Ryan Bellinger has been promoted to the sales manager role at Close Brothers Motor Finance’s York branch.

The York branch is the finance company’s largest, supporting customers and dealers throughout Yorkshire, Teeside, Tyneside and Cumbria.

Bellinger joined the business in 2012 as an underwriter in the dealer support unit, before joining the sales team and working in Manchester, Hull and East Yorkshire.

James Broadhead, chief executive of Close Brothers Motor Finance, said, “Our northern sales teams are going from strength to strength thanks to the efforts of our dedicated, hard-working people. Ryan has made a real difference to our network of dealers in the Hull and East Yorkshire region and his ambition and drive will be of great value to our largest branch in York.”