Platts Garage closes after 80 years
12 August 2018
A loss making fifth generation family business has closed its doors and the site sold to a used car supermarket.
In a statement on social media, Fiat, Alfa Romeo, Abarth and Jeep retailer, Platts Garage, of Staffordshire, said: “After 80 years trading in Stoke-on-Trent it is with a heavy heart that Platts Garage Ltd will be ceasing trading. The Platt and Littler family would like to thank everyone we have had dealings with over the years.”
Its accounts to the year ended February 2017 revealed a loss of £356,000 and £198,000 in 2016. This February it sold the lease on another site, in nearby Stafford, to Stoneacre.
Platts’ 3.5 acre base in Stoke-on-Trent and all the staff have been taken over by Motordepot, its fifth acquisition in the past year. This follows a similar move last month with a centre in Sheffield which is now being refurbished and is due to open this autumn.
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