Lookers has entered into a conditional agreement to acquire seven-site Warwick Holdings, trading as Drayton Group, for £55.4m.
Peter Vardy Group has added a BMWi sub-brand retail outlet to its Edinburgh dealership and opened its £8 million JLR dealership in Aberdeen.
Recruitment is one of the top priorities for the managing director as he aims to ‘mould’ his team to sell the ‘Steven Eagell way’.
Inchcape experienced pressure on its trading profits and margins in its UK business for its half year results ended June 30, 2016.
Hampshire-based Hendy Group is sponsoring the Southern Vipers cricket team in the first Kia Women’s Super League.
Clive Brook explains how acquiring two Volvo showrooms from his former employers left him ‘battle-hardened’.
Hendy Automotive has acquired Lifestyle Motor Group in a move which should see the business achieve an annual turnover of £600 million.
Peter Vardy Group is set to transfer more than £5 million of ownership to its 800 colleagues
Greenhous Group has sold its GRS Remarketing subsidiary to US-based KAR Auction Services for an undisclosed sum.
Vertu Motors has bought Gordon Lamb Group in Derbyshire and gained its first Toyota dealership, plus more Land Rover, Nissan and Skoda sites.
Marriott Motor Group is preparing to open its renovated Volkswagen showroom next month on the site the 106-year-old Stowmarket family business was founded.
Growth in new and used car sales has boosted Caffyns’ revenues by 10.6% to £232.5m.
Cameron Wade has been appointed as managing director of the motor division at Peter Vardy, the Scotland-based AM100 dealer group.
Ancaster Group has acquired a dual franchise site in Shepperton from West London Motor Group (WLMG).
Right Car has joined the Groupe Renault UK dealer network with a new Hull dealership which will pave the way to the business’ expansion outside its East Yorkshire homeland.
Colin Appleyard managing director Robin Appleyard on the Yorkshire dealer group's self-funded success.
Jennings Group managing director Nas Khan has his eyes on expansion, but is also planning for succession.
Harratts Group managing director Shaun Harratt on how shrinking his group put it on the road to recovery.
Vertu Motors has acquired three Lookers Honda dealerships for approximately £2 million, including goodwill of £0.2m.
Delgarth managing director Steve Turney explains how a family-owned regional dealer group handled rapid expansion.
J T Hughes is preparing to close one of its four branches in Shropshire as the dealership makes way for a Lidl supermarket.
Vertu chief executive Robert Forrester and commercial director David Crane explain how they manage business data at one of the UK’s largest motor retailers.
NT Shaw of Louth, Lincolnshire has joined the MG dealer network taking the brand’s total number of sites to 63 in the UK.
Vertu Motors has invested £600,000 in upgrading two of its Macklin Motors Hyundai dealerships in Edinburgh.
Marshall Motor Holdings has acquired family-owned SG Smith Holdings for £24.4 million.
