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• Renault has bought Reading Transport's Bennet Road commercial workshop for more than £.2m and plans to open a new dealership on the site. Renault Trucks Reading — a wholly-owned subsidiary of the manufacturer will invest a total of £3m setting up the new dealership.
The site, within a mile of Junction 11 on the M4. will be the home of one of Renault's flagship dealers. it will be fully open in 1991 after Reading Buses' bodyshop has moved to its new home near the town's cattle market.
When fully opened the new dealership will employ 50 to 60 people.
Renault Reading will provide cover for the Thames Valley and the M40-M4-M3 area including a 24hr recovery service. The main workshop is 1,400 m2 (12,000 ft) and will include a 33m (100 ft) long MoT prep lane complete with rolling road and tacho facilities.