Renault Retail Group has closed its Renault London West site and relocated the business into a former Robins & Day Vauxhall showroom at Staples Corner.
Automotive distribution and car retail PLC Inchcape has reported a 12% rise in turnover and 131% in pre-tax profits in its 2021 annual financial results.
Ford and Peugeot retailer Busseys will close two of its franchised dealerships as it works to adapt to the “huge changes” impacting the automotive retail sector.
Snows Motor Group has launched a ‘Mission 60’ fund-raising drive to raise £60,000 for good causes in its 60th anniversary year.
Fresh Motors has opened a new site in Watton with capacity to display more than 100 used cars and vans for sale.
Unity Automotive has expanded in Coventry with a standalone showroom representing the rapidly-growing MG brand.
Newspaper The Times has criticised dealer groups which it says will post "record annual profits" this year for not paying back the state support they received when COVID lockdowns closed their showrooms.
The boss of a Bristol Suzuki car dealership has been left reeling after Storm Eunice wrecked 15 new cars on its forecourt.
Marshall Motor Group was the only car retail business to feature in the 2022 Great Place to Work Best Workplaces for Wellbeing rankings.
Chief executive Mark Raban discusses his plan to move Lookers forward in the new issue of AM magazine after a difficult period in the AM100 dealer group's history.
LSH Auto has reported a doubling of van sales from its Mercedes-Benz Vans sales teams in Stockport and Birmingham and 350% aftersales growth in 2021.
Mercedes-Benz Retail Group (MBRG) has denied issuing its technicians a 13% pay rise to avoid two days of strike action affecting workshops at nine of its dealerships.
Ford-owned car retail group TrustFord has appointed its finance director Stuart Mustoe as acting chairman and chief executive following the retirement of Stuart Foulds.
Park’s Motor Group have opened the doors to a new Nisan dealership in East Kilbride.
Bristol Street Motors Peterlee has been named Hyundai's Best Overall Dealer and Marshall Hyundai and Richmond Hyundai have jointly won the Overall Dealer Group award.
Vertu Motors will take over from Arnold Clark as Toyota GB’s franchised car retail group for the West of Scotland – creating four new car dealerships to serve the brand.
A Vertu Motors employee joined the Premier League of fund-raisers by securing five-figure charity donations from England footballers as the PLC celebrated raising almost £42,000 for a range of good causes through a car raffle.
Inchcape UK has followed the launch of its new bravoauto used car retail division with a group-wide rebrand which has redefined its car buyer offering.
Drayton Motors has celebrated its 2021 car retail success with the return of its annual awards after securing the acquisition of Cropleys Suzuki and adding the Maxus franchise to its portfolio.
Group 1 Automotive has reported a 27.2% increase in revenues as gross profit rose 40.7% in its annual financial results for 2021.
Chorley Group has tripled the scale of its MG Motor UK representation in its home town with the opening of a new standalone showroom for the brand.
Used car supermarket group Big Motoring World has underlined its “big” UK-wide expansion plan with the launch of a new brand identity and website.
Cazoo is targeting 100,000 annual used car sales and a £2 billion turnover in 2022 after raising a further $630 million (£414.2m) to fund its expansion in Europe and UK growth.
Sytner Group and CarShop owner Penske Automotive has reported a 25% rise in revenues and 127% increase in pre-tax profits in its annual financial results for 2021.
Robins & Day will add Fiat and Abarth brands to its existing Peugeot and Citroën showrooms in Sale and Birmingham Central as part of an ongoing Stellantis multi-brand car dealership drive.
