Progress Suzuki’s former franchised dealership sites have been acquired and re-opened by bespoke luxury vehicle specialist Urban Automotive and a used car operator.
Motorpoint has said that its logistics staff have driven 86,000 miles to facilitate used car home deliveries since it launched the service during COVID-19 lockdown.
Lookers has officially re-opened the doors to its Renault dealership in Stockport – 12 months after a blaze that devastated the site.
Swansway Motor Group has reported a 42% decline in pre-tax profits in its 2019 annual financial results after completing a restructure in which it “eradicated” its loss-making car dealerships.
Vertu Motors has welcomed a new senior leadership team at its Farnell Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) dealership following completion of a £2.4 million makeover of the facility.
The JT Hughes Group has appointed a developer to create its own “bespoke” end-to-end online car retail platform for new and used cars.
Inchcape has continued its recent string of UK dealership disposals with the sale of its Oldham Volkswagen car franchise to Swansway Garages.
Motorline Group has moved into its new Skoda car dealership in Gillingham and revealed plans for a new Audi showroom in Canterbury.
The average UK car retailer recovered more than half of the losses suffered during a Q2 trading period devastated by the COVID-19 coronavirus lockdown, according to ASE Global.
A car thief has been jailed for 20 months for his part in a raid on an Inchcape car dealership in which £21,000 of parts were stripped from a rare Volkswagen Golf GTI Clubsport hot hatch.
Pendragon has agreed the £27.4 million sale of its Jaguar and Land Rover motor vehicle dealership located in Los Angeles, California.
Car retailers flocked to respond to the National Franchised Dealers Association’s (NFDA) bi-annual dealer attitude survey in larger numbers than ever before following the COVID-19 lockdown.
Former Endeavour Automotive managing director Adrian Wallington has re-joined former employer Marshall Motor Holdings as commercial development director as one-of-four new appointments for the AM100 PLC.
Stoneacre Motor Group has promoted David Teatum and Mark Zavagno onto its board of directors after driving past its £1 billion turnover growth target.
Stoneacre Motor Group has moved a step closer towards gaining planning permission to create a new Volvo Car UK dealership facility in Sunderland.
Waylands Automotive is now selling cars online after launching its new e-commerce equipped GForces website.
Newly-launched car buying platform YesAuto claims to have launched the UK’s first online, virtual reality auto show – the YesAuto Car Show.
Cazoo will launch a series of new TV and radio adverts this weekend as part of its ongoing multi-million-pound marketing campaign.
Stoneacre Motor Group’s founder and owner Richard Teatum has invested over £3 million in rival car retail group Vertu Motors.
Car retailers should be compelled to familiarise and educate customers with new in-car technology as part of new responsibilities towards road safety, according to IAM Roadsmart.
