McAMS, the award-winning motorcycle accident management company, is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year with news that it is experiencing “massive growth” and has almost doubled in size over the past two years.
When national sales manager Dan Cole joined McAMS in 2013 as a regional team manager there were six business development managers on the road to liaise with dealers. That team now numbers 11.
“We have grown massively, particularly over the past couple of years,” said Cole, who revealed the company helped 2256 riders with insurance claims in 2017 – a total boosted by the increasing number of motorcycle couriers nationwide.
A big part of McAMS’ service is to provide hire machines while the insurance claim is processed. The company, which has a fleet of 1500 hire bikes, says it spends around £1.3million per year purchasing new motorcycles and is now one of the UK’s largest buyers, working closely with manufacturers such as Yamaha, Honda and Suzuki.
Last year it bought more than 800 new motorcycles from one dealer and experienced a record June this year when it hired out 351 machines. As an illustration of how business is growing, Cole revealed that hires had increased from 89 vehicles in January 2014 to 143 in January 2017. June this year was its business month ever, when 351 hire bikes were delivered.
The company’s turnover has grown from £3.4 million in 2011 to £11.25 million last year.
“McAMS has provided 10 years of service,” said Cole. “Some people think we are a fairly new company but the message is getting out to motorcycle dealers that there is a company out there that can help them; that when it’s a little bit quiet in the winter there’s a company out there that can produce work and help boost the workshop and get revenue into the business.”
Full story in the October issue of BDN.
Pictured are Dan Cole and company founder/sales director Valentina Slater