An institutional investor has supported a dealer group in a sale and leaseback of its properties.
A Pendragon-owned car dealership has launched a drive to raise £30,000 towards funding treatment in the US for a girl battling a rare cancer.
ACF Car Finance has made its first move into city centre premises, triggered by the growing demand from credit-impaired used car buyers throughout North West England.
Renault’s UK network of 140 dealerships now all have iPads as part of a new interactive sales system called ConTact.
Wessex Garages will be opening a new build Hyundai dealership in Newport in September and the group has also revealed it has won the eBay Motors award for franchise dealer of the year for 2013.
MG has unveiled the full range of styles for the UK MG3 at its newly enhanced European Design Centre in Birmingham.
Peugeot is supporting the UK launch of its 208 GTi with an ‘experiential campaign’ by Initials Marketing.
Chinese manufacturer BYD has sent 50 of its e6 electric cars for trialling with UK fleet operators.
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Joe Greenwell, former Ford chairman, has been appointed chief executive officer of a new Government approved organisation which is focussed on attracting investment to the UK automotive industry.
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Swansway Group has made it first appearance in the listing for the UK's Best Workplaces, achieving 16th place.
Oxfordshire based dealer group Hartwell has acquired Hangreen Limited.
Strong candidates for motor industry positions are increasingly being deterred from joining some dealerships by the poor interview techniques, it has been claimed.
Luscombe Suzuki Leeds celebrated its awards successes in 2012 by buying each of its customers since 2010 a lottery ticket.
Marshall Motor Group, the top 10 AM100 dealer group, has announced two more senior promotions.
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Used car supermarket AvailableCar has taken over the former Motorhouse2000 site on the A5 in Cannock, Staffordshire.
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Norwich-based dealer Dingles Isuzu is set to deliver a fleet of D-Max pick-ups to East Anglia-based housing association Flagship Housing Group.
Dealers have opened their order books for the revised Vauxhall Insignia.
BEN, the automotive industry charity, has won £13,000-worth of free public relations support through Automotive PR's #tweetcharity competition.
A major survey of UK customers has concluded that using car rental can help people own fewer cars and adopt more sustainable travel habits.
Lexus’s European brand director Paul Van Der Burgh says the brand is determined to connect with a wider audience and break through the awareness gap.
Dealers are seeing more consumers asking for emissions information as part of the used car buying process, according to a new survey by HPI.
HR Owen’s Jack Barclay dealership in Berkeley is holding a special Bugatti event displaying the two fastest production cars in the world for a select audience of customers.
Independent repairer, Caroline’s Cars, in Norwich is celebrating 10 years in business with a focus on creating a female friendly service environment and the business is now looking to franchise the idea across the UK.
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TVR has been sold by Russian owner Nikolai Smolenski to British-based company TVR Automotive for an undisclosed sum.
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