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Dealers have an "opportunity gap", says Clare Freemantle, sales and marketing director at Harwoods

To mark International Women’s Day, Clare Freemantle, sales and marketing director at Harwoods, talked to AM about the challenges for women in motor retail

People leadership 8 Mar
Harwoods Group's McLaren New Forest supercar dealership

Harwoods Group’s New Forest supercar dealership is UK’s best McLaren retailer

Harwoods Group’s McLaren New Forest will represent the British supercar brand’s UK retail network at the McLaren Global Retailer of the Year 2022 awards.

Car dealer news 28 Mar
Harwoods Group's new online customer journey

Harwoods starts to reap rewards after ‘taking charge’ with tech revolution

Harwoods Group’s chief transformation officer Archie Harwood has told AM that the business is starting to reap the rewards of a tech revolution after taking decisive action to “take charge” of its car retail destiny.

Car dealer news 17 Mar
New leadership: Harwoods Group MD Jon Wakefield and CTO Archie Harwood

Harwoods welcomes ex-Volvo MD Jon Wakefield as CEO and targets tech 'revolution'

Harwoods Group has appointed former Volvo Car UK managing director Jon Wakefield as chief executive as it prepares for a 2023 transformation that will “revolutionise the automotive industry”.

people news 12 Jan
Audi Portsmouth

Harwoods Group opens expanded Audi site in Portsmouth

Harwoods Group has doubled the capacity of its Audi Portsmouth dealership, following a total overhaul of the site.

Harwoods 7 Oct
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Harwoods Group 2020 financial results reveal 8.7% turnover decline

Harwoods Group has reported a £2.57m pre-tax profit for 2020 despite suffering a 41% decline due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the car retail sector.

Car dealer news 12 Oct
Harwood Group's Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) dealership in Brighton

Harwoods Group opens new three-storey JLR Brighton dealership

Harwoods Group has opened the doors to its newly-developed Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) premium car dealership in Brighton.

Car dealer news 18 May
Harwoods Volvo Crawley

Harwoods Group’s Volvo Crawley dealership to open in February

Harwoods Group has revealed that it will open its new Volvo Crawley dealership in late February 2021 as construction of the new showroom facility nears completion.

10 Dec
Harwoods Group's new Audi Portsmouth aftersales facility

Harwoods opens 'future proof' Audi Portsmouth aftersales facility

Harwoods Group has completed the development of a new glass-sided Audi aftersales facility in Portsmouth in an effort to bring customers a “future now” car servicing experience.

20 Oct
iVendi integrates with RAPID RTC

iVendi-RAPID RTC integration means 'easier lead generation and management' for dealers

A new integration between iVendi and RAPID RTC means 'improved lead generation and management' for dealers.

23 Jul
Harwoods Group's Crawley JLR dealership

Harwoods Group JLR dealerships adopt Rockar ecommerce platform

Harwoods Group has become the first Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) retailer to adopt Rockar’s end-to-end online new car sales ecommerce platform.

19 Aug
Harwoods Group's existing Aston Martin franchised site in Chichester

Harwoods Group acquires Inchcape site for new Aston Martin dealership

Harwoods Group has confirmed that construction of a new Aston Martin dealership will start on the former Ford Transit factory in Southampton after it acquired part of the site from Inchcape.

18 Mar
McLaren 720S

Harwoods Group joins McLaren Automotive supercar franchise

Harwoods Group is preparing to add the McLaren Automotive supercar franchised to its dealership portfolio with the opening of a new showroom in the New Forest.

19 Feb
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Harwoods Group promotes Archie Harwood into chief executive post

Harwoods Group has appointed business development manager Archie Harwood to the post of chief executive following the retirement of predecessor Glyn Woodage.

6 Sep
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Harwoods Group top car retailer in The Sunday Times Top Track 250

Harwoods Group moved into the top ten of the Sunday Times Top Track 250 round up of the UK’s most successful mid-sized private companies by sales.

2 Oct
Harwoods Group's proposed Brighton JLR showroom

Harwoods makes headlines with JLR development at former newspaper HQ

Newspapers look set to be make way for new cars as Harwoods Group hatches plans to create a Jaguar Land Rover showroom on the former home of The Argus in Brighton.

11 Aug

Harwoods Group targets premium customers with enquiryMAX

Harwoods Group is boosting its adoption of enquiryMAX’s customer enquiry technology following impressive results across its Bentley, Aston Martin and Jaguar operations.

17 Jul
Harwoods and BCA renew remarketing

BCA and Harwoods Group renew remarketing deal

Harwoods has renewed its exclusive remarketing partnership with BCA.

10 Jul
Artists' impression: Harwoods' proposed Brinsbury JLR showroom

Harwoods Group combines JLR dealership with new HQ plans

Harwoods Group looks set to relocate its head office as part of plans to create a new Jaguar Land Rover dealership in Brinsbury.

17 Jan
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Harwoods leads the pack in Sunday Times Top Track 250

Harwoods Group is the highest placed franchised dealer group in the Sunday Times’ Top Track 250 countdown of the leading mid-market private companies.

3 Oct

AM Awards 2024 - last handful of tickets available

AM webinar - Assurant May 24 2024

AM Spotlight on customer experience and retention March 2024