JCT600
{{Short description|English group of car dealerships}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2022}}
{{Use British English|date=November 2020}}
{{Infobox company
| name = JCT600 Ltd
| logo = JCT600 logo grey.jpg
| type = Motor Retail Group
| industry = Automotive
| foundation = 1946
| founder = Jack Tordoff
| location = Apperley Lane, Bradford
| num_locations = 53
| num_locations_year = 2023
| area_served = Yorkshire
Derbyshire
Lincolnshire
North East
Nottinghamshire
| key_people = John Tordoff (CEO)
| revenue = £1.3 billion
| revenue_year = 2021
| profit = £45 million
| profit_year = 2021
| num_employees = 2,000–2,500
| num_employees_year = 2022
| homepage = https://www.jct600.co.uk/
}}
JCT600 Ltd is an English group of privately-owned car dealerships. The company operates in Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Derbyshire, and the north east, and has 53 dealerships.{{cite web|title=Apperley Bridge firm in confident mood|url=http://www.wharfedaleobserver.co.uk/news/8729241.Car_dealers_set_to_end_the_year_on_a_high/|website=Wharfedale and Airedale Observer|date=15 December 2010|access-date=16 January 2015}}
Company history
The company, a family-owned business, in 1946 as a single garage shop on Sticker Lane in Bradford. Originally called Tordoff Motors, the company was established by Edward Tordoff, before being taken on by his son, Jack. Jack Tordoff was a successful rally driver in the 1960s and 1970s and winner of the Circuit of Ireland Rally in 1973. Tordoff developed the business over the next 70-plus years, founding JCT600{{what|date=January 2024|reason=This is confusing- was a new company founded, or was Tordoff Motors renamed?}}, before his son and current chief executive officer, John Tordoff, took over in 2002. Jack Tordoff died aged 86 in 2021 following a lengthy illness.{{cite web|date=4 October 2021|title=Bradford businessman Jack Tordoff, founder of JCT600, dies|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-58793701|access-date=5 August 2022|website=BBC}}
The company name, JCT600, came from the personal number plate of a Mercedes-Benz 600 owned by Jack Tordoff, which he also used on his Porsche when he won the Circuit of Ireland Rally.{{cite web|title=Sunday Times Rich List 2014: the 20 wealthiest people in Yorkshire|url=http://www.examiner.co.uk/news/west-yorkshire-news/sunday-times-rich-list-2014-7140426|website=Huddersfield Daily Examiner|access-date=1 June 2015|date=19 May 2014}} The company employs over 2,400 colleagues, is one of UK's largest motor retailers, and has been a family-owned business for four generations{{cite web |title=History of JCT600 |url=https://www.jct600.co.uk/pages/about-us/the-history-of-jct600/ |access-date=1 September 2022 |website=www.jct600.co.uk}}{{third-party inline|date=January 2024}}
Sponsorship
JCT600 sponsors Bradford City AFC, a fourth-division English football (soccer) club. This is one of the longest running partnerships in English Football League History{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}. In July 2022, they established a three-year sponsorship deal which will extend the current agreement through to the 2025–26 season.{{cite web |title=JCT600 TO CONTINUE AS 'THE DRIVING FORCE BEHIND THE BANTAMS' |url=https://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/news/2022/july/jct600-to-continue-as-the-driving-force-behind-the-bantams/ |access-date=1 September 2022 |website=www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk }} JCT600 founder Jack Tordoff was an honorary life president and was a lifelong supporter of Bradford City AFC, regularly taking his two sons to Valley Parade throughout their childhood.
Manufacturers
The company sells new cars from the following brands:{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}
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- Aston Martin
- Audi
- Bentley
- BMW
- Cupra
- Ferrari
- Jaguar
- Kia
- Land Rover
- Lotus
- Maserati
- Mercedes Benz
- MINI
- Porsche
- Rolls-Royce Motors
- SEAT
- Smart
- Volkswagen
- Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles
}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.jct600.co.uk/ Official Website]
Category:Auto dealerships of the United Kingdom