Daniel Corby announces plans for Car Auto business to launch from India
Daniel Corby, the founder and ceo of the rapidly expanding 118 Group has announced the plans to roll out the new Car Auto concept from the 118 offices in Salt Lake City and the UK from September
[UKPRwire, Tue Aug 15 2006] 118 Group prepares to launch Car Auto offshoot from India in bid to dominate the used car sales business
Daniel Corby, the founder and CEO of 118 Group, which has developed a number of fast growing businesses in the UK, including 118 trades, the leading directory service and 118 telecoms, the telecom off-shoot has now planned to launch its new car auto business from its call centre in Salt Lake City, Calcutta. Daniel Corby, founder and CEO explains…
“Our centre in Salt Lake City has been chosen to roll out Car Auto alongside the centres in the UK. Salt Lake City has stunning IT infra-structure and the skills of the people there are amazing, hence our decision to roll out the product in tandem from Salt Lake City and the UK. People often talk about companies exporting jobs to India; in this case, this is simply untrue. We are not exporting jobs, we’re creating jobs in the UK and India, and the growth of the operation in India will drive further job creation in the UK in the coming months. Accounts and back office functions will remain in the UK with sales and customer care being provided from Salt Lake City. We acquired the business of Car Auto in June 2006 and the business is planned to go live from late September and we remain completely confident that we can grow the business to become the brand leader within a year or so. It will be grown with the same gusto that we developed 118 trades, which grew to become a household name and brand leader within the directory business within just a year. 118 trades now have 40,000 active customers and this number continues to grow. 118 trades is handled from operations in both the UK and India”
Notes to editors
118 Group continues to grow in advance of a planned AIM float in 2007 / 2008. The group takes in 118 trades, 118 telecoms, 118 gethitched, Fido Local and Car Auto. A specialist New Media sales team will operate and develop relationships with advertising agencies across the UK. Customers of the group already include household names like Direct Line Insurance, British Gas plc, Dynolocks and Mercedes Benz.
118 Group is currently being groomed for a planned AIM float in 2007 / 2008 and has recently appointed Richard Allan as Chairman. The board includes founder and CEO Daniel Corby, Bradley Chapman as Commercial Director and Richard Allan.
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