AvailableCar chief executive Michael Bell has said that the used car supermarket group is looking forward to the “successes” a more diverse workforce can bring after joining the Automotive 30% Club.
Ray Chapman Motors hosted Volvo Car UK managing director Kristian Elvefors among other VIPs at the official opening of its new Volvo dealership in York this week.
Cotswold Cheltenham has been named Mini Retailer of the Year for the second consecutive year, at the 2020 Mini Retailer Awards.
Cambria Automobiles and Vertu Motors have both completed the acquisition of Leven Car Company dealership sites less than a fortnight after the Edinburgh-based retail group entered administration.
A director of classic car dealer Tom Hartley has been handed a nine-month suspended jail sentence following his involvement in a crash involving a Ferrari 458 Spider and a Porsche 118 Cayman GTS.
MG Motor UK plans to realise 130% car sales growth in 2020 with ambitious plans to follow-up a record 2019 with 30,000 new car registrations.
The director of independent used car retailer Carpoint has been handed an 18-week suspended jail sentence in relation to car clocking offences.
Glyn Hopkin operations director Stuart Hodson has left the business to “pursue other opportunities” two years after taking up the post with the Romford-based retail group.
Citygate Automotive has confirmed its acquisition of Inchcape Retail’s Volkswagen dealerships in West London and Twickenham – six weeks after AM reported on the impending deal.
Ken Brown Motor Group has opened the doors at its new Hyundai Motor UK dealership in Letchworth.
Vertu Motors has added to the recent flurry of acquisitions and disposals within the Volkswagen retail network with the £8.8 million acquisition of four dealerships from Sytner Group.
A Marshall Motor Holdings Maserati brand manager has been jailed for 14 months after diverting almost £200,000 of luxury car sales payments into his personal bank account.
Glyn Hopkin has joined the Kia Motor UK franchise with the opening of its first dealership for the Korean car manufacturer in Romford.
JCT600 is set to give another 40 apprentices the chance to “earn while you learn” as it adds to the 100 already in the business on a new rolling recruitment basis.
Cambria Automobiles has reported that it is “well positioned for 2020” despite suffering a 9.4% decline in new car sales in the first three months of its current fiscal year.
The Leven Car Company has entered administration, with dealership staff reportedly turned away from retail sites this morning.
Former Notcutts chairman and Marks & Spencers director Nicky Dulieu has taken up her new post on the board of Marshall Motor Holdings.
The John Grose Group will attempt to redistribute staff from its Ford dealership in Framlingham after taking the decision to close the franchised site.
Nine vehicles were targeted in a £30,000 vandalism spree at Thurlow Nunn’s Great Yarmouth Vauxhall dealership described as “really severe” by the business’ general manager.
Arnold Clark has submitted plans to transform a former Toys R Us store into a car retail facility as part of the expansion of its Motorstore used car supermarket sites.
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AM’s top ten most read stories of 2019 brought readers news of developments at top AM100 retail groups Pendragon, Lookers and Sytner and network changes within Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) and Honda.
Inspired by NADA dealer visits, this family-run Northern Ireland group uses the latest technology to deliver US levels of customer service at its new multi-brand site.
Chief executive Jonathan Dunkley, chief financial officer Brian Scott and commercial director James Dunkley of the Sytner Group’s CarShop used car supermarket division have all departed the business, AM understands.
Sytner Group has opened the doors of its £9 million BMW car dealership in Cardiff after contractor MCS Group met its Christmas deadline for completion.
