Peter Vardy Group branding will appear on the sleeves of Edinburgh Rugby’s team shirts after the car retailer secured a four-year sponsoship deal ahead of this season’s major tournaments.
Luscombe Motors managing director Robin Luscombe has insisted that the Police and Trading Standards should “pick and choose” the fraud cases they investigate after falling foul of a car clocking sales scam.
Marshall Motor Group chief executive Daksh Gupta has insisted that the AM100 PLC will not be “splashing the cash like Manchester City” after record H1 financial results left it with a strong balance sheet.
Marshall Motor Group has resumed the payment of dividends to its shareholders after delivering record revenues in a COVID-19 impacted first half of 2021.
A 23-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of drink driving after colliding the BMW 2 Series he was driving into the front of Bowker Motor Group‘s Porsche Centre Preston car showroom.
Stoneacre Motor Group has assumed responsibility for the entire Toyota North East Market Area after completing the acquisition of Jardine Motor Group dealerships in Durham and Sunderland.
Fast-expanding Yorkshire-based car retail group Cars2 is set to take on the Renault and Nissan franchises formerly operated by Harratts Motor Group in Wakefield.
Swansway Group has broke ground in its development of a new £9 million Volkswagen car and commercial vehicle dealership in Oldham.
Vertu Motors' Bristol Street Motors division has continued its multi-franchising push with the addition of Hyundai in Sunderland and its first MG Motor UK dealership in Carlisle.
Ssangyong Motors UK has welcomed a second franchise for the city of Hull with the opening of Livingston Motor Group’s new dealership facility.
Car retailer Parks Motor Group is at the centre of an £8 million Scottish Football sponsorship spat involving Rangers FC and cinch.
Drive Motor Retail has appointed Rygor Mercedes-Benz group marketing manager Emily Mead as its new head of marketing.
Marshall Motor Holdings has upgraded June’s forecast of record profits for 2021 in a trading update predicting an underlying pre-tax profit of “not less than £40 million” for the year.
Cazoo has reported an £8 million gross profit in Q2 after its online used car retail volumes surged by 429% a year on from the first COVID-19 lockdown period.
Mitsubishi Motors in the UK has launched a new service programme that provides its customers with free breakdown and recovery assistance.
Cambria Automobiles chief executive Mark Lavery has agreed an improved management buy-out offer of £82.5 million with the AM100 PLC’s board or directors.
Group 1 Automotive president and chief executive Earl J. Hesterberg has predicted the release of “several years” pent-up demand in the UK car retail sector.
MG Motor UK remains on-track to grow its franchised car retail network to 150 sites by the end of 2021 after Wilsons Group opened the doors to its new dealership in Epsom.
Strong demand from car buyers and good levels of stock in the first half of the year have prompted Pendragon to upgrade its pre-tax profit guidance for 2021 by 20%.
L&L Automotive has acquired Mercedes-Benz Retail Group’s Hemel Hempstead dealership as the German premium car brand acts on plans to sell-off its UK retail operation.
Inchcape PLC has reported a 30% rise in turnover and a near 15-fold increase in its pre-tax profits as showed strong signs of recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic in the first half of 2021.
Lookers has said that a positive swing in performance that will see 2020’s H1 loss of £50 million converted into a £50m pre-tax profit in the first half of this year.
Vertu Motors has suggested that its 2021 pre-tax profits could be up to 60% more than forecast just a month ago after continuing its “exceptional” performance in the used car market.
Vertu Motors will operate Leicester’s Renault and Dacia franchised car dealerships in Leicester after acquiring the businesses from Renault Retail Group.
The competency of PwC’s audits of classic and racing car dealer JD Classics may be questioned in the High Court as administrators from Alvarez & Marsal sue the accountancy firm for failing to spot fraud.
