A HARDWORKING salesman has taken his next step in the motor industry with a promotion.

Sam Goddard, 24, has been promoted to senior sales executive at Arthurs Vauxhall in Oswestry.

He is now the senior sales person at the Oswestry branch of award-winning Arthurs when sales manager William Edwards is away from the dealership.

Retail operator, David Goldthorpe, said: “It is the first time that Arthurs has appointed a senior sales executive as back-up to the sales manager.

“Sam has absolute earned the promotion. He has returned exceptionally good sales this year and I am confident he will go from strength to strength with us.”

Sam, of Whittington, was completely new to the motor trade when he joined Arthurs in 2015.

And David Goldthorpe believes that with his promotion Arthurs has the youngest sales management team in the Vauxhall network.