Profits up at Charles Hurst

First time contributions from the Charles Hurst motor business in Belfast helped to lift annual profits to over £8 million sterling at the Lookers motor group where Woodchester holds a minority 29.9 per cent stake. Woodchester is to pay around £4 million to buy the remaining 49 per cent interest in Lookers' Planned Motoring, a British contract hire concern with around 3,500 vehicles on its books. Page 2