The director of independent used car retailer Carpoint has been handed an 18-week suspended jail sentence in relation to car clocking offences.
Glyn Hopkin operations director Stuart Hodson has left the business to “pursue other opportunities” two years after taking up the post with the Romford-based retail group.
Citygate Automotive has confirmed its acquisition of Inchcape Retail’s Volkswagen dealerships in West London and Twickenham – six weeks after AM reported on the impending deal.
Ken Brown Motor Group has opened the doors at its new Hyundai Motor UK dealership in Letchworth.
Vertu Motors has added to the recent flurry of acquisitions and disposals within the Volkswagen retail network with the £8.8 million acquisition of four dealerships from Sytner Group.
A Marshall Motor Holdings Maserati brand manager has been jailed for 14 months after diverting almost £200,000 of luxury car sales payments into his personal bank account.
Glyn Hopkin has joined the Kia Motor UK franchise with the opening of its first dealership for the Korean car manufacturer in Romford.
JCT600 is set to give another 40 apprentices the chance to “earn while you learn” as it adds to the 100 already in the business on a new rolling recruitment basis.
Cambria Automobiles has reported that it is “well positioned for 2020” despite suffering a 9.4% decline in new car sales in the first three months of its current fiscal year.
The Leven Car Company has entered administration, with dealership staff reportedly turned away from retail sites this morning.
Former Notcutts chairman and Marks & Spencers director Nicky Dulieu has taken up her new post on the board of Marshall Motor Holdings.
The John Grose Group will attempt to redistribute staff from its Ford dealership in Framlingham after taking the decision to close the franchised site.
Nine vehicles were targeted in a £30,000 vandalism spree at Thurlow Nunn’s Great Yarmouth Vauxhall dealership described as “really severe” by the business’ general manager.
Arnold Clark has submitted plans to transform a former Toys R Us store into a car retail facility as part of the expansion of its Motorstore used car supermarket sites.
AM’s top ten most read stories of 2019 brought readers news of developments at top AM100 retail groups Pendragon, Lookers and Sytner and network changes within Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) and Honda.
Chief executive Jonathan Dunkley, chief financial officer Brian Scott and commercial director James Dunkley of the Sytner Group’s CarShop used car supermarket division have all departed the business, AM understands.
Sytner Group has opened the doors of its £9 million BMW car dealership in Cardiff after contractor MCS Group met its Christmas deadline for completion.
Alfa Romeo, Abarth, Fiat and Jeep retailer Simonstone Motors has ceased trading just five days before Christmas, with reports suggesting a resulting loss of up to 80 jobs.
Lookers has appointed former Capital One chief operating officer Victoria Mitchell as a non-executive director and Phil Kenny as its new general counsel and company secretary.
Groupe Renault UK has highlighted the success of Mitchells of Lowestoft, Renault Retail Group in Swansea and Mackie Motors in Brechin at its Dealers of the Year 2020 awards event.
