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Pulman ŠKODA Showroom turns one!

**It’s been a full year since Pulman ŠKODA opened its brand new £2-million-pound bespoke showroom at Belmont, Durham just off the A690. **

It’s been a whirlwind 12 months for Pulman ŠKODA accumulating in numerous events, a launch of their in-house Café Dafté; became authorised repairer for Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles; introduced a Yoga and Pilates Studio; welcomed three brand new ŠKODA models including the Superb, Octavia and the award winning Kodiaq and even expanded their used vehicle forecourt to include used commercial vehicles.

Growing from only 4 members of staff at Pulman ŠKODA to over 44. Retaining their title as the ŠKODA UK New Car Retailer of the year for 2016, as well as winning awards for best Motability retailer and Fleet Excellence performance. They have truly achieved a lot in such a short period of time. Pulman pride themselves on delivering a fantastic customer experience, putting these achievements to the hardworking Pulman People.

Ian Jarvis, Pulman ŠKODA Sales Manager comments: “It’s been a fantastic year for Pulman ŠKODA. We have this amazing showroom and have welcomed many new Pulman people whom together have delivered that fantastic customer experience. Winning awards for new car, motability and fleet performances is a credit to each member of the team. More importantly we want to thank all our customers, followers and fans for their support and of course for choosing Pulman.”

The state-of-the-art showroom is home to the Café Dafté, an in-house Café that serves fresh and restaurant quality food. Café Dafté is also celebrating its one-year anniversary by launching a brand new menu in the coming weeks. Sam Gilhom, Café Manager comments: “We are very excited to launch our new menu. The feedback and customer support over the last 12 months has really helped us develop our menu ensuring we provide high quality freshly made dishes made from locally produced ingredients.”

Of course you don’t have to be a Pulman ŠKODA customer to enjoy the Café Dafté menu, as they are open to the public for both takeaways or to sit in. Many customers have enjoyed Café Dafté so far with over an astonishing 93,000 cups of coffee and tea served since opened! Pulman ŠKODA are certainly a unique car retailer, with its solar energy showroom (saving 22,00 KW of energy last year no less), courtesy bikes, cars and vans, in-house Café and Yoga studio and of course delivering that Pulman fantastic customer experience. We look forward to seeing what the next year holds – happy birthday Pulman ŠKODA.

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