Welcome Penticton Kia

Founded by Lyn and Joanne Bannister in Barrhead, Alberta, this family business is led by their children—son Chad and wife Nadine, son Mark and wife Laurie, and daughter Mary Jo—their Dealer partners, General Managers, and the Dealer Support Team based in Kelowna, BC.

There will be no impact to the current daily operation at your stores. It will be business as usual as we work together to continue to grow our business. Julian Smallbone will be the General Manager of Bannister Chev Penticton and Bannister Kia Penticton.

The Bannister Automotive Group has a Dealership Support Team in Kelowna, BC, that houses additional support resources for the entire group.

As our company has grown, we have always taken the strategy of “buy, invest, and grow” through our mergers and acquisitions. We look for partners with similar values, and portfolios that are complementary, and we invest in businesses that can support our current and future growth expectations.

Continuous improvement is a big part of the Bannister culture. One of the huge benefits of having a group of stores is the ability to experiment, share information, and apply best practices on a group-wide scale. Our partners and managers work together to improve quality, safety, customer service, efficiency and cost in areas where it makes sense. We intend to work the same way with Bannister Kia Penticton, and we expect to learn a lot from you in the process!

Bannister has several subject matter experts within its Dealer Support Team in areas such as Accounting, Finance, Operations Management, Marketing, and Human Resources. These team members provide resources, knowledge and expertise to all of our stores, and we are excited to offer this same support to Bannister Kia Penticton.

Absolutely. We know there’s a lot we can learn from Penticton Kia, and we’re looking forward to sharing and discussing best practices that can be applied to all of our dealerships.

Absolutely! Alongside our partner Julian Smallbone, we also manage Bannister Chev Penticton.

Our motto for this transition is “business as usual”, and we do not intend to lay off staff because of this acquisition. Our goal is to grow our business in Penticton, and our team members are an important part of that. We are going to take our time to fully understand the businesses, get to know our new teammates, and look at how we can better integrate shared resources into the Bannister group.

The Bannister family understands that for many employees, benefits are an extremely important part of their compensation package. One of the many great advantages of being part of the Bannister Automotive Group is our ability to source out the industry’s best benefit offerings at the greatest value to our employees. On November 1st, all employees will be enrolled in the Bannister First Canadian Benefit Plan. Click the link below to review the benefit comparison document for additional information regarding this change.

Bannister Benefits Comparison.

Yes, employees will continue to receive their current incentives open to Bannister Kia Penticton employees. Bannister Automotive Group also offers significant incentives to their employees, and over time these will be aligned between organizations.

Our goal is to have all our team members on our Centralized payroll system (ADP Workforce Now)—the Dealer Support Team is working on your transition now. Starting November 1st, all time and attendance will be entered into your new ADP platform.