Lookers has appointed Yorkshire Building Society chief financial officer Robin Churchouse as an independent non-executive director and chair of its Audit and Risk Committee, Remuneration and Nomination Committees.
The Peter Vardy Group has introduced chalets at its Motherwell branch and its Glasgow CarStore to allow customers to discuss their purchase outdoors during the COVID-19 crisis.
The Sytner Group has completed the latest expansion of its CarShop used car supermarket division with the opening of its largest retail site to date – a “multi-million pound” facility in Nottingham.
Vertu Motors has completed its long-awaited acquisition of 12 BMW, Mini and BMW Motorrad franchised motor retail outlets across five locations from Inchcape’s Cooper BMW division.
Inchcape UK has agreed the £29.7m sale of its Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) Arch Concept premium car dealership in Southampton to Hendy Group.
Chorley Group has become the latest AM100 car retail group to respond to the Ben’s plea for help to plug a £1m funding gap – delivering a £10,000 Christmas gift to the automotive charity.
The annual AM100 list of the biggest and best in automotive retail will be revealed at a webinar next week by AM and our new research and analysis partners, accountancy firm BDO.
Snows Motor Group has seen its offer of its ‘Click & Go’ click and collect used car retail offering deliver soaring sales results during COVID-19 ‘Lockdown 2’.
The 2020 AM100 list of the UK's largest franchised dealers will be announced in an AM100 webinar on Wednesday (Nov 18) and our final guest panelist has been secured.
Lookers has said that the launch of a recruitment drive to take on largest-ever intake of apprentices in 2021 is a sign of its “confidence and ambition for the future”.
Inchcape’s car retail revenues declined 17% during Q3 despite a ‘stronger than expected’ COVID-19 recovery from its operations in the UK and Europe.
Perrys has closed its Ford dealership in Retford as part of the car manufacturers plan to close almost half of its UK franchised car retail locations.
Hendy Group is considering an appeal after a planning decision which rejected plans a £25 million ‘Motor Village’ multi-brand car retail site at Tunbridge Wells.
Pendragon has said that it “almost entirely” offset its losses from a COVID-19 impacted first half of the year with an eight-fold increase in underlying pre-tax profits in Q3.
Harwoods Group has completed the development of a new glass-sided Audi aftersales facility in Portsmouth in an effort to bring customers a “future now” car servicing experience.
Vertu Motors has confirmed that it is in discussion with a number of parties over the acquisition of “a number of BMW dealerships” following speculation that Inchape is set to sell a number of sites.
Sytner Group has reported a 1% decline in revenues and 36.6% decline in pre-tax profits in its 2019 annual financial results.
Marshall Motor Holdings has reforecast its 2020 performance expectations after a “stunning” September of new and used cars sales – targeting a £15m underlying profit before tax.
Vertu Motors’ COVID-19 recovery accelerated the AM100 PLC to a £19 million profit in Q2 to reverse a £14.3m Q1 loss and deliver a profit in a challenging period for automotive retail.
The Steven Eagell Group has opened a new Lexus used car showroom and aftersales facility in Kings Lynn with the relocation of its Toyota franchise in the Norfolk market town.
