 The company had head offices at the Frimley Bridges site, but later moved to purpose-built premises at Blackbushe Airport, Yateley to accommodate the now closed aviation division, which it still occupies.Employing 160 at its head office, Wickins built the company into the largest car auction business in the world before retiring in 1990.A near-scratch golfer, through this and his long association with the Conservative Party, Wickins met and befriended Denis Thatcher.