The success of the JCT600 organisation, which in the past year increased turnover to £275 million and made record pre-tax profits of £7.15 million, is an excellent, positive story from the Bradford business world - one which, it is to be hoped, will be noted far beyond this city.

And it probably will, because less than a year ago JCT600 was prominent in the news for a very different, much less upbeat reason. Its BMW car dealership in Oak Lane was gutted during last summer's riots, and images of the burned-out luxury cars were beamed all around the world.

Any company dealt a blow of that magnitude by members of the community in which it is based could have been forgiven for deciding that when it built its replacement showroom, it would be as far away from Bradford as possible. But JCT600 promptly demonstrated its commitment to the city by moving almost immediately into a temporary home in New Brook Street, off Canal Road.

And now it has gone even further by announcing plans for a new £4.5 million flagship BMW showroom in Sticker Lane, close to the place where the JCT600 story first began and where the company operates several other showrooms. It is a substantial investment which will not only secure jobs which could have been lost after that disastrous fire but will also create some more.

As Bradford people, company chairman Jack Tordoff and his chief-executive son John have sent out a clear, strong signal to other businesses that despite last summer's problems, this is a good place to make money.