JT Hughes has added the Kia Motor UK car franchise to its portfolio with the opening of a new dealership with the Korean car brand in Newtown.
TrustFord has officially opened a 20,000 square foot service and PartsPlus aftersales centre in Alperton, North-West London, following a £1 million investment in the site.
Luscombe Motors has asked customers to nominate a charity recipient of a £500 donation after the sum was handed to the car retailer by a rival trader as compensation for the ‘theft’ of images from its website.
Lookers’ Kia Stockport car dealership has been named as the Korean car brand’s Dealer of the Year and claimed its Sales Excellence Award at the annual Kia Dealer Excellence Awards 2020.
Pebley Beach Group managing director Dominic Threlfall has told AM that he took the decision to end click and collect car sales in COVID-19 ‘Lockdown 3’ as it was “morally the right thing to do”.
Marshall Motor Holdings chief executive Daksh Gupta is set to reflect his “most challenging period in car retail” and reveal his approach for 2021 as one of the sector leaders speaking at Automotive Management Live Virtual.
Porsche GB has seen the COVID-19 Lockdown 3 opening of its network’s new franchised dealership in Norwich and is preparing to add an upgraded South Lakes centre to its network this summer.
The Scottish Motor Trade Association (SMTA) has confirmed that car dealers are permitted to continue with click and sales amid tighter COVID-19 lockdown regulations announced yesterday.
The UK Government has confirmed that it is reinstating the VAT margin scheme for cars imported and resold by car retailers in Northern Ireland – avoiding pressure on dealer margins and price increases for customers.
Car retailers could be among a range of businesses whose click and collect sales capability is banned under tighter COVID-19 lockdown measures being considered by Government, it has been claimed.
John Clark Motor Group has said that it expects to have profitability “significantly ahead” of its pervious year in 2020 after recovering from the COVID-19 coronavirus lockdown of H1 with a “strong trading” performance.
Online car retailer Cazoo has revealed that intends to open 12 more Customer Centres to facilitate click and collect car handovers after opening its 14th location in Newport Pagnell.
Cameron Motor Group has officially begin operating from its £2m Strathmore Volvo Perth showroom – despite being unable to officially open the doors to customers.
A £40,000 donation made by Sytner has carried the automotive charity, Ben, over its urgent 'rallying cry' target of raising £0.5 million.
Cambria Automobiles has claimed that its trading performance in the first quarter of its 2021 financial year was ahead of the previous year, despite the impact of November’s COVID-19 lockdown.
Suzuki GB named Pearson of Wemyss Bay as its National Dealer of the Year as it recognised its best performing retailers at its National Dealer Conference.
Lookers has filled the chief financial officer role left vacant since February last year with Anna Bielby, formerly of PwC and CFO of telecoms company KCOM Group.
Lookers has said that it will continue to “review the appropriateness of the remuneration policy” following a shareholders’ revolt over the £450,000 pay packet of chief executive Mark Raban.
Customers’ response to the latest COVID-19 lockdown measures in England and Scotland will be key to the automotive retail sector’s success in delivering click and collect car sales in the coming months.
Click and collect services will once again top car retailers’ sales agenda after Prime Minister Boris Johnson confirmed that England would be follow Scotland into a new national lockdown last night.
