15 Oct 2018 Aston Barclay Acquires The Car Buying Group
Rutland Partners is delighted to announce that Aston Barclay has acquired The Car Buying Group (TCBG), one of the largest independent consumer car buying companies in the UK, extending its reach into the consumer car buying sector.
Selling over 10,000 cars nationwide on behalf of car owners and interacting with tens of thousands more, TCBG has been at the forefront of the online consumer car buying revolution since 2014.
TCBG was voted the 2017 Northern Tech 100 League Table fastest-growing tech company and has developed some great new technology, including an online vehicle pricing tool.
This will enable Aston Barclay to widen the breadth of new products and services it offers to its customers, while TCBG will benefit from the group’s strong IT reputation for launching new technologies designed and developed in-house.
Aston Barclay’s new Wakefield Mega Centre will become home to TCBG, with current CEO Tom Marley moving his 30-strong team to the 18-acre site when it opens in quarter four. Tom will continue to run the business with his current management team and there are plans to double the size of the company and its workforce over the coming years.
Aston Barclay already has a strong relationship with TCBG, selling used cars on its behalf at Donington and Chelmsford. All used car volumes will move to Aston Barclay by the end of 2018, with an increased focus on further building the TCBG brand with buyers across the UK.
The entrepreneurial and disruptive spirit to growing TCBG through new technology and providing a first-class service to its customers fits perfectly with Aston Barclay’s overall strategy of revolutionising the remarketing industry.
TCBG’s CEO Tom Marley said: “We have had a great journey over the past few years in launching and building the business. Becoming part of the Aston Barclay family will provide further support and investment to speed up that growth, and for our brand to become a household name with consumers.”