A FAMILY garage business is moving up a gear with a total redevelopment of its premises and the creation of jobs.

Boroughbridge Auto Services has announced a major investment in upgrading its servicing facilities, as well as creating a new reception area and customer car park.

Three jobs will be created, two in the service centre and workshop and one in the offices.

The redevelopment is being carried out by Thirsk-based integrated design build company, Severfield Projects, a subsidiary of Severfield-Rowen plc.

The 1,890 sq ft garage development, which will be finished in the autumn, includes ground floor offices, a new garage workshop and ground and first floor storage areas.

Brian and Janet Bastiman, who have run the firm at the site of the former Marklands Garage since 1985, embarked on the redevelopment to extend and improve their service to local motorists.

When it reopens, Boroughbridge Auto Services - which will be temporarily located at Boroughbridge Garden Centre, in Langthorpe, during the redevelopment - will have an upgraded 4x4 service bay, and improved tyre and exhaust facilities.

It will also carry out MoT testing for the first time in its 17-year history.

Mr Bastiman said: "We are delighted at how we have progressed and we have a loyal customer base, but these are changing times with higher customer expectations and we are undertaking this redevelopment to meet them in every way we can in a highly-competitive business environment."

The garage site once belonged to John Smith's brewery and was a wartime transport depot.