Sytner Group’s landmark Guy Salmon Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) Stockport dealership has been devastated by blaze which triggered explosions and emitted billowing smoke overnight.
LSH Auto’s sprawling Mercedes-Benz dealership site in Stockport has begun a recruitment drive to find 15 new members of staff despite embarking on a digitalisation drive during COVID-19 lockdown.
West Way Nissan believes that its shift to a digital aftersales process during the COVID-19 lockdown period could save it 10,000 hours a year of "productive time".
Stoneacre Motor Group has continued to drive past its former £1 billion turnover growth target with the acquisition of the Hodgson Newcastle Ltd car dealership group.
Pendragon has opened the doors of its new Porsche Centre in Stockport as Porsche Retail prepares to move into its new Mayfair showroom in central London.
Hepworth Motor Group has closed its Halifax Mitsubishi Motors in the UK franchised car dealership due to the impact of Brexit and COVID-19 pandemic – with the loss of 10 jobs.
Cambria Automobiles chief executive Mark Lavery has urged his car retail colleagues to lobby Government over an all-out push to Electric Vehicles (EV) which risks catching UK automotive “sleeping at the wheel”.
A ‘false economy’ which has seen the UK’s car retail sector deliver on pent-up demand from the COVID-19 lockdown is masking the true extent of impending redundancies in the sector, Pendragon boss Bill Berman has told AM.
Imperial Cars has begun to consult its staff over widespread redundancies just two weeks after its acquisition by online car retailer Cazoo.
Park’s Motor Group is poised to open a new Lotus Cars sports car dealership in Hamilton in preparation for the brand's “exponential growth”.
Mitsubishi Motors in the UK retailers have spoken of their “shock” at Mitsubishi Motor Corporation’s “unexpected” decision to exit the UK and wider European markets.
Dick Lovett Swindon has adopted the most recent Ferrari corporate identity, following major refurbishment works.
Mitsubishi Motors in the UK has written to its UK franchised retail partners to inform them of the Japanese car manufacturer's plan to exit the UK and European new car markets.
JCB Group is handing out 1,000 branded sanitiser packs in an attempt to reassure its sales and service customers entering its dealerships in the wake of the COVID-19 lockdown.
Used car specialist Parkhills Car Centre has become the latest addition to the Ssangyong Motors UK’s franchised car retail network – adding a dealership in Bury.
Durham’s Pulman car retail group has become the latest VW retailer to roll-out Volkswagen Financial Services’ new Rent-A-Car daily rental offering to customers.
A police officer committed gross misconduct by running a car dealership with a man with known associates in organised crime.
Disused or unwanted automotive sites are being targeted for the development of 60 or more retirement communities across the UK in an ambitious £100 million land acquisition drive.
Lipscomb Cars is poised to follow up its recent opening of a £5 million Volvo Car UK showroom near Canterbury with a move into an adjacent multi-brand FCA Group dealership facility.
CarGurus has released its latest COVID-19 Sentiment Study, revealing the continued impact of the pandemic on the concerns, habits and hopes of UK car buyers.
A car dealership’s financial controller has been jailed for three years for defrauding the business of £252,000 as its owner struggled to fund his wife’s treatment for cancer.
Toyota has said that its UK car dealers’ existing signage will “remain in place” after it unveiled a new logo and branding that attempts to signal its transition into becoming a mobility company.
Employers can exercise “more discretion” over their employees return to work as part of a conditional schedule for the further easing of COVID-19 lockdown restrictions in England.
The August Issue of AM magazine is available here as a digital magazine, with insights into Volkswagen, industry digitalisation and the electric cars reaching the UK market.
COVID-19 and the EU’s new RDE CO2 emission regulations were cited as the “key events” which resulted in a 5.4% decline in revenues in the car retail group’s 2020 annual financial results.
