Car dealers across Scotland insist that there was scope for a COVID-19 lockdown exemption for car showrooms as they await news of “phase two” of the Scottish Government’s retail re-opening plans.
Anca Motor Group has added a new Suzuki Brighton dealership to its portfolio.
Russian car retail group boss Sergey Petrov is said to be eyeing a potential move into the UK franchised sector.
Cazoo has completed the appointment of Stephen Morana as its new chief financial officer (CFO), hailing his track record and experience as “second to none”.
Devonshire Motors owner Nathan Tomlinson believes the car retail sector must move quickly to “normalise” socially-distanced car showrooms to avoid deterring anxious customers.
Arnold Clark chief executive Eddie Hawthorne has told AM that he initially felt that the COVID-19 coronavirus crisis would be “over by Easter”, but now concedes it has fundamentally changed car retail.
HR Owen Bugatti London hosted the UK’s only customer preview event of the new Bugatti Chiron Pur Sport.
JCT600 has celebrated the busiest week of used car sales in its 74-year history after the easing of COVID-19 lockdown restrictions on England’s automotive retail sector.
Pendragon founder and former chief executive, Trevor Finn, has said that he plans to “re-engineer parts of the industry that aren’t functioning efficiently” with his new online business venture.
Cazoo will become the shirt sponsor of Premier League football team Everton FC from the 2020/21 season, the online car retail business has revealed.
Lipscomb Cars is poised to officially open the doors of its new £5m Volvo Car UK Canterbury dealership facility after a three-month COVID-19-enforced delay to the development.
Lookers expects to be hit by a temporary suspension of shares trading after conceding that its 2019 annual financial results will not be published in time for the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) June 30 deadline.
Motorline Group has opened consultation with its workforce over a 10% cut to employee pay in response to challenges faced as a result of the COVID-19 crisis.
Inchcape has appeared in a list of 53 businesses which have borrowed millions of pounds from the Bank of England under the Government’s Coronavirus Large Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CLBILS).
The Scottish Motor Trade Association (SMTA) has said that the politics of COVID-19 North of the border will cost car dealers financially and result in disproportionate job losses across the UK's devolved regions.
HR Owen service manager Paul King has raised over £3,000 for NHS Charities Together with a 197-miile, 10-hour COVID-19 cycling challenge.
Luscombe Motors has finally opened the doors to its new MG Motors UK dealership in Leeds following a two-month delay caused by the COVID-19 lockdown.
Lookers will close a further 12 car dealerships and cut its employee headcount by up to 1,500 as part of a restructure plan aiming to make annual savings of £50 million.
CarGurus has suggested that the re-opening of car showrooms in England this week has helped generate increased online leads for retailers in Scotland and Wales.
Vertu Motors declared an intention to add new manufacturer partners as it grows through acquisition in a 2019 results statement following its first two days of showroom trading since the COVID-19 lockdown.
