Staff at a Macclesfield car dealership will receive regular rapid Covid-19 tests to help prevent the spread of the virus.

LSH Auto, a Mercedes-Benz dealership on Lyme Green Business Park, will offer employees lateral flow tests, which can provide results within 30 minutes.

Martyn Webb, managing director of LSH Auto, said: "Workplace testing can play an important role in our fight against this virus.

"It gives us the means to identify asymptomatic colleagues before they pass it on unknowingly. By offering regular tests in the workplace, we can help to protect our colleagues, their families and the wider community.

"During the lockdown period, our aftersales and servicing facilities have remained open in order to provide essential services for customers, including many key workers."

The rollout of the tests at the Macclesfield dealership is set to begin next week.

The dealer group said five staff members from the HR, health & safety and IT departments have undergone NHS training to administer the lateral flow tests and plans are in place to train more colleagues to manage the ongoing testing programme.

Mr Webb added: "We have an outstanding team who work together to look after each other and to give our customers the best care in the business."

The dealership is set to reopen on 12 April in line with the government's road map out of lockdown.