Shires leaves Holiday Autos for consultancy

Report by Lydia Wilson

Holiday Autos’ former group managing director Mick Shires has left the company to set up his own consultancy business.

Shires cited a gruelling 150-mile round-trip commute to Holiday Autos’ headquarters in Frimley, Surrey, as part of the “personal” reasons for his departure, having taken the last two months off to plan his next career move.

He plans to consult two days a week for Holiday Autos, as well as launch his own business using expertise gained from successfully expanding the car rental broker into Europe.

Meanwhile, Holiday Autos has appointed a new UK and Ireland managing director. Douglas Sawers joins the leisure car rental broker later this month from Budget UK, where he was managing director.