“We are delighted to have acquired TruckEast, which is a business in an excellent state of health all round”, comments John. “We will now be focusing on strengthening further and building upon the customer led service culture developed by Martin and his team.”

TruckEast was formed in January 2006 as a result of a merger between the former local dealer, Derek Jones Commercials Ltd and Ro-Truck Ltd, based in Stowmarket. David Hall, who has been with the business for almost 18 year’s comments “This is a great opportunity for us to move TruckEast forward. We have a superb product range, great staff and an excellent customer base.”

“From our point of view, it is good to see the expertise of key members of any Scania UK team remaining within the organisation,” comments Dan Hoij, Managing Director of Scania (Great Britain) Ltd. “We now wish TruckEast every success for the future and look forward to seeing the business continue to prosper and grow.”

“I would also like to thank Vernon Broom, Martin Broom and Philip Addinall, the outgoing Chairman, Managing Director and Finance Director of TruckEast respectively, for the contribution they and their team have made to the success of Scania over the past 14 years.”

As a consequence of the moves, Chris Kelly, Keltruck’s founder and Chairman, will take up the position of Managing Director for the West Bromwich based company. In addition, Andrew Jamieson, currently Aftersales Director for TruckEast will be joining Keltruck as Aftersales Director.