JW Lees installs free car electricity charging points at hotels

By Michelle Perrett

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William Lees Jones: 'Electrical car drivers are peer group leaders'
William Lees Jones: 'Electrical car drivers are peer group leaders'
JW Lees, the regional brewer and pub company, has installed 36 Tesla electrical car charging points at its hotels’ and inns’ car parks as well as at the brewery site in Middleton, Manchester

Guests can reserve charging spaces in advance and all the electricity is being provided to customers that stay in their pubs free-of-charge.

JW Lees sites are now live on in-car Tesla sat-nav systems as well as the Tesla website. 

Free electricity

JW Lees managing director William Lees-Jones said: “Not only have we installed three electrical car charging points at every one of our hotels and inns, but we are also giving our guests free electricity to charge their vehicles. 

“Electrical car drivers are peer group leaders and we think that this is a great way of rewarding their choice of staying in a JW Lees hotel or inn.  And, before you ask, no I do not drive an electric car’.

JW Lees now operates 11 hotels with a total of 291 bedrooms under company management.

New beers

In October 2017, the sixth generation family brewer announced three new beers, a series of collaborations with Manchester brewers and a rebrand of its core range.

The company, which owns more than 140 pubs and hotels across the north-west of England and north Wales, said the plans were the biggest shake-up of the range in more than 190 years. 

It also revealed that it was “hungry” for acquisitions in the north-west and it reported record turnover for the year to 31 March 2017. 

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