Ben Archer and Neil Timmins have both been newly appointed directors at Arbury Motor Group.

Timmins (pictured right) has been with the company since it was founded in 2000, starting as sales executive before progressing to his current role as general manager at Nissan and Peugeot Leamington Spa.

In 2012 he was awarded Peugeot European Dealer of the Year and has been in the top 10 Peugeot dealerships Guild of Gold Lion awards for the previous six years, twice taking the top spot.

He will continue to run the Leamington centre.

Archer (left) joined Arbury in 2004 as a fleet sales executive and is now general manager of Arbury’s Nissan and Peugeot dealership in Bromsgrove. He will also continue in this role.

Bromsgrove has also been in the top five Peugeot dealers in the UK in previous years. The group’s Nissan dealership was named the most improved Nissan centre in 2015.

The two join the current board of six directors – David Stenning, Neil Barrett, Anthony Archer, Giles Archer, Paul Goodwin and Angus Wiseman.

Arbury has five franchises – Peugeot, Nissan, Skoda, Fiat and Citroen - at 10 dealerships in the West Midlands, Warwickshire and Staffordshire.