Vindis Group has launched an ‘Express Car Buying’ online retail platform promising up-front, fixed pricing, online finance and home delivery of all its franchised brands and used car stock.
Arden is poised to acquire Inchcape’s Cooper BMW and Mini car dealership operation in Tunbridge Wells, with the deal expected to be finalised by the end of this month.
Vertu Motors has brought Citroen under the same roof as its existing Ford franchised in Worcester as part of a £250,000 upgrade of the car dealership’s facilities.
Ssangyong Motors UK has added a dealership in Shrewsbury to its expanding network through a new relationship with award-winning retailer Hawkins Motor Group.
Vertu Motors has named 17-year-old Farnell Land Rover Nelson service advisor apprentice Susannah Kendall as the winner of its annual ‘Apprentice of the Year’ awards.
Porsche Retail Group has officially opened the UK’s first Porsche Studio franchised retail space in London’s Mayfair.
Cox Automotive’s monthly Dealer Sentiment Survey has found that more than a third (37%) of UK car dealers are stocking older vehicles in the wake of COVID-19 lockdown.
Wingrove Motor Company is set to add a Peugeot franchise into its Citroen car dealership at Silverlink Newcastle.
Sytner Group is poised to open the doors at its new five-storey flagship Guy Salmon Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) car dealership in South West London.
Vantage Motor Group has further strengthened its part-exchange used car remarketing relationship with Aston Barclay.
Sytner Group’s landmark Guy Salmon Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) Stockport dealership has been devastated by blaze which triggered explosions and emitted billowing smoke overnight.
LSH Auto’s sprawling Mercedes-Benz dealership site in Stockport has begun a recruitment drive to find 15 new members of staff despite embarking on a digitalisation drive during COVID-19 lockdown.
West Way Nissan believes that its shift to a digital aftersales process during the COVID-19 lockdown period could save it 10,000 hours a year of "productive time".
Stoneacre Motor Group has continued to drive past its former £1 billion turnover growth target with the acquisition of the Hodgson Newcastle Ltd car dealership group.
Pendragon has opened the doors of its new Porsche Centre in Stockport as Porsche Retail prepares to move into its new Mayfair showroom in central London.
Hepworth Motor Group has closed its Halifax Mitsubishi Motors in the UK franchised car dealership due to the impact of Brexit and COVID-19 pandemic – with the loss of 10 jobs.
Cambria Automobiles chief executive Mark Lavery has urged his car retail colleagues to lobby Government over an all-out push to Electric Vehicles (EV) which risks catching UK automotive “sleeping at the wheel”.
A ‘false economy’ which has seen the UK’s car retail sector deliver on pent-up demand from the COVID-19 lockdown is masking the true extent of impending redundancies in the sector, Pendragon boss Bill Berman has told AM.
Imperial Cars has begun to consult its staff over widespread redundancies just two weeks after its acquisition by online car retailer Cazoo.
Park’s Motor Group is poised to open a new Lotus Cars sports car dealership in Hamilton in preparation for the brand's “exponential growth”.
