Hitachi Capital acquires Driving Instructor Centre

Middlesex-based car finance providers Hitachi Capital Vehicle Solutions has acquired Wigston-based The Driving Instructor Centre, a provider of dual-control vehicles, for £11.8 million.


Middlesex-based car finance providers Hitachi Capital Vehicle Solutions has acquired Wigston-based The Driving Instructor Centre, a provider of dual-control vehicles, for £11.8 million.

Middlesex-based car finance providers Hitachi Capital Vehicle Solutions has acquired Wigston-based The Driving Instructor Centre, a provider of dual-control vehicles, for £11.8 million.

Launched in the late 1980s, The Driving Instructor Centre employs 50 people and supplies some 3,200 contract hire and lease vehicles a year to a wide range of independent driving schools across the country. The company has stated that it has ambitions to expand into a nationwide network of dual-control vehicle centres.

Mark West, director of The Driving Instructor Centre, said: “There is now greater demand for dual-control cars, and we envisage that with the support and financial backing of our new owner, the business will continue to expand.”




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