Publicly listed motor retailer Caffyns has announced operations director Guy Ainsley is stepping down with immediate effect.

The dealer group had annouced in August that Ainsley would leave at the end of next March.

The former Inchcape Retail executive joined Caffyns in late 2009 and has been intrumental in shaping its new strategy, aimed to end years of instability at the plc, which is headed by members of the Caffyns family.