Ipswich-based dealer Orwell Motorcycles has a new director who, it says, will bring new commercial experience and enthusiasm to the operation. Local businessman Andrew Jay (below) is a close associate of Orwell owners Dave Willis and Rob Walters and has been advising the partners for several years.
Jay, who grew up in Otley, started riding bikes in muddy fields and is a keen motorcyclist. “Over the years, Orwell Motorcycles has done work on bikes I have owned,” he said. “I have bought motorcycles from the business, so I have a long association with it.”
Dave Willis said: “Andrew and I will combine our business and people skills to develop the team here to ensure the service we offer to our customers and our internal team just gets better and better. Through this, we will define our business as being better than anything else out there!”
Alongside the new appointment of Jay as director, Rob Walters has resigned as director and sold his shares in the business – though he’ll continue to help out in the workshop and deliver bikes.