The Renault-Nissan Alliance is acquiring the French software-development company Sylpheo to accelerate the expansion of its connected vehicle and mobility services programs.
Bristol Street Motors Ford Bolton is poised to develop a £3m FordStore showroom as part of a rebuild of its existing facility in the town.
Right Car has opened a new Renault and Dacia dealership in Grimsby – and is confident it can grow further with the brands.
Digital dealer group Rockar has signed up DCML to use its DCM Connected to provide telematics software for its fleet of demonstrator vehicles and support its shop staff ‘angels’.
Vertu Honda has officially opened its brand new Morpeth dealership and created seven new jobs, following a £430,000 investment.
Call handling firm Moneypenny has moved into a new £15m headquarters designed to create “the happiest workplace in the UK”.
JCT600 has been given planning approval to redevelop its Mercedes-Benz dealership in Pannal, just outside Harrogate.
Millbrook, the Bedfordshire automotive testing and engineering centre, has been sold off by its venture capitalist owner for £122 million.
Snows Group is targeting success in Somerset following its acquisition of Car Shop Ltd’s Yeovil Seat dealership.
Steven Eagell Group has added Lexus to its portfolio following the acquisition of Lexus Hatfield from Lookers Motor Group.
WR Davies Motor Group has secured planning permission for a £3m Nissan showroom in Stafford as part of recent developments which should see the group’s annual turnover increase by a third.
Glyn Hopkin has completed development of a Renault dealership in Colchester and has opened another site in St Albans.
Lightstone Properties has acquired a portfolio of four car dealerships in Bradford and York in what has been billed as the biggest sector deal since Brexit.
Lookers has acquired West Midlands-based BMW Mini retailer Knights North West Limited group for £27.2m in cash.
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Vantage Motor Group has seen its turnover rise above £200m for the first time as the business added five new sites 2015.
Lookers has announced turnover up by 33% to £2.34bn in a positive set of results for H1 2016 as it targets growth through targeted acquisition activities in the remainder of the year.
SsangYong took its tally of UK dealerships to 58 as part of a network development drive which should see 60 sites by the end of the year.
Snows Motor Group has acquired WKB Toyota dealerships in Chichester and Waterlooville to take its number of franchised sites to 30.
Lookers has entered into a conditional agreement to acquire seven-site Warwick Holdings, trading as Drayton Group, for £55.4m.
Lookers has entered into a conditional agreement to sell its parts business to Automotive Alliance for £120 million.
North and Midlands focussed Vantage Motor Group has invested £900,000 in building a brand new Kia showroom in Bradford.
TrustFord, the Blue Oval’s manufacturer-owned retail group, has been been recognised by the Green Organisation for its environmental best practice.
An “opportunistic” property fund has snapped up Antelope Garages’ Nissan showroom in Banbury ahead of the facility’s closure in September.
GardX International has been appointed by SsangYong Motor UK as its official supplier of paint and interior protection products.
