Vertu Motors has recruited Auto Trader franchise brand director Chris Penny as its new group strategic projects director.
After what has been described as a “topsy turvey” 2021, with trading challenges leading to record profits for many businesses, AM looks back at its top 10 most-read stories.
Analysis by Driver Power's Shopper Survey has found consumers criticisms of dealership staff account for three out of four areas in which their expectations were not met.
Alan Day Group managing director Paul Tanner is battling for the Christmas number one spot this year, with his celebrity-backed charity single Lonely Christmas Day.
Vertu Motors has acquired a site for a new Bristol Street Motors MotorNation used car dealership business in Stockton, Teeside.
Rising cases of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 are exposing anti-vaxxers as the car retail sector’s biggest business disruptor, it has been claimed.
Riverside Motors Group has completed the multi-million pound, nine-month project to upgrade its Volvo Car UK dealership in Doncaster.
Arnold Clark has secured title sponsorship of a new international women’s football tournament set to feature the top 10 teams from across the globe.
Mercedes-Benz has reached an agency model agreement with its retailers which will lead to the introduction of the new retail framework in the UK from 2023.
TMS Motor Group is planning on making its “largest investment to date” with the £10 million development of a new Kia and Volvo franchised car dealership in Leicester.
Citygate Automotive has introduced Škoda car sales to Europe’s largest Volkswagen car dealership as part of a £2 million makeover of Volkswagen West London.
EMG Motor Group has added its first MG Motor UK car franchise with the opening of a new dealership at its former Mitsubishi business in Ipswich
Keyloop has continued its strategy “to build, to buy and to partner” its way to growth with the acquisition of Peter Vardy’s online car retail software provider SilverBullet.
Cazoo has partnered with WhoCanFixMyCar to launch two and three-year CazooCare servicing and MoT plans for its UK customers at point of purchase.
Lookers has boosted its fleet of vehicle delivery and collection vans alongside the launch of a new ‘click and sell’ online used car buying platform aimed at sourcing used car stock from private sellers.
Suzuki GB has named Tracks of Exeter as its National Dealer of the Year 2021 at its national dealer conference in Manchester.
Government’s latest cuts to the plug-in car grant could derail car retail’s decarbonisation efforts and will impact less affluent electric vehicle (EV) buyers most, the National Franchised dealers Association (NFDA) has said.
Vertu Motors chief executive Robert Forrester has paid tribute to fellow founder director William Teasdale after he dies following a short illness.
Nissan Halifax’s Jamie Priestley has been awarded Vertu Motors’ general manager of the year award for 2021.
Marshall Motor Group has boosted the fund-raising efforts of the Ben automotive charity with a £50,000 donation to aid its efforts to address the “unprecedented impact” of COVID-19.
