

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Mr Tordoff added: “ ‘Overcoming challenges’ is certainly an appropriate theme – it has not been an easy journey, to have survived so long in business is an achievement in itself.

“We attribute our success to hard work, Yorkshire thrift and a straightforward approach to doing business.”