Vertu Motors has bought Gordon Lamb Group in Derbyshire and gained its first Toyota dealership, plus more Land Rover, Nissan and Skoda sites.
Growth in new and used car sales has boosted Caffyns’ revenues by 10.6% to £232.5m.
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Ridgeway Garages, the Newbury-based premium brand dealer group, has been sold to Marshall Motor Holdings for £106.9m.
Cameron Wade has been appointed as managing director of the motor division at Peter Vardy, the Scotland-based AM100 dealer group.
Aftersales systems company Clifford Thames has won contracts with BMW and Mercedes-Benz.
Citroen wants the C4 Cactus to appeal to consumers with active lifestyles and is launching a special edition with surf brand Rip Curl.
Alejandro Noriega is the new head of Fiat’s van sales operation in the UK as country manager, Fiat Professional.
Breaches of consumer protection laws by Revolution Motors has led to Imran Khadam being banned from being a company director.
Micheldever Tyre And Auto Services, which operates the Protyre fast-fit network, has bought 100 Renault Master panel vans for its mobile tyre fitting service.
Stockbroker Zeus Capital Research has reiterated its stance on BCA Marketplace and says the market dynamics remain positive for the remarketing and automotive services group.
Independent dealer and used Vauxhall specialist Thompson And Smith, billed as ‘Lincolnshire’s largest non-Vauxhall dealer’, has branched out into classic cars.
Jaguar Land Rover has pledged an aim to increase the number of ex-military people employed across its global operations to 1000 by 2020.
A 2.5% fall in private new car registrations in April has been offset by increased activity in the fleet and business markets.
The average March profit for a franchised dealership reached a record in 2016 of £98,900, a 6.5% increase on the prior year.
