The AM100 supplement
For many dealer groups any interest in sustainability comes low on the priorities list, but AM100 motor retailer Sinclair Group is tackling it proactively. Its head of strategic development Richard Seaward explains how sustainability and profitability can go hand in hand.
AM100 contender TMS Motor Group are celebrating the grand opening of their brand-new, state-of-the-art Kia and Volvo Leicester showrooms following a multi-million-pound investment.
Park's Motor Group is set to start 2025 with expansion in Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Motherwell through an acquisition of multiple dealerships.
Brayleys Cars has announced the promotion of Dave Carter to the position of operations director.
Porsche Retail Group (PRG), the wholly-owned retail arm of Porsche Cars Great Britain (PCGB), is to acquire Porsche Centre East London and Porsche Centre South London from Lithia UK.
Plans have been submitted by an AM100 dealer group to add a second franchise beside the Audi dealership in Ipswich.
Just a few hours after Automotive Management Live 2024 closed the doors almost three dozen senior leaders of dealer groups joined Automotive Management and this year's AM100 sponsors at an invitation-only dinner.
The results of the latest research by Automotive Management and BDO into the UK's biggest franchised dealer groups is here in the 2024 AM100 report.
The 2024 AM100 research into the UK's largest car dealer groups was revealed in an AM100 webinar with editor Tim Rose and Chris Bond, head of BDO's motor retail team
Vertu Motors has announced it is expecting to pay £12.5 million for an AM100 car dealer group which almost doubles its partnership with Toyota.
Fast-growing Waylands Automotive is poised to climb higher in the AM100 rankings after acquiring its sixth Volvo dealership.
Glyn Hopkin's employee ownership trust sale marks a shift in how groups are looking at succession planning, argues Alison Ashley, RSM UK head of motor retail.
Chinese brands are giving one AM100 dealer group the opportunity to expand its business in Lincolnshire, opening three new car showrooms.
The third Cupra and Seat dealership for JCB Group has now opened at Rainham.
Vertu Motors has taken over the Honda Exeter dealership from fellow AM100 motor retailer Hendy Group.
Mon Motors has doubled its representation of Volkswagen Group brands with an acquisition of dealerships in the West Country.
UK independent dealer Glyn Hopkin Group has been sold to an Employee Ownership Trust (EOT).
AM100 giant Arnold Clark has joined the franchised network for Chinese brand GWM Ora.
Group 1 Automotive now has more than 20 Mercedes-Benz dealerships in the UK following yet another acquisition from the expanding US-owned dealer group.
Sonia Hobbs, a former marketing director of AM100 dealer groups Harwoods and SMC Motor Group, is set to head a new venture launched by ELLA Digital, the firm owned by former GForces director Jamie Dixon.
