JCT600 chief executive John Tordoff has told AM that the family-run car retail group has mapped out a future strategy for the first time in its history after a series of life-changing events.
The founder of Swedish hypercar manufacturer Koenigsegg has hailed plans for new £3 million landmark showroom development in Sunningdale, near Ascot.
Lookers increased its full-year profit expectations to £75 million and kicked-off a £15m share buyback programnme after reporting strong performance in a Q3 trading update.
A delegation of more than 30 car retailers from Thailand have paid a visit to Vertu Motors’ Mercedes-Benz Reading dealership to explore how it achieves top-rated customer service.
Just Stop Oil protestors followed up a tomato soup attack on Van Gogh’s Sunflowers by daubing Pendragon’s Stratstone Aston Martin dealership on Westminster’s Park Lane with orange paint.
Luxury and supercar retailer HR Owen has raised over £55,000 for children’s heart charity Chain of Hope with their first ever charity shoot.
Car retail businesses drove record pay rises in 2022 with bonuses and incentives to management soaring by 70% to deliver average remuneration of £407,000, the latest BDO Salary Survey has revealed.
Lookers has re-opened its Nissan dealership in Chester following £750,000 investment in the Japanese carmaker's new corporate identity (CI).
A new Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles Van Centre has opened in Oldham, providing new and used cars alongside servicing and repair facilities.
Increasing numbers of franchised car retailers are considering exit strategies as economic pressures and uncertainty around agency model retail plunge the sector into a period where uncertainty is now the norm, MHA has suggested.
Taggarts' Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) and Volvo premium car dealerships will be rebranded after more than 120 years' trading as Lookers moves to unify its operations in Scotland.
Cumbrian AM100 car retailer Lloyd Motor Group has continued it recent push for expansion with the acquisition of P.V. Dobson’s Volvo Car UK dealership near Kendal.
Great Wall Motors’ (GWM) Ora electric vehicle (EV) brand has appointed Lookers as its first car retail franchisee in England.
Listers Group is lining-up a relaunch of its Volvo Car UK dealership in Leamington Spa following a £2 million project to bring the facility up to the Swedish brand’s VRE corporate identity (CI).
Endeavour Automotive taken its Hyundai representation to seven locations with expansion in East Anglia through the acquisition of car retail group Turners.
Harwoods Group has doubled the capacity of its Audi Portsmouth dealership, following a total overhaul of the site.
Lookers chief operating officer Duncan McPhee has celebrated the completion of a “challenging, but incredibly rewarding” 650km fund-raising bike ride in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support and Papyrus.
Marshall Motor Holdings has reported 74.6% turnover growth and a 354.4% rise in pre-tax profit in its first financial results since the acquisition of Motorline and privatisation by new owner Constellation Automotive.
Growing AM100 PLC Vertu Motors' high-profile efforts to leverage marketing and sponsorships to boost its profile will deliver "surprises" in the months ahead.
Vertu Motors chief executive Robert Forrester has said that the car retail giant could grow “anywhere at any time” after revealing H1 results which suggest it is scaling the AM100 rankings.
Day’s Motor Group chairman Graham Day has praised the businesses “dedicated staff” after it recorded a 210% increase in pre-tax profits during a COVID-impacted 2021 financial year.
Riverside Motor Group’s acquisition of Harratts’ Honda dealership in Wakefield helped it to a 24% increase in turnover in its 2021 annual financial results.
Greater Manchester-based Premier Automotive has opened the doors to the 107th dealership in Isuzu UK’s franchised retail network.
JCT600 has severed its ties with its Stellantis franchises Vauxhall, Peugeot and Citroen following a full strategic review of future opportunities and its brand partners.
The Available Car used car supermarket group has warned of “significant challenges ahead” despite delivering a 72% rise in pre-tax profit and 29.8% uplift in turnover in 2021.
