Pictured: David Goode, Copper Solutions' new 'man in the chair'

A Warwickshire firm made the winning bid when it came to getting their man for a new position monitoring the company's car auction site.

Cooper Solutions, based in Barford, has hired David Goode as its 'man in the chair' to monitor activity on its trade vehicle auction site FullAuction, which operates over 100 live used car auctions at any given time.

The firm, which designs web-based solutions for over 1,000 UK franchised car dealers, acted quickly to get their man and he joined the company just two days after coming in for an initial interview.

The 59-year-old, from Kenilworth, has considerable experience of the automotive industry having previously been employed across Warwick and Stratford-upon-Avon with Rybrook BMW and MINI.

"I came for an interview on Monday, came into the office to get a bit of inside experience of the company the following day and was offered the job on Wednesday, so it was a bit of a whirlwind," said Goode.

"I love it here. In fact I even said that if I wasn't being paid I would still like to keep coming in! It's such good fun, the people are great and the work is really interesting."

Full Auction is just one of Cooper Solutions' suite of web-based products for automotive dealerships which includes well-known brands FullCover, FullForecast and FullControl for courtesy car insurance, financial management and used car stock control respectively.

Barry Cooper, managing director at Cooper Solutions, said: "We are delighted to have David on board and I am sure his experience and expertise will prove invaluable.

"David's appointment comes at an important time in the development of FullAuction as it continues to attract an increasing number of buyers, produce strong selling prices and significantly reduce costs for both buyers and sellers."