Gravells’ dealership in Bridgend has retained Kia UK’s dealer of the year award at an event which also celebrated the Korean carmaker’s landmark 100,000 registrations performance.
Lookers has raised its 2022 full-year profit expectations to over £80 million and revealed plans to add further to recent new car franchise additions Lotus Cars and Ora.
Lloyd Motor Group is expanding its York operation with 25 new jobs, to strengthen its long-term growth strategy.
Car dealer group operation Inchcape Retail rebounded from £76.4 million pre-tax loss to deliver profitability in 2021 financial results.
Car retailers are expected to shrug off the key performance indicators (KPIs) of the past as they prepare for a 2023 economy which will see recessionary consumer spending habits layered on top of ongoing vehicle supply issues.
Car retailers are braced for a potential halving of Government support on their energy bills from the end of March.
Constellation Automotive’s cinch online used car retail operation has posted a £149 million pre-tax loss in annual financial results for 2021/22.
Waylands Automotive is poised to join the retail network of performance electric vehicle (EV) brand Polestar with the opening of a new store in Bristol.
Car retail brothers Harry and Neal Grainger have officially become business partners with the acquisition of Mantles Kia Royston – paving the way to the creation of a new dealer group.
Swansway Group hopes to have scored a star signing for its digital marketing team with the recruitment of footballer Bradley Carrol.
The handover of a new car took an unexpected turn for one York woman, whose boyfriend proposed in the showroom of Bristol Street Motors York Renault Dacia.
A primary school has backed RMB Auto’s plan to expand its Leeds Renault car dealership onto part of its playing fields to expand vehicle storage and electric vehicle (EV) charge point provision.
Lookers has submitted a planning application which would unite its Mercedes-Benz and Smart dealerships in Brighton under one roof.
The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) has begun the process of de-listing warrants for online car retailer Cazoo as a result of “abnormally low” price levels.
Scottish dealer group Dicksons has named three new board members as it looks to strengthen its leadership team.
Arnold Clark’s recovery from a Christmas cyber attack has been described as a “mammoth task” after the car retail giant was forced to axe internet access to protect its customer data.
Kearys Motor Group has struck a new partnership with smart-charging company Ohme, to provide EV chargers to its customers.
Chapelhouse Motor Group has started the new year with new managing director following the promotion of operations director Phil Clay.
RRG and Norton Way owner Marubeni Auto Investment has completed the acquisition of a majority shareholding in three-site used car supermarket business HPL Motors Group.
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