Hey all
Surprised there wasn't more posts on this, 10 years to the day (yest) rover went pop.
I remember it very well, I was working for dunham and haines Rover MG in Luton as a parts adviser, I was young and the job suited me well as i was an enthusiast so i really tried. It was a small parts department with only me and the parts manager who also took car of warranty input, so he was gone for 50% plus of the time. I ran that little back room myself making good margin, when i joined parts turnover was around 28k a month at 22% margin, when i left it was 38k a month at 33% margin, just shows what can be done .... the mark up was 30% from Rover so that was RRP. I used to bump prices up where i could etc.....
The day rover went to the wall I was on annual leave but i went in as I had no idea what to expect or what it meant, it was the weirdest feeling.
3 Months later the dealership closed we were all made redundant or moved on within the motor group to other dealers and the rest is history.
10 years flys
Ross