General News

Carado Comes To Brownhills.

Brownhills Motorhome Limited, Europe’s largest motorhome retailer, has  introduced  the Carado range, made by Hymer, at all its UK sites this month.

Adria leads the way in After Sales:

Adria Concessionaires are leading the way forward in After Sales service to its customers.  Constant development of the Spares and Warranty department have strengthened their After Sales Service with the introduction of newly developed Spares and Warranty procedure.

Award winning Highbridge appointed Rapido dealer.

Highbridge Caravans, who was recently voted a 2008 Sovereign Awards Winner by Practical Motorhome readers, has been appointed a Dealer for Rapido Motorhomes. The first Rapido to be sold was collected last week with a full order book to follow over the coming months.

Chelston's Massive New Outdoor Leisure Store opens 14th March

Chelston announce the Official Launch of their Brand New Outdoor Leisure Store.
It takes place on the weekend of 14th-16th March at Chelston near Wellington in Somerset.

£20m Investment in Brownhills Secures Company Growth

Tom Booth took over at the Brownhills Group in October 2007 as CEO with clear instructions from shareholders.  The objective was to complete a balance sheet and footprint review in order to strengthen the company and enhance it’s overall offering to the motorhome community.  The culmination of this work is that the company is now able to announce a subject to contract agreement to a massive £20m financial re-engineering of the balance sheet which includes £7m of new investment and which will facilitate improvements in motorhome marques and facilities offered across all sites. The new structure focuses on sales, aftercare, finance, stock and franchising. This allows Brownhills; Europes largest motorhome retailer, to continue to build its reputation as the only major player who also chooses to operate exclusively in the motorhome sector, thereby avoiding dilution of resource and knowledge by remaining outside other sectors such as caravanning and camping.

The Spring Show for all Caravan & Motorhome Owners

The UK Caravan & Motorhome Spring Fair is taking place on March 15th & 16th at Newark Showground, Newark-On-trent, Nottinghamshire.

After a fantastic first event in 2007, this year's show has doubled in size with many more exhibitors including many big names such as Brownhills and Camoping International as well over 100 other useful Trade Stands. Day and evening entertainment has been organised for all those staying for the weekend in their motorhome or caravan.

SAFEGUARD'S AWARD-WINNING WEBSITE

Safeguard’s newly launched website - www.safeguarduk.co.uk – has been awarded the Best Website by Caravan Magazine in their annual insurance survey of the UK’s leading insurance companies.

CAREFREE WINS TOP OVERSEAS TRAVEL AWARD.

The French Government Tourist Office has awarded Carefree, The Camping and Caravanning Club’s specialist overseas travel service,  the Best Camping/Mobile Home Operator for 2008.

Announced at the recent Maison de la France Tour Operator Awards, the award was judged by a panel of organisations which encourage overseas visitors to visit France.

It’s the first time that this award has been presented to a touring caravan, motorhome or tent operator such as Carefree.

NEW MOTORCARAVAN HANDBOOK

‘Motorcaravanning Handbook – Buying, Selling, Enjoying’ is a new publication offering invaluable advice and answers on choosing, buying and using a motorcaravan.

TIMBERLAND APPOINTED AUTO-TRAIL DEALER

Timberland Motorhomes, one of the UK’s leading manufacturers of van converted motorhomes, has been appointed a dealer for Auto-Trail.

Timberland is now able to offer customers their own multi-award winning motorhomes plus models from Burstner, Adria and Auto-Trail.