BAT Acquired by Ginetta Cars

BAT Acquired by Ginetta Cars

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gtsralph

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From BaT

November 2018 Newsletter

The more eagle-eyed BaT members will have noticed a lack of newsletters recently. That doesn't mean we haven't been the usual busy-bees in the BaT office - as the announcement below will explain!

Ginetta Cars Ltd Acquire BaT

BookaTrack.com Ltd are delighted to announce the acquisition by Ginetta Cars Ltd at the end of the year.

The business will continue in the same format, offering an improved track day calendar and car storage services from our facility at Donington Park. The workshop will continue to service and repair Caterhams, but the showroom will be rebranded to retail Ginetta sportscars.

Sarah Leroux maintains a shareholding and will continue in her role as Managing Director. "Having spent 20 years building this business to where it is now, it makes me very proud that a company of the size and stature of Ginetta Cars Ltd would see the benefit in having BaT as its shop-front and with the additional resources available from such a well established and successful group we will be able to make significant improvements at BaT very quickly."

Lawrence Tomlinson (owner of Ginetta Cars Ltd and LNT Group Ltd) said "We're delighted to support Sarah and BaT in the next chapter of their success. BaT have an impressive customer base and also a strong reputation in the sportscar market for creating an exciting experience. We look forward to supporting Sarah in improving this further for all of BaT's customers. It's our pleasure to welcome BaT into the Ginetta family."

Rental Fleet Changes

As part of the change in ownership, the existing Caterham track day rental fleet will be replaced with Ginettas for the 2019 season. As a result, we have a number of ex-rental Caterhams available for sale

gtsralph

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Turn7 said:
Plus one on Jonny, a true Gent.....
According to Companies House filings, all shares were transferred to Sarah Laroux on September 30. Currently John and Sarah Laroux are the two remaining directors. Looks like some restructuring was being undertaken, perhaps in preparation for changes.

gtsralph

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Tuesday 11th December 2018
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BaT Facebook..

"This week our founding Director Jonny Leroux said goodbye to BookaTrack. We would like to thank him for his years of service and dedication, he will be sorely missed. Jonny will no longer be part of BookaTrack so we kindly ask all clients to no longer make contact with him regarding matters relating to the business. We're sure you'll all agree after many years of service he deserves to put his feet up!"