Motorhome manufacturer becomes one of biggest in UK

MOTORHOMES manufacturer Wellhouse Leisure is making a significant investment which will see it become one of the biggest campervan manufacturers in the UK.

The Huddersfield-based business is investing more than £125,000 in new equipment and recruiting ten new staff for its factory to meet demand for its new Ford Terrier campervan. This investment will enable Wellhouse to increase production to 250 vehicles a year, worth over £10.5m, making the Ford Terrier one of the best-selling campervans in the UK.

In addition, Wellhouse Leisure has recruited 16 Ford retailers from across the UK to sell the Terrier, which is the first UK campervan conversion based on the new Ford Transit Custom.

David Elliott, managing director of Wellhouse Leisure, said: “It has been an amazingly positive year for us. We have broken all our sales forecasts and records in 2012 and feel really positive about the next 12 months, which is why we’ve invested in improvements in our factory and already taken on six new people to meet the demand for this great campervan.

“We are also pleased to have had such a strong interest from Ford and its retailers, with 16 who have already placed orders for demonstrators, ranging from small, family-owned companies to some of the largest dealer groups, and even the second oldest Ford dealer in the UK. In addition, we have shown the Terrier to lots of senior Ford management when we were privileged to have the opportunity to show it on the official Ford stand at events such as the Goodwood Festival of Speed, the Commercial Vehicle show and at the Carfest events in the north and south.”

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