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Brighton marine engineering business buy out

Twisted Marine, sister company to North Yorkshire-based Twisted Automotive, is acquiring Brighton-based marine engineering business, West Marine Services Limited. West Marine is an authorised dealer for Volvo Penta, Mercury Marine and Yanmar and the business will strengthen Twisted Marine’s dealership links to support customers across the whole of the south coast.  West Marine, which turns […]

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West Marine appoints new CEO

Marine multi-channel retailer, West Marine, has announced that Eric Kufel will succeed Ken Seipel as chief executive officer. As part of this planned transition, Seipel will become lead independent director of the West Marine board of directors, effective 23 August. Kufel most recently served as executive chairman of Leslie’s, where he partnered with the team to transform Leslie’s into the largest omni-channel […]