Dealers

Marquis pick up Auto-Trail franchise

September 3, 2010
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Marquis pick up Auto-Trail franchise

Marquis Motorhomes, the UK’s largest dealer network, have announced that they have recently been awarded the Auto-Trail Motorhomes franchise. The award winning 2011 Auto-Trail range will be available to view at Marquis Devon in Lee Mill, Plymouth and Manager Stuart Dabbs is looking forward to displaying stock in the branch. Alan Buckwell, Sales & Marketing Director...
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Catterick stage new autumn show

July 30, 2010
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Catterick stage new autumn show

Catterick Caravans are using their newly developed 8-acre site to launch their own caravan show – The Great North Caravan Show – this coming September. The event will be open open from Saturday 18th September until Sunday 26th September 2010 in Richmond, Yorkshire, and it will be supported by some major manufacturers: Buccaneer, Elddis, Lunar,...
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Southampton motorhome dealer expands range

June 25, 2010
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Southampton motorhome dealer expands range

Freeborn Group’s Romahome Centre in Southampton is expanding the range of new motorhome models it offers from July 1. James Saint, director of Freeborn Motorhomes, which operates the centre opposite Southampton Football Club’s stadium at St Mary’s, says there is a need for better representation of a selection of motorhome brands in Southampton so that...
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London to get revived caravan show

June 24, 2010
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London is due to get a new Caravan and Camping Show in February 2011. The London Caravan & Camping Show, organised by VOS Media, runs at Excel from 11th to 13th February 2011. The organisers say that the event will give South-eastern and London-based visitors their first local opportunity to see new 2011 caravans, motor...
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Broad Lane Daventry becomes new Venture

June 22, 2010
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A new caravan sales company with nearly 40 years experience in the industry is launched today. Formerly part of the Midlands’ largest caravan retailer, Broad Lane Leisure, the group’s Daventry branch has split away to form Venture Caravans. It will continue to operate on its site on the A5 at Daventry, next to the...
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Serious fire at Essex dealership

June 21, 2010
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Eight fire engines and around 40 firefighters attended a fire at Cranham Caravans workshop on Front Lane in Cranham (Upminster, Essex) today. The Fire Brigade said that a single storey workshop, around 30 caravans, nine motor homes, a car and three freight containers were damaged by fire. A number of gas cylinders were involved...
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Roma say 2010 shows a success

June 11, 2010
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Roma say 2010 shows a success

The value of attending motorhome and leisure shows has been driven home to the Freeborn Motorhomes and Romahome team in a big way this year. After attending their sixth event when they pitched up at Stratford last weekend for The Motorhome Show, James Saint, newly promoted to director from general manager at Freeborn Motorhomes, is...
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Marquis man celebrates 30 years . . .

June 4, 2010
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Marquis man celebrates 30 years . . .

Marquis Group Aftersales Manager, Alan Doherty, on the right in our photo, is celebrated 30 years of service with the Marquis Group on Wednesday Alan joined the group back on 2nd June 1980 as a valeter at the Hampshire branch and has since worked his way up through the Service Centre to Foreman and subsequently...
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Timberland launches new website

June 2, 2010
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Timberland launches new website

Timberland Motorhomes has just launched a redesigned website and say that their emphasis is on style, functionality and fulfilment of customer requirements. Launch of the new website coincides with Timberland’s transfer of its main product display to the company’s Forever Leisure dealership at South Witham on the A1 northbound between Stamford and Grantham. www.timberlandmotorhomes.com provides a...
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“UK needs more parks to meet holiday demand”

May 25, 2010
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The chairman of a leading caravan dealership has called for more quality touring caravan parks to be built to cater for the growing demand for holidays in the UK. Tony Bywater of Salop Leisure, which has sales centres in Shrewsbury, Machynlleth and Stourport, fears that there might soon not be enough pitches to accommodate couples...
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