It has paid off for Beevis – he grew profits at Perrys Aylesbury by £1.2 million in his first year, which contributed to him winning the AM Award for general manager of the year.

However, when he joined Perrys as an accounts assistant in 1998, aged 17, he never expected  it would lead to the position he holds today.

“It was just a summer job for me to pay for a holiday,” he said. But the allure of the sales floor was overwhelming and by 2001, Beevis was selling cars at Perrys Milton Keynes.

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