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Westerly Exeter and Cotswold Cheltenham have been crowned BMW and Mini Retailer of the Year at an annual awards event hosted by comedian Alan Carr and radio presenter Edith Bowman.

BYD will begin UK sales of its electric Atto 3 model in the coming weeks, following the appointment of five dealer partners.

Stellantis has ditched the Robins & Day brand for its UK car dealerships in the AM100 retail group’s 110th year of trading.

Life-saving car dealership staff from Burrows Motor Group and Baylis have come face-to-face with customers they helped revive after suffering cardiac arrests in their showrooms.

Cazoo plans to close sites and axe jobs in the UK as part of a ‘Revised 2023 plan’ following its 2022 exit from used car markets on the European mainland.

Hendy Group is poised to expand its retail partnership with Nissan through the opening of a new dealership in Crawley.

Marshall Motor Group has taken its Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) representation t 10 dealerships with the acquisition of the premium carmaker’s Leicester franchise from Sturgess Motor Group.

Counselling has been offered to staff at Vertu Motors’ Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) Leeds after a woman and a child were killed in road traffic incident described by police as “absolutely tragic”.

Lookers will grant its top leadership trio £1.5 million in share options for the car retail group’s 2023 performance if the car retail PLC meets a series of three-year performance targets.

New RJK Automotive Group managing director Darren Bradford has vowed to remain a “hands on” leader after being promoted from the role of Drayton Motors MD.

Harwoods Group has appointed former Volvo Car UK managing director Jon Wakefield as chief executive as it prepares for a 2023 transformation that will “revolutionise the automotive industry”.

Gravells’ dealership in Bridgend has retained Kia UK’s dealer of the year award at an event which also celebrated the Korean carmaker’s landmark 100,000 registrations performance.

Lookers has raised its 2022 full-year profit expectations to over £80 million and revealed plans to add further to recent new car franchise additions Lotus Cars and Ora.

Lloyd Motor Group is expanding its York operation with 25 new jobs, to strengthen its long-term growth strategy.

Car dealer group operation Inchcape Retail rebounded from £76.4 million pre-tax loss to deliver profitability in 2021 financial results.

Car retailers are expected to shrug off the key performance indicators (KPIs) of the past as they prepare for a 2023 economy which will see recessionary consumer spending habits layered on top of ongoing vehicle supply issues.

Car retailers are braced for a potential halving of Government support on their energy bills from the end of March.

Constellation Automotive’s cinch online used car retail operation has posted a £149 million pre-tax loss in annual financial results for 2021/22.

Waylands Automotive is poised to join the retail network of performance electric vehicle (EV) brand Polestar with the opening of a new store in Bristol.

Car retail brothers Harry and Neal Grainger have officially become business partners with the acquisition of Mantles Kia Royston – paving the way to the creation of a new dealer group.

Swansway Group hopes to have scored a star signing for its digital marketing team with the recruitment of footballer Bradley Carrol.

The handover of a new car took an unexpected turn for one York woman, whose boyfriend proposed in the showroom of Bristol Street Motors York Renault Dacia.

A primary school has backed RMB Auto’s plan to expand its Leeds Renault car dealership onto part of its playing fields to expand vehicle storage and electric vehicle (EV) charge point provision.

Lookers has submitted a planning application which would unite its Mercedes-Benz and Smart dealerships in Brighton under one roof.

The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) has begun the process of de-listing warrants for online car retailer Cazoo as a result of “abnormally low” price levels.