About Imperial Commercials

Imperial Commercials is the largest DAF Trucks Dealer in the UK. We have 17 DAF Trucks Dealerships. Our other franchise partners are VW Commercial Vehicles, Ford Commercials, FIAT Professional, MAN Trucks, Renault Trucks, ISUZU Trucks and HINO Trucks. We sell all makes parts and we offer all makes servicing.

Imperial Commercials is committed to supporting truck and van operators to the highest standards, maximising vehicle availability or uptime. We offer a wide range of product and service solutions to meet the varying needs of individual vehicle users.

Our intention is to provide vehicle and after sales packages on an efficient, value for money basis recognising individual applications and needs. Many of our 25 locations are open for service for 24 hours, others for extended hours - giving flexibility and optimising vehicle availability. Of around 850 employees approximately 350 are technician grades.

We have a demonstrable commitment to continuous technical training - for both sales and technical colleagues - including a substantial apprentice programme (currently over 60 apprentices in training).

We also support our customers' interests through industry associate memberships of SOE/IRTE, Freight Transport Association and Road Haulage Association.

About Imperial Holdings Ltd

Imperial Holdings Limited is a South African company which has extensive interests in mobility related activities in Southern Africa, Australia, Germany, Sweden and the United Kingdom.

The organisations has three principle trading arms:

Logistics
Car Rental & Tourism
Motor Vehicle distribution and retailing

Worldwide the group has approximately 38,000 employees. Annual turnover is in the region of £4 Billion.

The logistics division operates in Southern Africa, France, Germany, Lithuania, Netherlands and Poland. It runs a fleet of more than 5,000 trucks and has a large fleet of specialist barges operating on the river Rhine. It has a range of specialist subsidiary operations including fresh food distribution in South Africa, a road tanker fleet, a 4PL logistics company and other niche activities.

Car rental and tourism is based in South Africa where the group holds the Europcar franchise and has trading links with National Car Rental and Alamo.

The motor vehicle division is the South African distributor/importer for Citroen, Daihatsu,Hyundai, Kawasaki, Kia, Renault (a joint venture with Renault) Ssanyong and Toyota Forklift.

The retail operation encompasses around 200 retail motor dealerships including a number of Ford dealerships in Australia, Nissan dealerships in Sweden and in excess of 100 dealerships in South Africa including franchises for Volkswagen, Audi, Mercedes, BMW, Fiat, Bentley, Nissan, Jaguar, Land Rover, Honda, Ford, Mazda, Opel, Suzuki, Isuzu, Volvo, Chrysler and Colt (Mitsubishi).

http://www.imperial.co.za/

Imperial Holdings accounts are now available for 30/6/09, and the link is under 'Audited Preliminary Results'.