Lookers chief executive Mark Raban claims to be a numbers man, who likes “to stick with my knitting”, but he is poised to “try something different” with the AM100 group's newly-mapped growth strategy.
Car retailers have yet again proven their resilience and optimism while trading in an industry sector that makes even less margin than the average fast-food restaurant.
Car retailers have been told that the only way they can avoid rising energy costs in a potential energy crisis resulting from the war in Ukraine is to go “off grid”.
Chorley Group managing director Adam Turner has said further growth is on the cards after the family-run car retail group added two new Citroen dealerships with the acquisition of BCC Cars.
Australian car subscription provider Loopit’s ‘subscription in a box’ mobility solution has been launched into the UK market as Mycardirect secured additional funding to drive its growth this week.
ITV and Channel 4 are set to drive carwow’s exposure in a strategic media-for-equity deal struck part of the online car marketplace’s latest investment round.
Vertu Motors has launched a recruitment drive to attract staff to four new Toyota franchised car dealerships after taking over the brand’s West of Scotland territory from Arnold Clark.
Lookers is close to completing a £3 million major redevelopment of its Volkswagen Teeside dealership in a move that will bring car and van sales together at a single site.
Toyota franchised car retailers John Roe Grimsby, Ron Brooks Motor Group and Burrows Motor Company have all been awarded with the brand’s Ichiban awards for excellence in customer service.
eStar Truck & Van head of marketing & communications, Caroline Burnell, has been crowned the Barbara Cox Woman of the Year.
Johnsons Cars has added six Volkswagen and Skoda dealerships and its first Trade Parts Specialists (TPS) businesses through the acquisition of Trust Group UK.
Skoda is ramping-up the performance of its electric vehicles (EV) with the launch of a 299PS all-wheel-drive vRS version of its new Enyaq iV Coupé.
As the automotive retail sector today embraces International Women’s Day (March 8) AM’s latest News Insight feature investigated the hurdles to improved diversity and inclusion (D&I) and the benefits it can bring.
Heycar will look to ‘Break the Bias’ with a women in automotive-themed webinar discussion set to follow-up today’s International Women’s Day.
A former Evans Halshaw employee who diverted 73 DVLA cheques worth over £10,000 into his own bank account has avoided jail in a fraud hearing at York Crown Court.
