Players form Swansea’s Ospreys rugby union team paid a visit to Motorpoint’s new used car supermarket to kick-off operations at the 500-car facility.
Pendragon has officially opened a new £3 million Evans Halshaw FordStore car dealership in Chester.
TrustFord has hosted an official opening event for its new Colchester Quick Lane fast-fit aftersales centre.
Vertu Motors has welcomed experienced car retailer Justin Boon back to the Mercedes-Benz Aylesbury car and van dealership as general manager.
Inchcape has appointed BP’s chief marketing officer, global retail and senior vice president, Alexandra Jenson, as a non-executive director.
UK car dealers have joined 17,500 colleagues from across the globe in being part of a “Brand Experience New Volkswagen” congress in Wolfsburg.
Pendragon has claimed that its performance “improved significantly” during the second half of 2019, as it carried out the closure of 22 of its nationwide Car Store used car dealership sites.
Sytner Group’s North East Mercedes-Benz division has been awarded the German brand’s Retailer of the Year accolade.
Kia Motors UK urged its franchised car retail network to “take charge” in 2020 as it prepares for the arrival of a new crop of electric vehicles (EV) – including the new e-Niro and Soul EV.
Pendragon has applied for hybrid planning permission to build a new Porsche Centre car dealership and a restaurant on the outskirts of Nottingham.
Snows Motor Group has promoted group corporate sales manager Richard Betts to the post of group corporate director to boost commercial vehicle, lease and fleet business.
Vantage Motor Group has published details of a 14.3% decline in profit before tax in a set of 2018 financial results published a month after its acquisition in a management buy-out (MBO).
Pendragon is preparing to close several of its Evans Halshaw Vauxhall dealership locations as part of the PSA Group-owned brand’s plan to shrink its UK retail network.
Crown Motors joined the Suzuki GB franchise with the opening of a new dealership location within its existing Honda showroom in Hendon, Essex.
AvailableCar chief executive Michael Bell has said that the used car supermarket group is looking forward to the “successes” a more diverse workforce can bring after joining the Automotive 30% Club.
Ray Chapman Motors hosted Volvo Car UK managing director Kristian Elvefors among other VIPs at the official opening of its new Volvo dealership in York this week.
Cotswold Cheltenham has been named Mini Retailer of the Year for the second consecutive year, at the 2020 Mini Retailer Awards.
Cambria Automobiles and Vertu Motors have both completed the acquisition of Leven Car Company dealership sites less than a fortnight after the Edinburgh-based retail group entered administration.
A director of classic car dealer Tom Hartley has been handed a nine-month suspended jail sentence following his involvement in a crash involving a Ferrari 458 Spider and a Porsche 118 Cayman GTS.
MG Motor UK plans to realise 130% car sales growth in 2020 with ambitious plans to follow-up a record 2019 with 30,000 new car registrations.
