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Point S Next Generation Campus addresses automotive industry's succession crisis

Published:

November 27, 2025

Author:

Tom Wilkins

Point S launches leadership campus to tackle family business succession.

Point S International's inaugural Next Generation Campus has delivered a strategic response to the automotive industry's critical leadership and succession planning crisis, which sees only 30% of family businesses survive into the second generation.

The three-and-a-half-day immersive programme, held in Provence, France, brought together nearly 70 young professionals from nine countries to address the dual challenge of business leadership development and family succession planning that threatens the automotive aftermarket's future.

The Campus follows a year of organisational focus on leadership and growth within the Point S network. Tyre News recently covered the company naming Ali Yilmaz as UK Managing Director as part of a wider restructure, and its long-term ambition to build the UK’s largest independent automotive service network by 2035.



The recent training push complements moves elsewhere in the trade to attract and develop talent, such as the skills-focused apprentice initiatives reported across the UK aftermarket.

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A sector-wide succession crisis

The statistics paint a stark picture of the challenges facing family-run automotive businesses. According to a 2025 report by leadership consultancy Egon Zehnder, only 16% of family firms have a discussed and documented succession plan, while research by Eide Bailly found that approximately 70% of global family businesses lack formal succession planning.

The automotive sector faces particular vulnerability, with the global industry predicted to face a shortage of 2.3 million skilled workers by the end of 2025, rising to 4.3 million by 2030, according to a report by Ennis & Co.

Preparing the next generation

The Point S Next Generation Campus was specifically designed to prepare the next ge

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