CoPart to build Suffolk ‘Super Centre’

Vehicle breaker and re-marketer Copart is to build a giant site on the outskirts of Bury St Edmunds.

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New site to open near Bury St Edmunds

The new Copart Operation Centre on the A143 at Stanton, north of Bury St Edmunds, will now be the largest vehicle storage and processing centre in the UK. There are currently 16 other nationwide sites in strategic locations across the UK.

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The company has announced programme of expansion throughout the UK over the last year, including a major new customer service centre in Bedford, the increase in size of its Bristol Operation Centre, a significant expansion of its owned transport fleet, and the doubling of capacity in Scotland with a new Operation Centre near Glasgow.

 

Published by Greg Whitaker

Editor of CAT Magazine and an experienced motoring journalist @GregWhitaker5

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