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Car & Classic
Classic vehicle marketplace
- 21-100 employees
- B2C
- Marketplace
- Cars
- City of London, London, UK
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Company mission
To build the safest, fastest way to buy and sell cars with the greatest choice in the world.
8% employee growth in 12 months
Our take
Since its conception in 2005, Car & Classic has become Europe’s largest classic car community and the world’s largest free classified website for classic and specialist vehicles.
There are other players in the field, but whilst Pistonheads caters for modern classics, Car & Classic is the first port of call for older, rare classics. Buyers can bid on vehicles via the website’s new auction feature, which is void of any hidden costs or fees and, unlike eBay, the auction extends if last-minute bids are made, ensuring sellers truly receive the amount their vehicle deserves.
The site has slowly accrued several millions of users, estimating that it facilitates £4.4 billion worth of transactions every year. Its market position grew after being acquired by Cazana, which is considered the leading site for valuations for insurance loss care.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Benefits
- Stock options
- Flexible working
- Life cover
- Mental health support
- Development budget
- Smart health
- Enhanced parental leave
- 33 days holiday
- Equipment
Company values
- Care and fair: They care about others; about each other, their work, customers, and vision. They show they care through our actions. They are also fair in all dealings
- Take ownership: They take ownership of their work, problems, actions and those of their teams. They enjoy accountability as they love autonomy
- Do things: They know there is no job that anyone is too good for. They recognise things that need doing if they want to make a difference and be successful
- Get involved: They turn up and work together. They tap into the collective intelligence and capabilities of their teams and push things forward together
- Curious not furious: Whilst passionate, they like to ask questions. They try to be free of ego, and understand better. They challenge each other, but respectfully
- Celebrate success: They work for and celebrate successes as if they were their own wins. They celebrate outcomes, results, actions and lessons learned
Leadership
Tom Wood
(Director)Previously co-founded Cazana, acting as CEO, Kudan, ArgentVision, and Wingmap. Served as Non-Executive Director of onebite, Director of Goode International, Severn-Lamb, Clifton Cowley Innovation Finance, Resource IP Limited, and Xylotek. Worked as a Consultant Engineer for PA Consulting Group, Head of Digital for The Brand Plant, and as an Investment Banking Technologist for Deutsche Bank.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Car & Classic
- All of our job descriptions are reviewed to remove all types of bias. This includes gender, age, ethnicity, ability and affinity. We also make sure they are easy to read for our target audience too
- Throughout our process, you'll get to meet a range of people that you'll work with regularly. We'll do our best to make sure the people you meet will also come from an array of backgrounds.
- We use individual evaluations in our recruitment system, these are hidden from our colleagues so that our opinions don't influence others.
- All of our Talent Acquisition team have been trained in detecting and understanding "unconscious bias". Being aware of this means we can remove it from the process
- When applying, we'll ask you if you need us to make any adjustments during the recruitment process so that we can give everybody a fair opportunity.
- We're always looking for ways to improve our equality, diversity and inclusion strategies. This is why we have surveys and constantly monitor data to make updates and improvements.
Endorsements
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Hard working team (2)
Opportunities to learn (1)
Career progression (1)
Autonomy (1)
Nice people (1)
My opinions are valued (1)
Open and honest communication (1)
Inspiring mission (1)
At Car & Classic all employees are fully aligned on the company objectives, which encourages a real sense of ownership from each department, with everyone working towards the same goal. In addition to this, Car & Classic encourages open and honest communication meaning that everyone gets the opportunity to share their ideas for continued growth, which is really rare. Successes and learnings are shared with the company - C&C is a fantastic place to work.
Sales & Account Management
Open and honest communication
Dec 2022
Being a start up just a year ago, means everyone is extremely motivated to make this a success. The company's mission is shared with all employees to allow everyone to be accountable and fully invested in achieving the results. We have great data to support this, which allows us to follow the progress closely.
Sales & Account Management
Inspiring mission
Dec 2022
The work ethic of the team is incredible, everyone truly cares about their input and how we get to the end result. There is a huge amount of passion within the team at every level.
Sales & Account Management
Hard working team
Dec 2022
I joined Car & Classic because I wanted to progress my career in a meaningful and impactful way. The structure and dynamic at Car & Classic has allowed me to be autonomous, develop, and learn to the point where I am now a manager within the business in less than 2 years, and have a path ahead of me!
Operations & Strategy
Career progression
Dec 2022
I have never experienced micro-management at Car & Classic. We all have the same goal and it is up to us to do our work to achieve that goal. I have the freedom to work with any team I need to do my job, and have a structured communication path with my manager to ensure I check-in. It really is a wonderful way to work!
Operations & Strategy
Autonomy
Dec 2022
Everyone at Car & Classic is a driver, not a passenger. We all want to hit the same goal and every employee is committed. We win and lose together as a team, and value the individual contributions people put in, no matter how big or small!
Operations & Strategy
Hard working team
Dec 2022
Throughout the years, I've been able to get involved in lots of different projects, and that gave me the possibility to learn so many new things as well as improve my skills and learn from others. The amazing opportunities for personal growth and development at Car and Classic are one the things I love the most about working here!
People, HR, Recruitment
Opportunities to learn
Sep 2022
The people at Car and Classic are amazing, everyone is really hard working, genuine and supportive. I feel very connected to my team and rest of the company even though we are a remote company.
People, HR, Recruitment
Nice people
Sep 2022
I feel really valued as an individual, and feel that my opinions and my voice are always heard. I find that it's very refreshing to work in a company where you can see the impact of your work and are able to put forward new ideas.
People, HR, Recruitment
My opinions are valued
Sep 2022
