An Exeter car retailer is believed to be the first in the world to introduce Formula One standards and technology in its workshop.
Dealership Halliwell Jones, Warrington has been presented with the BMW Dealer of the Year Award at an awards ceremony held at its National Dealer Conference in Australia last night.
A new Mitsubishi dealership has opened in Dundee, creating jobs and renovating a site that has been empty for more than three years.
Citroën UK has recruited Rylatt and Sons to operate its sales contract in Spalding, Lincolnshire.
Dealer group Ford Retail is launching a new partnership with Cancer Research UK with a national car auction on the 19th February, giving customers a chance to bid on cars with a starting price of a penny.
Hatfields managing director Gareth Williams won’t let customer experience suffer as his dealer group ramps up sales.
US-owned Group 1 Automotive saw gross profits increase by 48% to $93.2 million (£57.2m) at its UK operation in 2013.
GMD Car Sales has taken on the Mitsubishi franchise in Durham and will build a new showroom which will be completed by June.
The fleet division of independently owned Bradford-based motor group JCT600 has seen vehicle volumes grow by 28% year-on-year with a total of 11,200 vehicles, worth around £200 million, supplied in the last 12 months.
A Listers Group dealership has topped the awards for the best site in the Volkswagen network.
Phoenix Car Company developed a pop up car store in Glasgow’s busiest shopping centre for the seven weeks of the year in and around Christmas.
Ford Retail has appointed of Stuart Mustoe as finance director and member of the board.
Dealer group Marshall is taking on the Maserati franchise in Cambridgeshire.
Dealer group Glyn Hopkin is opening an Infiniti dealership this week in St Albans.
Managing director David Stenning says attention to detail and an emphasis on serving all market sectors is giving Arbury Motor Group a competitive edge
Under managing director Keith Brock, the Wessex Garages dealer group has embraced video to build customer trust and show transparency.
Chris Hayden, Group 1 Automotive CEO of UK operations, plans to use his UK experience and lessons from the US to steer this growing dealer group
How the high-achieving Honda and Suzuki dealer, John Banks Group, is fitter post-recession
For CEM Day, Wales's largest franchised dealer group, growing the rental and contract hire sides of the business has brought record returns
For the past three years Cheshire-based Swansway Garages has appeared in the Sunday Times’ Best Companies to Work For list, becoming only the third dealer group to do so and its position in the chart of businesses finding favour with the humble employee rather than investors or City bean counters is rising.
The strength of a business can usually be measured by the strength of its relationships and this has been essential to Meridian Motor Group, which trades as Vantage.
Joe Doyle, HR Owen's third CEO in as many years, is uniting the group through values and systems to ensure a smoother course for the future.
Walking past supermodels on the way to a dealer interview is not a regular occurrence on AM. The fact Kate Moss was out shopping 50 paces from HR Owen’s Jack Barclay showroom highlights how different this group is from any other in the UK.
In 2006, Vertu Motors was started by Robert Forrester with the aim to acquire and consolidate motor retail companies. Today, those aims remain unchanged and its managing director sees no reason to stop growing the company and the brands it represents, with the Germans firmly in the expansion plan.
Macrae & Dick has appointed Derek Presly as general manager of its Jaguar and Land Rover dealerships.
