Are you creating the life you want?

Is the question we ask ourselves, everyday! Your life is a journey, it’s one we’d love to be part of, maybe we can help or enrich that journey? We’ve turned a traditional approach on its head. Usually businesses consider... what results do we want? And then… how can we get employees on board with that? We flipped it and asked… if employees have complete clarity on their personal goals and are inspired to focus and learn, what could we both achieve? So if a university isn't upset when students graduate and leave, let's acknowledge that our team and any future members are on their own journey. The more we teach you, the better we treat you, the longer your journey with us will be. Below is snapshot of the area we help our team.

Life coach

A free, confidential life coach visits monthly to help employees plan the steps necessary to achieve their goals.

PDB

As further encouragement, employees receive £150 per year personal learning budget to be spent on any activity that involves learning something new. It’s been used for lessons on scuba diving, cooking, sign language, dancing, driving and much more.

MAPS

Clear career progression pathways have been created with an internal management development programme and the introduction of personal development plans ensures that every employee can access the right support to achieve their goals.

Work Life Balance

As the first dealer Group in Norwich to address work life balance by offering 5-day rotas through to offering choices between pay awards or extra annual leave, employees choosing what best meets their needs is the focus of the Group.

Colourworks

Colour Works to provide you with a personal profile that uses an accessible, memorable colour system to give you an insight into your typical behaviours and how you interact with others. The profile has been registered with the British Psychological Society (BPS) and not only is this useful for your personal development but it will also help you when dealing with customers, colleagues and even with your family and personal relationships.

MindSpan

Mindspan looks beyond the common ideas of positive thinking to help you examine how your daily mindset can be enhanced, modified and re-trained to unlock your potential and achieve new limits of performance and fulfilment. Naturally, this overflows into the personal space and better work/life balance, lower stress and greater personal satisfaction all lead to a healthier and happier you!

Personal Goals

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Good Egg

Employee Benefits

Meet the team!

Don't just take our word for it

Our average length of service is 11 years, and however long they stay, our employee survey results tell us we have a happy, motivated workforce focussed on creating the lives they want.

Darren started with Holden Motors Volvo in May 1988 as a Service Technician. He then transferred to Holden Western Ltd (Chrysler Jeep) in February 2000. In August 2006 he transferred to Reliance Garage Ltd and then transferred to Holden Volvo October 2011

Date started: 23/05/1988
Age started: 21
Years: 30

Darren Sexton

Phil started as a Sales Executive with Reliance Garage Ltd in February 1992. He then became fleet Sales Manager in November 1992. Then he was promoted to New Vehicle Sales Manager for Reliance Garage in April 1997 and in January 2013 he was promoted to Group General Sales Manager.

Date started: 03/02/1992
Age started: 29
Years: 26

Philip Miller

Ana joined us from another motor dealership with further experience in the communications industry and is a great modern addition to the Holden Group sales team. Watch out lads, there's new competition!
Age started: 31
Years: 1 year 3 months

Ana Riberio

Sharon started as a Sales Administrator Assistant with Holden Motors Volvo in 1987. She then transferred to Holden & Holden as Group Vehicle Stock Books Controller in September 2005 and then changed role to Sales Ledger Clerk/Credit Controller in April 2006.

Date started: 15/06/1987
Age started: 22
Years: 31

Sharon Vout

Alex started as an apprentice in 2018. He has joined the group as our Digital Assistant and is currently studying Digital Marketing & Communications Level 3 at City College, Norwich.

Date started 09/01/18
Age started 16
Years: 1 year 6 months

Alex Pollard

Michelle cocker started as a Purchase Ledge Clerk. Whilst assisting in accounts Michelle has gone on to complete her HR qualifications, Level 3 Foundation Certificate in HR practice and CIPD Level 5 Intermediate Diploma in HR management and is now an Assoc CIPD.

Date started: 01/03/2001
Age started: 32
Years: 18

Michelle Cocker

Dariusz joined us from a recruitment drive as a Trainee Sales Executive in 2011 at Holden Honda. He had a background in catering and hospitality but had no previous experience in the automotive industry. Within 2 years Dariusz progressed from an excellent salesman to Senior Sales Executive at Holden Renault and won our Sales Executive of the Year Award in 2015 beating all other sales executives from our 3 franchises.

Dariusz Wlodarczyk

Simon Woods joined us junior service advisor, with a keen interest and background in IT, he quickly became an assistant to the IT manager and now heads up the IT & Communications for the group and has an assistant aiding his day to day workload.

Date started: 10/09/2001
Age started: 25
Years: 18