Grassicks claimed the Mini Retailer of the Year award as the BMW Group-owned brand celebrated the successes of its franchised network in a COVID-impacted 12 months of trading.
Drive Motor Retail has joined the Citroën franchise with the introduction of the brand to its former Sherwoods Group Vauxhall site at Stockton-on-Tees.
CarShop, has been named as one of Glassdoor’s Top 50 Best Places to Work in 2021, ranking at number 35.
The Big Motoring World used car supermarket business has reported that it managed to overcome the challenges of COVID-19 to increase its used car sales volumes in 2020.
AM100 motor retailer HR Owen is investing heavily in 2021 ready to win over more luxury car buyers, despite a heavy hit to its 2020 profits as coronavirus lockdowns took their toll.
Lookers has applied to recommence share trading on the London Stock Exchange following publication of interim financial results which revealed a £50 million loss in a COVID-impacted H1, 2020.
The Peter Cooper Motor Group is celebrating 40 years in business this year by pledging to raise £40,000 for local charities.
Perrys Huddersfield Kia has moved from Longley Park to Northgate, a larger site offering additional service and MOT bays.
JCT600 has expanded its car retail portfolio in its hometown of Bradford with the opening of new Citroen UK and MG Motor UK dealerships.
Pendragon has revealed its plans to develop new BMW and Mini dealerships in Derby and Hull, bringing the two brands together under one roof for the first time at the two locations.
Burrows Motor Group is set to complete a “reimaging” of its franchised car retail operations by moving its flood-prone Rotherham Toyota dealership into a former JCT600 VW site.
Vertu Motors’ Bristol Street Motors division has seen a Citroen franchise added into its Macclesfield Ford dealership operation as part of a £200,000 redevelopment of the facility.
Stoneacre Motor Group has signed a 15-year lease on a 65,100sq-ft Parts and Logistic Hub in Doncaster.
Subaru UK managing director has said that the Japanese car brand needs to “rebuild the dealer network from the roots” as it bids to overcome an “embarrassing” 2020 sales result.
MG Motor UK has targeted the appointment of 10 more franchised car retail sites to its network in 2021 after welcoming 28 new locations last year – expanding its network to 130 locations.
The UK’s second Polestar Space has been created at Manchester’s Trafford Centre shopping mall as the rapid rate of new car retail location openings continues in ‘COVID-19 Lockdown 3’.
JT Hughes has added the Kia Motor UK car franchise to its portfolio with the opening of a new dealership with the Korean car brand in Newtown.
TrustFord has officially opened a 20,000 square foot service and PartsPlus aftersales centre in Alperton, North-West London, following a £1 million investment in the site.
Luscombe Motors has asked customers to nominate a charity recipient of a £500 donation after the sum was handed to the car retailer by a rival trader as compensation for the ‘theft’ of images from its website.
Lookers’ Kia Stockport car dealership has been named as the Korean car brand’s Dealer of the Year and claimed its Sales Excellence Award at the annual Kia Dealer Excellence Awards 2020.
Pebley Beach Group managing director Dominic Threlfall has told AM that he took the decision to end click and collect car sales in COVID-19 ‘Lockdown 3’ as it was “morally the right thing to do”.
Marshall Motor Holdings chief executive Daksh Gupta is set to reflect his “most challenging period in car retail” and reveal his approach for 2021 as one of the sector leaders speaking at Automotive Management Live Virtual.
Porsche GB has seen the COVID-19 Lockdown 3 opening of its network’s new franchised dealership in Norwich and is preparing to add an upgraded South Lakes centre to its network this summer.
The Scottish Motor Trade Association (SMTA) has confirmed that car dealers are permitted to continue with click and sales amid tighter COVID-19 lockdown regulations announced yesterday.
The UK Government has confirmed that it is reinstating the VAT margin scheme for cars imported and resold by car retailers in Northern Ireland – avoiding pressure on dealer margins and price increases for customers.
