Donnelly Group returned to profit in 2020 after delivering £7.2 million of annualised structural cost savings during the COVID-hit year in car retail.
Inchcape UK has revealed that it claimed no Government COVID-19 support in 2021 after taking the decision to repay £7.4 million in Government furlough and rates relief support for H2 2020.
Pendragon has posted a pre-tax profit of £35.1 million for the first half of 2021, compared with a loss of £31m over the same period last year.
Lookers chief executive Mark Raban has said that the AM100 PLC’s ability to repay its furlough support grants to the Government has made him “very happy”.
Lookers has vowed to repay £4.1 million in Government furlough support after reporting record H1 financial results and completing the appointment of a new chairman and chief financial officer.
Investors clamouring for a trading update from Cambria Automobiles before they vote on its chief executive's bid to take the dealer group private have had their wish Friday afternoon.
Pre-tax profits rose at Furrows Holdings by 36% in 2020 to £1.5 million, although revenues slumped from £110.3m to £84.2m.
Marshall Motor Group chief executive Daksh Gupta has insisted that the AM100 PLC will not be “splashing the cash like Manchester City” after record H1 financial results left it with a strong balance sheet.
Marshall Motor Group has resumed the payment of dividends to its shareholders after delivering record revenues in a COVID-19 impacted first half of 2021.
Marshall Motor Holdings has upgraded June’s forecast of record profits for 2021 in a trading update predicting an underlying pre-tax profit of “not less than £40 million” for the year.
Cazoo has reported an £8 million gross profit in Q2 after its online used car retail volumes surged by 429% a year on from the first COVID-19 lockdown period.
Stellantis has reported an “outstanding” 9.5ppt year-on-year improvement in operating income margin, to 11.4%, in the first half of 2021.
Group 1 Automotive president and chief executive Earl J. Hesterberg has predicted the release of “several years” pent-up demand in the UK car retail sector.
Inchcape PLC has reported a 30% rise in turnover and a near 15-fold increase in its pre-tax profits as showed strong signs of recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic in the first half of 2021.
Vertu Motors has suggested that its 2021 pre-tax profits could be up to 60% more than forecast just a month ago after continuing its “exceptional” performance in the used car market.
Motorpoint has revealed that it sold 61% of its used car volume online in Q1 as it accelerated its ecommerce retail offering to deliver a record start to 2021.
TrustFord chairman and chief executive Stuart Foulds has expressed “pride” in his workforce’s delivery of a £13.6m pre-tax profit in the first half of 2021.
South of England car dealer group Caffyns has clawed soundly back into the black amid the coronavirus pandemic thanks to efficiencies, state support and investment in online sales.
Cambria Automobiles has set out its roadmap to car retail recovery in a trading updated for a six-month period which saw the majority of its dealerships closed for more than 100 days due to COVID-19 restrictions.
Group 1 Automotive has reported a “solidly profitable” Q1 for its UK car dealerships, despite the impact of COVID-19 ‘Lockdown 3’ showroom closures.
