STAFF at a Chorley car dealership celebrated a major milestone in the company’s history with a surprise party for the firm’s founder and managing director.

Andy Turner, founder of the Chorley Group, which has a branch in Burnley, was left ‘speechless’ when more than 150 customers and friends gathered to celebrate the firm’s 25th anniversary.

Staff kept the event top secret by including sending an Andy to Northumberland to collect a car on the day of the party so they could get everything ready the HQ in Ackhurst Road, Chorley. Andy said: “It was a brilliant surprise and I had no idea a party was being planned.”