that is written like an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . august 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message the trade centre wales industry automotive genre used car sales founder mark bailey headquarters neath wales number of locations neath merthyr tydfil abercynon cardiff north area served south wales key people mark bailey chairman andy coulthurst ceo products used cars number of employees 300 website thetradecentrewales.co.uk the trade centre wales is wales largest used car sales company their headquarters is based in neath wales . contents 1 advertising 2 neath head office 2.1 workshop facility 3 the part exchange outlet 4 cardiff north 5 profit track 100 6 kit klub 7 references advertising edit the company are known around south wales for their advertisements heard on 96.4 the wave 102.1 bay radio real radio and 106.3 bridge fm . the adverts are recorded by mike doyle and feature fictional characters including trevor and mario from maesteg . one advert featured the fictional character trevor voiced by doyle repeatedly singing the lyrics cars for a pound over the tune of william tell . their adverts have a comedy feel to them . at the end of each advert a jingle is played with the lyrics trade centre wales we ve got the car for you followed by trevor saying tell them trevor sent you . 1 these advertisements won an award in the commercial radio station creative category at the annual arqiva commercial radio awards . 2 the voice of trevor was created by swansea bay radio which helped to promote the company . the company had negative feedback about their advertisements at first stating that people felt they were making fun of local accents . 3 neath head office edit the trade centre wales neath is the supermarkets head office and is home to their 2.8 m state of the art workshop facility located on on the a465 just off j43 on the m4 . tcw workshop in neath workshop facility edit the trade centre wales invested 2.8 million 4 in a new workshop facility investing both in the business and the local community . located in neath abbey the new facility is the largest of its kind within wales . with 32 ramps in total equipment and a paint shop facility the new workshop is designed to support and service both the trade centre wales sites in merthyr tydfil and neath and soon to be opening cardiff north branch . 5 the part exchange outlet edit part exchange outlet merthyr the trade centre wales merthyr part exchange outlet opened in 2010 and is the budget arm of the trade centre wales business . the part exchange outlet supply s over 350 cars with prices ranging from as little as 1999 or just 10 per week . cardiff north edit cardiff north a470 abercynon the trade centre wales acquired land just north of cardiff off the a470 6 spanning 7 acres of sales pitch . on the 1st july 2016 cardiff north opened its doors making it the largest used car pitch in wales . on the first day of trading the trade centre wales cardiff north sold 66 cars and over 1 500 units by the end of its first month doubling it s monthly profit record . ceo andy coulthurst said this resulted in a 70 % increase in group turnover in the month to 11 000 000 and doubling pre tax profits to 2 000 000 . 7 andy coulthurst also confirmed the groups plan to open a new site in south wales by mid 2017 and expect to expand into england in 2018 with a site in the south west or midlands . profit track 100 edit in 2015 the trade centre wales ranked 30th out of 100 on the sunday times bdo profit track 100 one of only three welsh companies . 8 kit klub edit the trade centre wales has sponsored over 100 sports teams over the years . the teams sponsored range from grass roots sports teams up to large teams such as the ospreys rfc . kit klub launched in 2010 with the promotion being dealt with by heart fm formally real radio . each year through 2010 and 2011 20 grass roots sports teams were given the chance to win a kit for their team . there was a big presentation evening where local rugby stars such as adam jones attended to present the kit . since then the kit klub scheme now runs throughout the year given that the trade centre wales is so heavily involved within the community the requests for support are overwhelming they ve now extended such funds of advertising to various other appeals such as marathon runners . the trade centre wales kit klub scheme also maintains a permanent sponsorship with abergavenny town and merthyr town fc . references edit trade centre wales . retrieved 2009 02 05 . trade centre trev scoops radio oscar . archived from the original on december 21 2008 . retrieved 2009 02 09 . trevor wins uk prize for radio station . walesonline . 2008 07 31 . retrieved 2009 02 09 . lyster gordon . trade centre wales invest 2.8 million in vehicle prep facility motor trade news . www.motortradenews.com . retrieved 2016 09 11 . we plan to open the largest workshop facility in wales . 2015 05 27 . retrieved 2016 09 11 . big money deals are a sign of growth of newport based property developer . south wales argus . retrieved 2016 05 03 . new trade centre wales site doubles monthly profit record . www.motortrader.com . retrieved 2016 09 11 . twk . league table fast track . retrieved 2016 09 11 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title trade centre wales & oldid 740614601 categories neathcompanies of waleshidden categories articles with a promotional tone from august 2016all articles with a promotional tone navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated 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