Cambridgeshire used car dealer Ponko's won the 2024 Independent Dealer of the Year Award at the AM Awards
Former RJTK and Drayton Motors executive Darren Bradford has set up his own business, REVS (automotive) in Boston, Lincolnshire.
Tyne and Wear-based independent dealer group Redgate Lodge has hired Paul Keighley as its operations director.
The used car supermarket chain Big Motoring World has driven annual income past its pre-pandemic levels, recording £10,953,122 pre-tax profit in its recently published accounts for 2022.
Less than six years since its inception the Independent Motor Dealers Association has reached the 1,000 member mark.
A fraudster held Beacon Garage's courtesy car hostage for almost five months while falsely claiming insurers would pay the estimated £8,000 bill for fully fixing his Land Rover.
Car supermarket chain Motorpoint suffered a swing from £21.5m profits in its 2022 financial year to a £300,000 loss in its 2023 financial year, as it was hit by rising financing costs, stock shortages, depreciating electric vehicles and rising investment requirements.
Independent specialist electric car dealer Drive Green owner Richard Norris shares its approach to sustainability, including having a composting toilet and upcycling furniture.
An independent used car dealer who had started selling cars from his rural home without permission has had a reprieve from South Norfolk Council because they didn't want to put Langley Cars out of business.
Used car dealership in Plymouth, Turners of Roborough, is facing a demolition and rebuild to allow for major road improvements in the city.
A 20% rise in revenues at multi-site used car dealer V12 Sports And Classics in 2021 was outpaced by a rocketing 63% increase in operating profits, accounts filed at Companies House this month show.
Angus MacKinnon wins the Independent Dealer of the Year category in the 2022 AM Awards, while Hilton Garage was highly commended
The 2022 AM Awards winner of Online Consumer Experience of the Year – Independent Dealer – is the used car supermarket group Fords of Winsford, now known as FOW. Frosts Cars was highly commended.
Independent used car dealers and repairers have just two weeks left to have a chance to win a prestigious AM Award in 2022.
AM's exclusive research of franchised and independent dealers reveals the opportunities and threats 2021 may bring.
Used car sales website Carzam is preparing to launch in early December, following lockdown related setbacks affecting its planned October debut.
Pre-tax profits have dropped by 18.3% at the UK’s largest independent car dealer group Motorpoint.
Independent dealer Cartime says sales are off to a fast start at its new Rochdale dealership and it is continuing to recruit new staff members.
The boss of independent dealer Karden (Europe) has been banned from running a company after misappropriating £77,000 of customer’s funds. Andrew John Austin ran the used car dealership in Sevenoaks.
Bumper sales year adds £0.6bn to combined turnover of UK’s 50 biggest independent dealers, as profits, stock holdings and property expansion rise to match demand
