European Motor Holdings has acquired a Land Rover dealership from the Hartwell Group in St Helens for £500,000.

EMH has also entered into a short term lease of the dealership's existing site from Hartwell.

Richard Palmer, chief executive of EMH, said: "The expansion of our Land Rover franchises is part of our declared strategy for the group and the location of the new dealership also represents a good fit with our existing Land Rover businesses in Chester and Preston and our other businesses in the North West."

  • The unaudited management accounts of the Land Rover dealership for the year ended November 30, showed a profit before taxation of £142,000 on a turnover of £15.7 million.