Sheikh, one of the original founding members of the business back in 1976, will continue to oversee the running of the Wholesale business, and Martin Race will take on the managing director role.

Younus Sheikh said: “It is important that as we continue to take this remarkable business forward we ensure we have the right management team and structure in place.”

Naser Khan, previously finance director, assumes the role of chief operating officer handling finance, IT, legal, HR, health & safety, property and facilities moving forward. Dawood Pervez replaces Martin Race as Trading director

Rizwan Pervez moves from operations director to a newly created post of customer liaison director, while Paul Rowland will join the company to head up operations.