The eye-catching numbers from this year’s analysis of the UK’s 50 biggest independent car dealers.
Welcome to the first 2017 issue of Independent Dealer, containing our updated list of the 50 biggest independent car dealers in the UK.
The UK’s top 50 independent dealers added £300 million to total revenues for 2015, but year-on-year growth has fallen to 9% from 24% last year.
A used car dealer who pocketed £1.1m in tax he should have paid for profits from his business, escaped a potential eight years in jail with 300 hours of unpaid work and a curfew.
A used car dealer has seen his business “devastated” by the loss of seven vehicles in a late night raid just five days after a move to new premises.
Independent dealers look set to become the growth area for online motor finance during 2017, according to iVendi.
GVE London has opened the UK’s first “full service” supercar showroom at a 20,000sq-ft facility offering the ability to maintain everything from a £1m McLaren P1 to an affordable hot hatch.
Liquidated used car supermarket, Caralot, had been criticised by Trading Standards officers who had investigated 77 separate complaints into the operation in the past three years.
CarShop chief executive Jonathan Dunkley reveals how his car supermarket group doubled its profits in just 12 months.
The National Tyre Distributors has highlighted the ongoing abuse of laws designed to keep motorists free from the potential dangers of part-worn tyres as it appeals for an all-out ban on their sale.
Car dealer classifieds website Autovolo has offered independent retailers the chance to own a 20% stake in its business.
Work is underway to develop a fourth site for car supermarket The Car People, with recruitment set to start later this month.
Premium used car dealership Crowther Lodge Motor Company is preparing to transfer its operations from Gateshead to Durham as part of a move that would create 35 jobs.
Independent dealers are increasingly looking to compete with the franchised network in providing premium vehicles according to Autoguard Warranties.
The Cartime used car supermarket has unveiled plans to introduce a new showroom and hand-over facility and extend its vehicle capacity to around 700.
Motorpoint will continue to have its name featured on Cardiff’s 7,500 capacity Motorpoint Arena Cardiff after extending its naming rights deal on the venue for another five years.
The continued consolidation of the UK’s franchised dealer network could spell trouble for new car brands in future, says MG Motor UK’s Matthew Cheyne.
AM launches a bespoke home on AM-online for the independent used car dealer, as the top 50 used car dealers almost double their aggregated sales in four years.
Customers’ faith in its product and a doubling of its sales capacity are key to Carbase’s ability to ‘deal on the day’, says general manager Gordon Veale.
The Car People has streamlined and is entering an ‘aggressive period of growth’, say managing director Martyn Carnell and director of sales Jonathan Allbones.
