Vertu Motors has promoted Simon Horabin to the role of franchise director to oversee its Bristol Street Motors Seat and Skoda dealerships.
Vertu Motors’ Mercedes-Benz dealerships in Reading Slough and Ascot will be overseen by Mark Gibbings after the experienced brand operator was appointed as market area director for the brand.
Vertu Motors has appointed Phil Caine as general manager for Vertu Lease Cars as it looks to drive forward brokerage deals.
Vertu Motors chief executive Robert Forrester has said that the group will be considering how it can best "deploy capital" to drive growth in 2018 following a trading update which revealed a new car sales decline of 15.7%.
Motors.co.uk has appointed the former general manager of Inchcape Retail as its new sales director.
A campaign by the National Franchised Retailers to promote a greater understanding of automotive retail saw the Rt Hon Sir Vince Cable MP step into the showroom at Inchcape Volkswagen in Twickenham.
Bristol Street Motors Shirley Ford has unveiled its £2 million refurbished dealership following investment by owner Vertu Motors.
A fund-raising business manager at Gordon Lamb Chesterfield Land Rover swapped the forcourt for the boxing ring to raise more than £580 for Cancer Research UK.
Bristol Street Motors claims to be leading online innovation in the motor retail sector with what it has billed as “the UK’s first purely web-based used car sales platform”.
Vertu Motors has recognised 13 colleagues with a collective 350 years of service with a celebration lunch at Chateau Impney.
For many months we have seen a frenzy of negative media attention on the automotive sector including comment on franchised dealerships, PCPs and diesel emissions.
Vertu Motors plc will redouble its focus on placing video and imagery at the heart of digital marketing campaigns after rolling out of AutosOnShow technology across its network.
Vertu Motors has once again gathered together its longest-serving staff in a bid to recognise the loyalty of those who have worked for its dealerships for up to 40 years.
LDV in the UK has appointed former Bristol Street Motors commercial vehicle expert Bill Laidlaw as its dealer development manager.
Vertu Motors has reported six-months of growth in operating profit, earnings per share, dividends and return on sales despite revenues remaining flat at £1.45bn.
Bristol Street Motors has targeted improved service for its commercial customers following the appointment of a new business development manager at its Peugeot Oxford dealership.
Vertu has extended the opening hours at its Bristol Hyundai showroom to 10pm as it celebrates the completion of a £330,000 refurbishment and the appointment of a new branch manager.
Vertu chief executive Robert Forrester has hailed as “astounding” the commitment of long-serving staff in the group’s northern dealerships which have amassed over 500 years combined service.
Vertu Honda Morpeth has given its support to Olympic skeet shooter hopeful Amy Brown.
Vertu Motors says it has traded ‘in line with expectations’ in the weeks since its market statement in July at its annual meeting.
