Oxfordshire Vauxhall dealer MM Bellinger & Sons has acquired land to build a new showroom and service centre.
Vertu Motors is set to open a Fiat brand centre in Newcastle.
Aldi has stated its intent to build and open a new store in Coventry despite Sutton Park Group currently occupying the space with its multi-franchise dealership.
Volkswagen’s plans to build a 35,000 square foot showroom in Exeter have been given planning consent.
Lancaster Toyota Colchester, part of Jardine Motor Group, has moved to a brand new eco-friendly site after outgrowing their previous location.
AM100 car dealer group Ridgeway has chosen Milton Gate as the location for its South Oxford flagship Volkswagen showroom and dealership.
Planners have backed proposals for new-build BMW and Mini showrooms at Cardinal Point, Tamworth.
Scunthorpe motor dealer Hartwell Ford has received approval from North Lincolnshire Council to make improvements to its forecourt.
Planning officials have approved proposals to convert a showroom vacated by Marshall Motor Group into a mini-supermarket.
Property yields have strengthened across the motor trade sector to levels not seen since the height of the market in 2007, according to chartered surveyors, HSM.
Construction of car dealer group Ridgeway's Audi centre in Oxford is underway - and on track for a mid/late 2014 opening.
Construction is beginning of the UK's flagship Kia dealership alonside the M4 in West London.
Park's Motor Group has opened a Maserati dealership in Glasgow.
Ferrari's latest corporate identity has been installed at Lancaster Ferrari Colchester, part of Jardine Motor Group.
Gordon Lamb Group has bought the property on which its Derby Skoda franchise has operated for the past two years.
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Kia dealership Fine Cars in Hampshire is facing having to re-submit new plans for expansion after its third setback in as many years.
Vertu Motors has made another acquisition, bringing its representation of Nissan up to nine sites.
Newcastle-based Benfield Motor Group has secured a £40m funding package led by Royal Bank of Scotland Corporate & Institutional Banking (RBS CIB) and supported by Barclays Bank to support a company-wide three-year capital investment programme.
The franchise system means that it is generally the dealers who make the investments in property, whilst the manufacturers dictate, but rarely fund, the scale and style of that investment.
