Mr Paine's returning role includes complete responsibility for further developing LCV sales at Blackbushe, which stages the largest weekly sale of light commercial vehicles anywhere in Europe and regularly offers up to 500 vehicles.

He commented: 'With undercover viewing for hundreds of vehicles and three auction halls each with Live Online running, Blackbushe has an incredible capacity for vans and a dedicated buying base that delivers the best results for sellers. The LCV teams task at Blackbushe is to deliver the stock that matches the buying power – quite a challenge in a market that has been short of vans for some time, but one I am looking forward to helping the team achieve.'

BCA's commercial sales general manager, Duncan Ward added: 'We are delighted to have Steve back at Blackbushe and fully committed to developing our LCV sales programme. His experience and market knowledge will be vital as we grow the commercial sales portfolio at Blackbushe.'