Stewarton's Blair Garage petrol station and garage has been sold for the first time in more than four decades.

The established petrol filling station and garage has been under the same ownership since 1982 and came to the market to allow the previous owners, James and Claire Anderson, to retire.

The business has been purchased by an experienced multi-site operator who owns various other forecourts in Scotland.

The sale was brokered by Mark Lavery, Associate Director in Christie & Co’s Retail & Leisure team.

He said: “Blair Garage is a very busy site with emphasis on fuel sales presently. The opportunity is there to increase sales by redeveloping the retail area, increasing the size and offering.”

The previous owners said, “We chose Christie & Co to sell our business due to their professionalism and great track record of selling petrol filling sites in Scotland.

"Mark Lavery kept us informed of all developments and aided the sales process from start to finish.”