Drive Motor Retail, Vertu Motors and Swansway Group are among car retailers across the UK that have started 2023 with new additions to their management teams.
Lithia Motors’ Jardine Motor Group takeover talks have highlighted the undervaluation of UK car retail businesses, analysts have claimed.
Counselling has been offered to staff at Vertu Motors’ Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) Leeds after a woman and a child were killed in road traffic incident described by police as “absolutely tragic”.
The handover of a new car took an unexpected turn for one York woman, whose boyfriend proposed in the showroom of Bristol Street Motors York Renault Dacia.
A Vertu Motors employee has been awarded the Silver Medal of the Polish Army for his voluntary work with the Polish Heritage Flight.
Vertu Motors has named a new franchise director for its Jaguar Land Rover division and recruited a new divisional aftersales director for the Ford South division.
Vertu Motors has added its first Ferrari supercar and Volvo dealerships to its car retail portfolio through the £117 million acquisition of Helston Garages.
Luxury car retail group Rybrook has completed the acquisition of Helston Garages’ Porsche car dealership in Exeter.
Bristol Street Motors (BSM) has struck-up a sponsorship deal with Gallagher Premiership Rugby team Exeter Chiefs as fellow car retail group LSH Auto broadened its support of Macclesfield Town FC.
Vertu Motors has revealed that it is engaged in “advanced discussions” over the potential acquisition of £512 million turnover premium car retailer Helston Garages Group.
Bristol Street Motors’ newly promoted Derby Nissan branch manager has told women starting out on a career in automotive to “just got for it”.
Bristol Street Motors has spent £1m transforming its Harlow Peugeot dealership into a multi-franchise site.
Vertu Motors has become the UK’s largest BMW Motorrad motorcycle retailer with the £4.4 million acquisition of two Yorkshire dealerships from Saltaire Motor Company, which trades as Allan Jefferies.
A delegation of more than 30 car retailers from Thailand have paid a visit to Vertu Motors’ Mercedes-Benz Reading dealership to explore how it achieves top-rated customer service.
Growing AM100 PLC Vertu Motors' high-profile efforts to leverage marketing and sponsorships to boost its profile will deliver "surprises" in the months ahead.
Vertu Motors chief executive Robert Forrester has said that the car retail giant could grow “anywhere at any time” after revealing H1 results which suggest it is scaling the AM100 rankings.
Vertu Motors has completed "stunning" £1 million refurbishment of its Slough Mercedes-Benz dealership.
Verity Hall has been appointed general manager at Bristol Street Motors Sunderland Vauxhall, in addition to the brand’s neighbouring Peugeot dealership.
Vertu Motors is taking its car dealerships “off grid” as part of efforts to combat the soaring cost of energy in the second half of 2022.
The Taxi Centre, part of Vertu Motors, has agreed a new partnership with London Electric Vehicle Company (LEVC) to sell its electric-powered black cabs.
