Carzam founder Peter Waddell has blamed the faltering performance of online-only car retail businesses including Cazoo for the venture’s failure.
As car dealerships across the UK deck out their showrooms with bunting in celebration of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, it is also time to look back at the AM Awards festivities of three weeks ago.
Pendragon remuneration committee chair Mike Wright has left the car retail PLC after it emerged that the business looked set to face a third successive AGM shareholder revolt over its leadership bonuses.
Waylands Automotive has continued its expansion and strengthened an AM Awards-winning partnership with the acquisition of Grovebury Cars’ Kia UK dealership in Bicester.
Yeomans has completed the acquisition of Barnard & Brough Nissan from St Leonards Motors (SLM) Group.
Mercedes-Benz Retail Group has agreed a deal to sell its North London dealerships to top AM100 car retail group Sytner.
Drive Motor Retail has vowed to match-fund the charitable efforts of its workforce in a bid to raise £50,000 for victims of the war in Ukraine.
The Trade Centre Group has expanded into a seventh used car supermarket site after delivering record profitability in its 2021 annual financial results.
Bristol Street Motors sales executive Joe Sharland has raised almost £10,500 for charity after completing a gruelling 12-day trek through the Himalayan Mountains.
Pendragon’s leadership team could be set to face another shareholder revolt over “inappropriate” financial bonuses – a year after their last showdown with investors.
Big Motoring World founder Peter Waddell is experiencing his “proud dad moment” as his son, Jack, prepares to open his new car showroom this weekend.
A dozen premium SUVs suffered “extensive damage” when vandals attacked Pendragon’s Stratstone Land Rover dealership in Cardiff this week.
AM100 car retail PLC Caffyns plans to open new Lotus and Volvo dealerships after post-lockdown trading delivered a 26.3% rise in revenues and 207.9% surge in pre-tax profits in 2021/22.
Cinch is set to become Crystal Palace’s official shirt sponsor for the 2022/23 Premier League football season as part of a multi-year contract.
The Best Companies League has placed independent car and van retailer Motorpoint as its top automotive company to work for.
Lookers has continued to invest in its Volkswagen car dealerships with an investment of £2.1 million to transform its Preston franchised site into a “showcase location” for the German brand.
Celtic’s Scottish Premier League title victory could have eased tensions over a car retail sponsorship row involving cinch, Park’s Motor Group and bitter rivals Rangers.
Glyn Hopkin’s Suzuki and Nissan dealership in Watford could be set to make way for 190 flats if plans created by developer London Square get the go-ahead.
Customers and former colleagues have paid tribute to Springside Motors director Graham Irvine following his “sudden passing”.
Expanding used car supermarket group Big Motoring World has appointed former Styner Group chief executive and chaoirman Laurence Vaughan as its new executive chairman.
Lookers director Karen Prince has seen her children emerge as the stars of marketing imagery applied to the AM100 car retail group’s expanding range of home delivery vans.
Pendragon will open the doors to its first CarStore Experience Centre this weekend as it targets “first-class in person experiences for any customer” with its reimagined used car retail division.
Perrys Motor Sales managing director Darren Ardron has expressed his confidence at tackling the car retail sector’s headwinds after the business posted a 275% pre-tax profit rise from “excellent” 2021 trading.
SsangYong Motors UK has expanded its dealer network with the addition of North City SsangYong.
Marshall Motor Group has succeeded in condensing the operations of three Audi premium car dealerships into one flagship location with the opening of its new Audi Centre in South East London.
