Tribute to business founder

Leslie Trainer, the founder of £35m turnover Trainer BMW in Swansea, has died. Trainer, who started the business in 1969 together with his wife Ellen and son Martin, was a fellow of the IMI and had served on various committees of the Motor Agents’ Association.

His family says Trainer had not been well for some time, and died peacefully, aged 84, at a nursing home near Swansea. “He will be remembered for his tremendous character and willingness to help all who needed it,” says Martin Trainer.