Lookers has raised its 2021 profit expectations after it weathered Q3’s vehicle supply shortages to deliver “excellent new and used vehicle margins”.
Lookers has adopted Nissan GB’s new car dealership corporate identity at its Carlisle retail site after completing a £750,000 upgrade of the facility.
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.
Lookers has partnered with EV and home charging comparison service Rightcharge as part of a new drive to help customers transition away from petrol and diesel.
Former Lookers duo Andy Bruce and Nigel McMinn have joined board of the Fleet Alliance as the £1 billion business looks to accelerate its growth in leasing and personal mobility.
Lookers has said that a positive swing in performance that will see 2020’s H1 loss of £50 million converted into a £50m pre-tax profit in the first half of this year.
Lookers has marked the opening of its new Chester Kia dealership with a weekend-long customer event.
Lookers chief executive Mark Raban has told AM that he is positive about the group’s future after overcoming a “perfect storm” of legacy issues and COVID-19 to report positive 2020 annual financial results.
Lookers has said that it can now “look to the future with confidence” after emerging from the most challenging period in its history.
Lookers will report its 2020 annual financial results on the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) June 30 reporting deadline after announcing a "short delay" in publication.
Vertu Motors has followed fellow AM100 car retail PLC Lookers in urging shareholders to stay away from their upcoming AGM after the stalled easing of COVID-19 lockdown measures.
Lookers has opened the doors to its new £4.6 million Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) dealership in Bishop’s Stortford.
Lookers has revealed that chairman Phil White will stand for re-election at its AGM as the AM100 PLC’s search for a successor continues.
Lookers will return to “normalised reporting” of its annual financial results after renewing its banking facility and reporting continued strong trading momentum the first four months of 2021.
The health and wellbeing of automotive apprentices will be at the heart of a “Supercharged” free online event hosted by the National Franchised Dealers Association’s (NFDA) Drive My Career campaign.
Matt Clay, group qualifications manager at AM100 top 10 motor retailer Lookers, outlines the talent opportunity that the "seismic shift" to electrified cars may offer.
Car retail’s impressive response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the impending reopening of car showrooms after ‘Lockdown 3’ and the “Cazoo effect” have triggered rallying share prices for the sector’s PLCs.
Lookers sold over 44,000 new and used cars during a COVID-19 ‘Lockdown 3’ impacted Q1 to finish the period “ahead of expectations”.
Lookers PLC has announced the completion of a recent series of senior leadership changes with the appointment of Chris Walker as its new chief people officer.
