Steven Eagell Group’s Lexus dealership in Cambridge has been celebrated among the Japanese premium brand’s best franchised car retailers in Europe.
A fraudster who conned fellow motor traders and car buying customers out of almost £500,000 has been jailed for five years and seven months.
Vertu Motors has declared that its promotion of IT director Bruce Clark into the newly-created role of chief technology officer marks “a further step change in its focus on technology".
Lookers has transformed its Manchester headquarters into a new ‘collaboration hub’ for all employees.
JCT600 has opened a Cupra pop-up shop in Leeds Trinity Shopping Centre.
Used car supermarket Big Motoring World aims to expand rapidly across the UK after growth investor Freshstream acquired an undisclosed stake in the business from owners Peter Waddell and John Bailey.
JCT600 has finally opened the doors to its new £9 million Ferrari supercar dealership in Leeds – after COVID-19 lockdowns set-back the development.
Eastbourne Motoring Centre (EMC) has applied for planning permission to expand its existing Vauxhall dealership to add a Fiat franchise for the South coast town.
Mon Motors managing director Gavin Cleverley has told AM that he is “excited” to welcome the Volvo Car UK franchise into his business with the opening of a new dealership in Cardiff.
Kia UK has been running a leadership development programme designed to give Kia dealership staff specialist leadership and development skills.
Cazoo reported seeing a “clear path for significant Retail GPU improvement” from its online used car sales after reporting a £550 million loss in 2021.
Norton Way has reimagined its used car retail model with the launch of its new Carverse dealership in Knebworth.
A BBC Watchdog investigation has called into question online car retailer Cazoo’s 300-point check on all its vehicles after failing to uncover documentary evidence of such scrutiny being carried out.
Lookers has posted a record pre-tax profit of £90.1 million after navigating challenging new car supplies and trading on strong used car margins.
Swansway Group has followed a COVID crisis-defying set of record annual financial results in 2021 with a further 147% surge in pre-tax profits during 2021.
Few industry executives expect all UK car sales networks will be operating under agency contracts by the end of the decade, however the switch to agency is predicted for a sizeable portion.
Marshall Motor Holdings chief executive Daksh Gupta has highlighted shareholders’ three-fold return on investment on the seventh anniversary of the car retail group‘s IPO on the London Stock Exchange.
Waylands Automotive and Cambria Automotive picked up awards as the National Franchised Dealers Association’s (NFDA) Spring Ball returned to “celebrate automotive excellence”.
Renault Retail Group will be the first Dacia retailer to adopt the brand’s new corporate identity at its dealerships, with rebadged vehicles on their way later in 2022.
Sytner Group has added a trio of BMW and Mini dealerships with the acquisition of Stevenage-based Specialist Cars.
Lookers has completed the sale and leaseback of its freehold Volkswagen car dealership property in Battersea for £28 million.
The Hilton Group has officially opened its new 75,000 square foot classic car showroom, restoration and accident repair facility in Bishop’s Stortford.
HR Owen is set to become the first international car retail partner of US-based hypercar manufacturer Czinger Vehicles.
Peter Vardy Group has raised more than £200,000 for the people of Ukraine and will donate 10% of its profits in March to humanitarian projects in the country.
Motorvogue has established two regional divisions each led by newly appointed operations directors.
