Citroën UK has handed out more than 30 awards as it celebrated the top performing dealerships and employees from its UK retail network at an annual Dealer Excellence event.
Ford is said to be in talks with its franchised partners as part of a bid to accelerate the “natural erosion” of its UK dealer network.
Chapelhouse Motor Group has added new MG Motor UK car dealerships in St Helens and Southport to its franchise portfolio.
Livery Dole is set to be acquired in a management buy-out (MBO) that will formalise an employee share scheme at the Devon-based Mitsubishi Motor UK retailer.
Wilsons Group has opened new Alfa Romeo and Jeep dealerships at its recently redeveloped 10-car FCA Group showroom in Epsom.
Snows Motor Group has broken ground on its new £3 million Volvo Car UK dealership in Southampton.
Automotive Management (AM) is all set to celebrate the automotive retail sector’s most successful businesses and star employees at the AM Awards 2020.
Marshall Motors has completed the £6 million refurbishment of its Volvo Cars UK franchise in Grantham.
York Van Centre was named Isuzu UK’s 2019 Dealer of the Year at the Japanese car brand’s recent annual awards ceremony.
Read Motor Group’s Grimsby Hyundai dealership was named Dealer of the Year while Richmond Motor Group won the Dealer Group of the Year award in the Korean carmaker’s annual awards.
Rainworth Škoda has been named as the Volkswagen Group-owned Czech brand’s UK Retailer of the Year 2019 as it claimed first and second place at its annual awards event.
Pendragon has completed the £16.5 million sales of its Chevrolet dealership in Puente Hills, California, to JBR Automotive six months after agreeing the sale to another car retail group.
Optimum Vehicles’ SsangYong York franchise has backed horse racing fans at Wetherby Racecourse as potential new customers with a new sponsorship deal for the Yorkshire sports venue.
Car dealers achieved their lowest return-on-sales (RoS) figure since 2011 in 2019 after rounding off a “tough” year with a £1,700 loss in its final month, according to ASE.
Glyn Hopkin is kicking off 2020 with a recruitment drive to attract 35 new members of staff in sales and aftersales positions at its car dealership sites across the South East.
Members of the National Franchised Dealers Association’s (NFDA) Drive My Career reached over 350,000 potential automotive industry employees of the future with an ‘Apprentice Takeover’ publicity campaign during National Apprentice Week 2020.
Pentagon Motor Group has officially opened its new Peugeot UK dealership sites in Barnsley and Lincoln with a visit from the French brand's UK managing director.
Group 1 Automotive boss Earl J. Hesterberg has said that the retail group had been able to overcome “serious challenges presented by Brexit uncertainty in the UK” in 2019 thanks to its “powerful US performance”.
Car dealers and their manufacturer partners have been highlighting their efforts to recruit the next-generation of automotive sector talent to mark National Apprenticeship Week 2020.
Supplies of EVs and used cars, consumer demand and efficiency issues will all impact car dealers in 2020, with 54% anticipating increased pressure on profit margins according to a Cox Automotive sentiment survey.