Top 20 AM100 group Cambria Automobiles has increased underlying profit before tax by 45% to £2.02 million for its interim results for the six months ended February 28, 2014.
The average UK car dealer made over £96,000 in the important plate-change month of March.
The first graduate trainee at dealer group Vertu Motors has progressed into a senior role at Bristol Street Motors Lichfield.
A father-of-two from Surrey has scooped a £1,000 of Marks and Spencer vouchers in a competition run by their local Mitsubishi dealership in Putney.
Two new members have joined the sales team at Macrae & Dick Land Rover, Jim Proctor from Inverness and George Mackie from Kintore.
Manufacturers and larger dealer groups have signed up to a new Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI) management standard which will reduce the amount of replication in training across the industry.
Pre-tax profits at Vertu Motors rose to £15.8 million from £4.4m in its 2013/14 trading period.
Evans Halshaw has become the latest dealer group to support the tyre safety campaign group, TyreSafe.
Peoples, the UK’s largest independent Ford dealer, says it is on course for another record-breaking year with turnover expected to reach £200 million.
Jardine Motors' dealership Wolverhampton Audi has retained its position as the top Audi dealer in the country for an unprecedented second year in a row, achieving first place with highest scores on the Audi balanced scorecard (Q-Power).
Vertu Motors has increased its representation of Jaguar and Land Rover with its acquisition of Hillendale Group.
Helston Garages Group bought a dealership in Exeter from SMC Garage Group yesterday.
A car dealer has been fined £5,000 for selling a car with a false service history.
Lookers Volvo Colchester has been awarded gold in the ‘online marketing campaign’ category at the Essex Digital Awards 2014 for their online digital magazine ‘Kronika’.
Dealer group Ford Retail, which operates 65 Ford sites in the UK, has redefined what makes a good sales executive after analysing the personality traits and abilities of its top salespeople.
Lookers’ Northern Irish division Charles Hurst has hired four new apprentices following a competition with four of Belfast’s biggest schools.
Family-owned Grovebury Cars has taken on the Mitsubishi franchise in Leighton Buzzard.
Jaguar has launched a network of 20 dealers which will specialise in selling the F-Type R Coupe, as well as all R and RS products.
Callow Marsh, part of Jenkins Group Holdings, has taken on the Citroen franchise in Hereford.
A used car dealer in Dublin has been fined a total of £5,875 for selling a ‘clocked' car.
Steve Bainbridge, Benfield Motor Group’s sales and development manager and former England and British Lions rugby player will be cycling 620 miles for charity in June.
Peter Vardy has opened a new Vauxhall dealership in the Edinburgh commuter town of Dalgety Bay.
Windsors Mazda in Wallasey, Merseyside has celebrated its 20th anniversary with an event attended by the brand's senior management team.
Paul Dillon has been appointed joint managing director of the Westover Group.
Construction of car dealer group Ridgeway's Audi centre in Oxford is underway - and on track for a mid/late 2014 opening.
