WHEELS: Dorset Chamber has welcomed Ocean Automotive as a new platinum business partner. Chamber chief executive Ian Girling, left, shakes on the deal with Elliott Onaran, who is head of business at Ocean Automotive (Picture: Dorset Chamber)
Ocean Automotive is in the driving seat as a new platinum business partner at Dorset Chamber.
The group represents the Audi and Volvo brands in Dorset and Somerset, selling both new and approved used cars, along with manufacturer approved vehicles. It also has accident repair centres in Poole and Yeovil.
Dorset Chamber’s business partner programme is for members which wish to make a greater contribution to the organisation and the business community.
It is the county’s leading business support organisation and has nearly 700 members representing more than 37,000 employees.
Dorset Chamber chief executive Ian Girling said: “Ocean Automotive is a progressive and dynamic company whose values match our own.
“It brings great energy and integrity to the ranks of our business partners as a business with an excellent reputation and passion for its field.
“We look forward to developing a strong relationship with Ocean Automotive as our Automotive Partner to help further raise its profile while supporting the business community and growth of the local economy.”
The Ocean Automotive group has 270 staff based at Poole Audi, Yeovil Audi and Volvo Cars Poole as well as two accident repair businesses – Poole Accident Repair and Yeovil Accident Repair.
Gail Polkinghorne, Ocean Automotive managing director, said: “I am delighted to continue and expand our longstanding partnership with Dorset Chamber.
“Our shared commercial values and our combined passion for the success of business in the wider Dorset community make this the perfect partnership. Myself and our teams look forward to our future work together.”
Ocean Automotive has a mission to ‘deliver a customer experience as prestigious as the brands it represents’. Its four key values are: energy, expertise, pride and integrity.
Its businesses in Poole and Yeovil are the only Audi-approved centres in Dorset, West Hampshire, Dorchester and Somerset. Its Volvo Cars Poole business is the only approved Volvo service and parts centre in Dorset.
Poole Audi is in Old Wareham Road, Poole. Yeovil Audi is in Mead Avenue, on the Houndstone Business Park in Yeovil. Volvo Cars Poole is on Ringwood Road in Poole.
Dorset Chamber, the county’s voice of business, has vision to ‘enabling better lives through business’.
It has two Premier Business, 21 Platinum Business Partners and a variety of membership tiers from entry level through to associate, depending on a business’ needs.
The chamber is the only one in Dorset accredited to the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC).
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