Family-owned SMC Motor Group has been acquired by SLM Group, which gains Cupra, Seat, Renault and Dacia businesses.
Vertu Motors has strengthened its presence in the South West with the acquisition of Honda franchisee Rowes Garage.
Halfords is selling a 5% stake in its automotive ‘software as a service’ (SaaS) business Avayler to Bridgestone.
Stellantis' €1.5 billion investment in China EV manufacturer Leapmotor will bring its electric cars to Europe and support Stellantis brands' future products.
Big Motoring World is expected to break £1bn turnover following its recent growth and latest acquisitions of two Available Car locations for an undisclosed sum.
Green NCAP has revealed the first vehicles that have been awarded five-stars for its new Life Cycle Assessment (LCA).
American motor retailer AutoNation said on Tuesday it had withdrawn its offer for Pendragon only weeks after Hedin Mobility and PAG International also dropped their joint bid.
Andrew Iveson, managing director of Livingstone Motor Group, has acquired the site of Broad Hill Garage near Driffield to expand his business.
Sinclair Group has opened a new dealership in Swansea which is the first in the 30-site dealer group to feature a drive-in service reception complete with technology to automatically assess bodywork condition and tyre tread depth.
The AM100 dealer groups TrustFord and Barretts of Canterbury have announced significant investments in renewable energy.
Scottish dealer group Dicksons is opening a new showroom at Inverness targeting younger drivers who seek decent, low priced used cars.
Regional car dealer group Thurlow Nunn has opened its first MG car dealership, in King's Lynn, stocking the brand's ICE and electric vehicles.
Reports suggest that America's AutoNation car dealer group is considering increasing its bid for Pendragon to snatch it from rival Lithia Motors.
The AM100 dealer group Lookers is set to be delisted from the London Stock Exchange next week in accordance with its takeover by Global Auto Holdings, a bidding vehicle and sister business to Canada's Alpha Auto Group.
Independent Holden Group has grown its business to seven locations across East Anglia following the acquisition of Cecil & Larter in Bury St Edmunds.
America's Lithia Motors has increased its acquisition offer for Pendragon by 42%, another £117 million, taking the amount being offered for all its Stratstone, Evans Halshaw, Carstore and PVM motor businesses up to £367 million.
American motor retailer AutoNation has now joined the bidding war for Pendragon, with its own 32p per share pitch matching the revised offer proposed by its US rival Lithia.
Pendragon has unanimously rejected an unsolicited and preliminary proposal by Hedin Mobility and Penske
US-based Lithia Motors could be set to take over Pendragon's dealership and leasing businesses in a £250 million deal which would leave Pinewood, Pendragon's software division, behind as a standalone entity retaining Pendragon's stock market listing.
Autovista Group, the owner of UK car values brand Glass's, has been acquired by the global automotive data and analytics firm JD Power.
A Ford dealer in Kent is asking for planning permission to expand his business but says the actual work won't go ahead until the economic climate is more positive.
Shareholders in Lookers voted on the 130p per share takeover offer by Global Auto Holdings this week and a huge majority gave it their backing.
Its takeover of C&C Vehicle Services has led Steer Automotive Group to launch a new division focused on the repair of vans, trucks and other commercial vehicles.
Greenacre Honda dealerships in Blackburn and Clitheroe have been bought by Marshall Motor Group
Peter Vardy Group expands with Aberdeen acquisition of a MG car franchise from Gillanders
