Rates Ford

Following the end of the Second World War in 1946, Richard Thomas Rate (better known as Tommy) came home to his family and began to build the business that would later become Rates Ford. Rates Group has seen 3 generations of Fathers and Sons... Fast forward seventy-one years, Colin Rate (2nd generation) steps down as Managing Director, with his Son, Sebastiaan Rate, becoming the Managing Director in 2017. Rates Group is in the strongest position it has ever been. Once again, the path for expansion opens up and Sebastiaan, under the calm direction of his father (as Chairman), decides to open a second site in Galleywood, Chelmsford.