Bristol Street Motors has spent £1m transforming its Harlow Peugeot dealership into a multi-franchise site.
Planning officials have given the green light for Dick Lovett Group’s new flagship Porsche Centre in South Wales.
Isuzu UK has welcomed Monaghan Bros to its dealer network, expanding the brand’s footprint with a new showroom in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland.
Dubai-based franchised car retailer AW Rostamani Group has broadened its UK footprint with the acquisition of nine West Way car retail sites from Nissan Motors GB.
The Stellantis-owned used car retail business Aramis Group has acquired Cazoo’s Italian operations as the online retailer continues its withdrawal from Europe to focus on cost savings and the UK market.
Vertu Motors has become the UK’s largest BMW Motorrad motorcycle retailer with the £4.4 million acquisition of two Yorkshire dealerships from Saltaire Motor Company, which trades as Allan Jefferies.
Shoreham Vehicle Auctions (SVA) has switched on its 135 solar panels, bringing the business a step closer to achieving carbon neutrality.
Specialist Cars Nissan of Aberdeen has moved to a brand-new showroom that incorporates Nissan’s new corporate identity.
The London Stock Exchange has extended the deadline for Sweden-based Hedin Group to continue discussions and due diligence with Pendragon before it must decide whether to make a formal takeover bid for the major AM100 dealer group which trades under the Evans Halshaw and Stratstone brands.
Auto Trader has sold off its Webzone subsidiary, which trades as Carzone in the Republic of Ireland, for 30m euros (approx. £26m).
Tottenham in London has been chosen as the site for the UK's first service and maintenance hub for the electric vehicle brand Volta Trucks.
Wessex Garages has become the third UK franchisee of Great Wall Motors’ Ora electric vehicle (EV) brand with plans for a new dealership in Bristol.
The founder of Swedish hypercar manufacturer Koenigsegg has hailed plans for new £3 million landmark showroom development in Sunningdale, near Ascot.
Lookers has re-opened its Nissan dealership in Chester following £750,000 investment in the Japanese carmaker's new corporate identity (CI).
A new Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles Van Centre has opened in Oldham, providing new and used cars alongside servicing and repair facilities.
Increasing numbers of franchised car retailers are considering exit strategies as economic pressures and uncertainty around agency model retail plunge the sector into a period where uncertainty is now the norm, MHA has suggested.
Genesis will open its second UK Studio at the landmark Battersea Power Station site in a move that accompanies its shift into electric vehicles (EV).
Cumbrian AM100 car retailer Lloyd Motor Group has continued it recent push for expansion with the acquisition of P.V. Dobson’s Volvo Car UK dealership near Kendal.
Donalds Group has officially taken over the operation of the Kia UK Ipswich dealership formerly operated by Marshall Motor Group.
Great Wall Motors’ (GWM) Ora electric vehicle (EV) brand has appointed Lookers as its first car retail franchisee in England.
Listers Group is lining-up a relaunch of its Volvo Car UK dealership in Leamington Spa following a £2 million project to bring the facility up to the Swedish brand’s VRE corporate identity (CI).
Endeavour Automotive taken its Hyundai representation to seven locations with expansion in East Anglia through the acquisition of car retail group Turners.
HR Owen has welcomed over 200 VIP guests to its Lamborghini Manchester supercar showroom as it inaugurated the new facilities following extensive investment and refurbishment.
Sinclair Group will continue to strengthen its franchised car retail partnership with Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) with the development of a new Arch Concept dealership in Swansea.
Ford dealer Chipping Sodbury Motor Company has doubled its franchise car retail brands with the addition of Ssangyong Motor UK.
