Just Car Clinics gears up for growth

The company, which is based in Goole, carries out nearly 50,000 collision repairs a year on cars, commercial vehicles and motorcycles.

In the six months ended June 30, revenue rose 17 per cent to 25.3m and profit before taxation increased by 8 per cent to 608,000.

Barry Whittles, the chief executive of Just Car Clinics, said: "I am very pleased with the group's performance during the six months to June 30 2010.

"We have increased both revenues and profits and started to expand the retail offering to our customer base. The strength of both our management team and the group's financial position mean that we are well placed to make further progress."

In a statement, the company said repair volumes were boosted by the snow and ice experienced during the early months of the year.

The company said: "Such rapid increases in volumes, coupled with transport difficulties for both customers and employees, inevitably presented challenges and, in order to minimise the impact to customer service, the group reacted proactively by offering extended opening hours.

"The group's strategy continues to be one of expansion, both organically and by expanding the customer offering at existing locations, and by acquisition where stringent criteria are achieved. During the last year, we have expanded our network of sites through three acquisitions and a number of potential opportunities are currently being assessed."