Car retailers have been told that the only way they can avoid rising energy costs in a potential energy crisis resulting from the war in Ukraine is to go “off grid”.
Chorley Group managing director Adam Turner has said further growth is on the cards after the family-run car retail group added two new Citroen dealerships with the acquisition of BCC Cars.
Vertu Motors has launched a recruitment drive to attract staff to four new Toyota franchised car dealerships after taking over the brand’s West of Scotland territory from Arnold Clark.
Lookers is close to completing a £3 million major redevelopment of its Volkswagen Teeside dealership in a move that will bring car and van sales together at a single site.
Toyota franchised car retailers John Roe Grimsby, Ron Brooks Motor Group and Burrows Motor Company have all been awarded with the brand’s Ichiban awards for excellence in customer service.
A former Evans Halshaw employee who diverted 73 DVLA cheques worth over £10,000 into his own bank account has avoided jail in a fraud hearing at York Crown Court.
Motorpoint's retail footprint has expanded to 16 used car retail locations with the opening of a new two-acre, 120-vehicle dealership in Maidstone.
Lexus pulled clear of the chasing pack to emerge as UK franchised car dealers’ number one retail partner for a sixth consecutive time in the NFDA Dealer Attitude Survey winter 2021/2022.
Suzuki GB boss Dale Wyatt has told the brand’s UK car retailers that the brand has become “VUCA ninjas” in webinar outlining supply constraints for the year ahead.
Car retailers, automotive suppliers and car manufacturers battling for prizes at the AM Awards 2022 will be doing so at a record-breaking year for the prestigious annual event.
The new 22 plate released on March 1 may attract an ‘all-time low of new registrations’ in what has been a traditional peak quarter, warns MotorVise.
JT Hughes Group has become the latest former Mitsubishi franchisee to join the Isuzu UK pick-up retail network.
Bristol Street Motors has launched its own W Series race team and has increased its support for the W Series' Excelr8 Motorsport team.
Vertu Motors has revealed that its 2022 pre-tax profits will have risen by more than 200% in 2022 as it forecast a year-end total of “not less than £75 million” in a trading update issued this morning.
Car dealers have told AM that a new-look plate-change period which goes without the traditional March car sales mayhem and eases the year’s trading peaks and troughs is “good news” for the sector.
MG Motor UK has told its franchised car retailers to stop taking orders for new petrol vehicles after “unprecedented demand” saw it fill its 2022 sales quota by the end of February.
The newly-appointed manager of Paul Rigby Group’s Polestar Space Birmingham store has said he is excited by the challenge of exploring a “new form of retail”.
Peter Vardy Group has committed to donating 10% of its March profits to humanitarian projects in Ukraine as the Russian assault continues to impact civilian lives.
Steven Eagell Group chief executive Steven Eagell has spoken of his “enormous pride” after the car retailer won nine categories in the annual Toyota and Lexus dealer of the year awards.
Johnsons Cars’ Solihull Volkswagen showroom site has been sold for £15 million after being identified as a “none-core asset” by its new owner.
Cazoo has completed a Spanish football sponsorship double after following an agreement with Real Sociedad with a follow-up deal for Valencia.
Inchcape PLC’s global footprint will mitigate the impact of a £750 million exposure to the Russian automotive sector, analysts have said.
West End Garage in Edinburgh beat the other 130 dealerships in Skoda's UK dealer network to scoop the brand's Retailer of the Year Award for 2021.
Arnold Clark chief executive Eddie Hawthorne has told AM that the Scottish automotive retail giant expects to sever ties with more franchises after its exit from Ford and Toyota this month.
Paul Rigby Group will operate the UK’s third Polestar Space when the electric vehicle (EV) brand’s new facility opens its doors to customers at the Touchwood Solihull shopping centre next week.
