AM Awards

NFDA Driving Digital conference coincides with AM Awards 2023

Senior car retail sector business leaders from Vertu Motors, TrustFord, AutoTrader and JudgeService feature in the speaker line-up for the National Franchised Dealers Association’s (NFDA) Driving Digital 2023 conference.

Events 27 Mar

Matt Woodward, general manager, Carparison (centre), collects the trophy from chairman of the judging panel Christopher Macgowan, OBE

AM Awards win helped propel Carparison leasing business to new heights

Carparison general manager Matthew Woodward has described how the leasing broker’s operations were propelled to new heights following its AM Awards win.

AM Awards 31 Jan

Want a trophy for your amazing customer experience?

There's a great PR opportunity in store for the motor retailers who make it through to the 2023 AM Awards - apply now before the February 24 deadline.

AM Awards 30 Jan

Growth drive comes after Livingstone Motor Group MBO and refranchising

MD Andrew Iveson talks about his decision to go from employee to co-owner at Subaru, isuzu and SsangYong car dealer Livingstone Motor Group and the resilience and innovation he and his team displayed as Mitsubishi quit the UK.

Dealer profiles 12 Jan

2023 AM Awards open for entries - ensure your name is in the frame

Car dealers, manufacturers and suppliers are now able to enter the 2023 AM Awards ahead of the February 24 deadline. The AM Awards Dinner is on May 11 in London.

AM 9 Jan

Marshall Motor Group's Mercedes-Benz South Lakes dealership

Marshall to cease car sales at South Lakes Mercedes-Benz dealership

Mercedes-Benz customers have been advised to buy their next car online or travel up to 110 miles to another dealership after Marshall Motor Group revealed it will stop selling cars at its South Lakes franchise.

Car dealer news 31 Oct

Stuart Foulds, the chairman and chief executive of TrustFord

Tributes paid to ‘gentleman of the industry', former Trustford CEO Stuart Foulds

Friends and colleagues of former TrustFord chairman and chief executive have paid tribute to a “straight-talking, true professional” following his death yesterday (July 14).

people news 15 Jul

Artists' impression: Arnold Clark BMW Mini at Hillingdon, Glasgow

Arnold Clark’s Harry Fairbairn name retired ahead of BMW/Mini Glasgow opening

Arnold Clark is set to retire 70-year-old Harry Fairbairn car retail branding ahead of plans to open a new BMW Mini dealership in Glasgow.

Car dealer news 20 Jun

AM Awards 2022 host , ITV News anchor Nina Hossain

VIDEO: car retail's stars take centre stage in the AM Awards 2022 highlights

As car dealerships across the UK deck out their showrooms with bunting in celebration of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, it is also time to look back at the AM Awards festivities of three weeks ago.

AM Awards 1 Jun

A Kia Stinger EV outside Waylands Automotive's new Bicester dealership

Waylands doubles Kia representation with Bicester dealership acquisition

Waylands Automotive has continued its expansion and strengthened an AM Awards-winning partnership with the acquisition of Grovebury Cars’ Kia UK dealership in Bicester.

acquisitions and deals 1 Jun

The Lookers leadership team with one of its fleet of delivery vans

Lookers director’s children take centre stage in car delivery marketing campaign

Lookers director Karen Prince has seen her children emerge as the stars of marketing imagery applied to the AM100 car retail group’s expanding range of home delivery vans.

Car dealer news 20 May

Finance digitalisation explored in new AM magazine, plus AM Awards winners

The May Issue of AM magazine is here, packed with the latest news on the digital disruptors, insights into motor finance's digitalisation, and the full citations of all the 2022 AM Awards winners.

AM 20 May

AM Awards 2022 results: who took the trophies? And why they are winners

The AM Awards moved to a new location last night - the Park Plaza, Westminster Bridge, London. The industry's biggest and most influential players were there to welcome it. Here are full results from the 2022 ceremony.

AM Awards 18 May

Pictures from the 2022 AM Awards

Pictures from the 2022 AM Awards held, for the first time, at the Park Plaza Hotel, Westminster Bridge, London.

AM Awards 13 May

Stuart Foulds joins the AM Hall of Fame at 2022 AM Awards

A transformative period for TrustFord which saw an acceleration of fleet volumes, a restructured portfolio and a focus on employee culture will be the legacy of this year’s AM Hall of Fame inductee, Stuart Foulds.

AM Awards 12 May

Lookers CEO Mark Raban wins Business Leader of the Year AM Award

Mark Raban, chief executive of AM100 car dealer group Lookers, has won the 2022 AM Award for Business Leader of the Year.

AM Awards 12 May

The 2022 AM Awards Retailer of the Year winner is Arnold Clark Automobiles

The 2022 AM Awards Retailer of the Year winner is Arnold Clark Automobiles, the largest privately owned motor retailer in the UK with profitable new and used car dealerships throughout Scotland and England.

AM Awards 12 May