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Road to success: Russell Automotive Centre Russell Automotive Centre and Garage Express Specialising in Audi, Volkswagen, Seat, Skoda and Bentley, Russell Automotive Centre is a multi-award-winning business based in north-west London. Following its success, the ambitious businesses owners later established Garage Express as a sister business to cater for all makes and models. Despite a bumpy start, both workshops are now highly successful. In an exclusive interview for GW, Jane Russell talks through her business highs and lows. Location: Kingsbury, London Owners: Jane and Steve Russell The big issue: Balancing business
A leap of faith, plenty of planning and a little self-confidence will ride you through the bumps, explains Jane Russell who runs two successful garage businesses while juggling family life. STARTING any business is daunting but opening up a new garage in the weeks before Christmas, while continuing to run a separate business and caring for a newly born child is a whole lot harder, or so I imagine. It’s exactly what Jane and Steve Russell experienced while preparing to open the doors of Russell Automotive Centre for the first time in 2007. As a VAG specialist, London’s new main dealer alternative quickly filled a gap in the market and soon established itself among local Audi
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