Digraph has announced the opening of 16 new branches in six months in an “industry shake up”.

Made possible by investment from Sukhpal Singh Ahluwalia and Euro Car Parts, the new branches will create an additional 164 jobs and runs parallel to the acquisitions of similar businesses and expansion of existing sites.

The new outlets are spread across the UK from Glasgow in the north, to Crawley in the south. Branch expansions and upgrades are happening in Gloucester, Northampton, Nuneaton and Stoke.

The Northwich branch is relocating to larger premises in Ellesmere Port, which the company hopes will treble the stock holding and give improved deliveries to the customer base.

Sukhpal said: “Locations, stock and logistics are relatively straightforward - indeed we once opened 12 Euro Car Parts branches in a single day. Our challenge is to find the right people and partners to join us in delivering our vision of market-leading customer service nationwide. We are building our new branches around the best team players.

“We are shaking up the industry in other ways too, with major investment in stock ranges, accelerated delivery speeds and added-value programmes, as we continue to build the UK’s most powerful team.”

Brand new Digraph branches are also planned for:

  • Bristol
  • Cardiff
  • Carlisle
  • Crawley
  • Farnborough
  • Glasgow
  • Heathrow
  • Leeds
  • Leighton Buzzard
  • Manchester
  • Norwich
  • Peterborough
  • Preston
  • Reading
  • Swindon
  • Woodford Green