Dealer profiles

The diversity and Inclusion panel on stage at AutoTrader's second annual Making Diversity and Inclusion a Business Reality event

Daksh Gupta, the youngest inductee in the AM Hall of Fame

Few people, in recent years, have used their business leader profile and their boundless energy to enhance the image of the UK’s franchised dealers like our inductee has.

Dealer profiles 17 Aug

An unequivocal commitment to D&I from TrustFord

TrustFord, winner of the 2023 AM Award for Leader in Diversity and Inclusion, pledges to treat everyone the same way regardless of ethnicity, culture or any other protected characteristic.

Dealer profiles 17 Aug

The secrets behind TrustFord's win of Retailer of the Year

The 2023 AM Awards Retailer of the Year winner is TrustFord, the world’s largest Ford dealer group, with 65 locations across the UK.

Dealer profiles 15 Aug

Why Steven Eagell deserved the Strategic Success Award at the 2023 AM Awards

Our winner, Steven Eagell, has built extremely close manufacturer relationships and has taken selected acquisition opportunities as they came to expand into a significant partnership with Toyota and Lexus.

Dealer profiles 14 Aug

Why Leasing Options stood out to win Leasing Operation of the Year

Leasing Options has continued to expand, grow profits and introduce new initiatives, and win more PCH custom, so it stood out to the AM Awards judges .in this narrowly contested category.

Dealer profiles 14 Aug

Why the "human heartbeat" is crucial for AM100 car dealer TrustFord

Read why the AM Awards judges voted for AM100 dealer group TrustFord to win the 2023 Community Hero Award.

Dealer profiles 8 Aug

A good deal, better, certainly delivered for Lookers car dealerships

In 2022 Lookers launched its first major multi-channel brand marketing campaign in more than five years, which the AM Awards judges voted to be the winner of the Marketing Strategy of the Year trophy at the 2023 AM Awards.

Dealer profiles 7 Aug

How car supermarket group FOW won Independent Dealer of the Year

The breadth of transformation undertaken by FOW Car Supermarket during 2022 resulted in a winning entry for the 2023 AM Awards.

Dealer profiles 28 Jul

Award winner led his Inchcape team to create a "yardstick" business

Leading a cultural transformation at a two-site dealership underpinned the winner of the 2023 AM Award for Dealer Principal/General Manager (DP/GM) of the Year.

Dealer profiles 27 Jul

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

How the Waylands way won Dealer Group of the Year at the AM Awards

A fifth consecutive Dealer Group of the Year (up to 10 sites) win for Waylands reflects on the culture of high performance and support at the Volvo, Kia, MG and Polestar car dealer.

Dealer profiles 21 Jul

Continuous improvement netted TrustFord the Dealer Group of the Year Award

TrustFord won the 2023 AM Award for Dealer Group of the Year (more than 10 sites). Read why it won.

Dealer profiles 19 Jul

Should OEMs and dealers stick to what they do best and leave EV charging to the specialists?

With Stellantis and Mercedes-Benz starting EV charging firms, and Arnold Clark buying a charger installer, experts can't agree whether it's a good, profitable step for the automotive industry's establishment.

Dealer profiles 14 Jul

Free coffee, croissants and car health checks work for AM Awards winner Porsche Portsmouth

Passion for Porsche is helping Inchcape's Porsche Centre Portsmouth optimise the efficiency of its service workshops and identify opportunities for owners to keep their Porsche in great shape.

Dealer profiles 13 Jul

The success factors of Used Car Dealer of the Year Arnold Clark

John Clark (centre, Arnold Clark director, collects the 2023 AM Award for Used Car Dealer of the Year

Dealer profiles 12 Jul

Why Celtic Subaru & Mitsubishi won Franchised Dealership of the Year at the 2023 AM Awards

Celtic Subaru and Mitsubishi won the 2023 AM Award for Franchised Dealership of the Year. Here, read about the transformation that impressed the judges.

Dealer profiles 11 Jul

Why Robert Forrester won the Business Leader of the Year AM Award

Robert Forrester, chief executive of Vertu Motors, won the 2023 AM Award for Business Leader of the Year. This article outlines why the judges picked him.

Dealer profiles 11 Jul

Winners: Chorley Group finance director Hilary Nicol; MD Adam Turner; and founder and chairman Andrew Turner with Mark Edwards, operations director for award sponsor Seriun

Multi-franchising is the focus for AM100 car dealer Chorley Group

Chorley Group managing director Adam Turner explains to AM why multi-franchising is playing a key part in tackling the rising costs of business.

Dealer profiles 30 Jun

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

Auto100 managing director Christopher Smith

Luxury car retailer Auto100 focussed on growth after post-pandemic expansion

An unexpected explosion in the appetite for luxury car purchases after the pandemic hit the UK was a catalyst for significant growth at independent car retailer Auto100.

New vehicle retailing 10 Nov

Lookers CEO Mark Raban: 'I'm extremely proud of what we have achieved'

Lookers chief executive Mark Raban claims to be a numbers man, who likes “to stick with my knitting”, but he is poised to “try something different” with the AM100 group's newly-mapped growth strategy.

Dealer profiles 11 Mar