Motorpoint
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Market Insight 9 Apr‘Cazoo effect’ and showroom reopenings cause car retail's PLCs to rally
Car retail’s impressive response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the impending reopening of car showrooms after ‘Lockdown 3’ and the “Cazoo effect” have triggered rallying share prices for the sector’s PLCs.
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News 8 AprMotorpoint completed 52% of used car sales online in COVID-hit 2020
Motorpoint has revealed that 52% of its used car sales were completed online during a COVID-hit 2020 trading period.
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Digital Marketing 23 DecNew Motorpoint TV ad campaign to launch on Boxing Day
Motorpoint will go live with a new television advertising campaign on Boxing Day, side-stepping the use of a ‘Your Car, Your Way’ slogan which created tensions with Pendragon.
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People News 22 DecMotorpoint appoints Speedy Hire's Chris Morgan as CFO
Motorpoint has appointed former Speedy Hire group finance director Chris Morgan as its new chief financial officer following the resignation of James Gilmour from the post.
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Latest News 11 DecMotorpoint backs Hidden Disabilities Sunflower Lanyard scheme
Motorpoint is set to roll-out the Hidden Disabilities Sunflower Scheme across its used car supermarket network in a bid to offer better assistance to people in need of additional support.
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Car Dealer News 26 Nov
Motorpoint grows pre-tax profits despite COVID lockdown
Half-year pre-tax profits have increased by 3% to £9.7 million this year at the UK's largest used car supermarket chain Motorpoint.
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People News 16 OctMotorpoint promotes new sales manager at Oldbury site
Motorpoint has promoted Isaac Barrett into the role of sales manager at its Oldbury used car supermarket site.
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News 8 Oct
Motorpoint eyes future ‘with confidence’ after June return to profit
Motorpoint chief executive Mark Carpenter has said that the car supermarket group’s board “continues to look to the future with confidence” after a June return to profitability.
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People News 6 OctMotorpoint employee runs 100km to raise £2,500 for charity
Motorpoint Peterborough’s Chris Northern has raised more than £2,500 for charity after completing the Jurassic Coast Ultra 100K run – despite the official event being cancelled.
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News 28 SepMotorpoint to create 30 jobs with new Stockton-On-Tees car supermarket
Used car supermarket giant Motorpoint will welcome 30 new employees to its ranks when it officially opens the doors to its new retail site at Stockton-On-Tees in December.
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News 17 Sep
Motorpoint travels 86,000 miles in five months of used car home deliveries
Motorpoint has said that its logistics staff have driven 86,000 miles to facilitate used car home deliveries since it launched the service during COVID-19 lockdown.
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People News 14 SepMotorpoint employee to tackle Jurassic Coast ULTRA 100k for Sue Ryder hospice
Motorpoint Peterborough employee Chris Northern is set to tackle a charity fund-raiser with teeth when he completes the Jurassic Coast ULTRA 100k in aid of the city’s Sue Ryder Thorpe Hall Hospice.
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Used Cars 3 SepMotorpoint expects share of online sales to increase following record interest
Motorpoint has said its online sales have seen a record month and it expects this part of the business to play an even bigger role in the company’s growth plans.
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Car Dealer News 28 AugPendragon 'angered' by ‘identical’ Motorpoint car sales advertising slogan
Pendragon officials have been left “angry and confused” by the launch of a Motorpoint television advertising campaign which features a near-identical slogan to its own, AM understands.
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Digital Marketing 27 AugMotorpoint TV adverts highlight online car sales and home delivery
Motorpoint will highlight its online retail and home delivery car buying process in a new ‘Your Car, Your Way’ TV advertising campaign.
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News 24 AugMotorpoint ‘comfortably ahead’ of 2019 with post-lockdown car trading
Motorpoint has reported that business at its 13 used car supermarkets has been “comfortably ahead” of 2019 in the period since the COVID-19 lockdown restrictions were eased on June 1.
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People News 17 AugMotorpoint sales exec to star in ‘Call That Hard Work” BBC show
Motorpoint sales executive Sophie Johnson is set to feature in a new BBC TV daytime show that will highlight working in the automotive retail industry.
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Car Dealer News 14 JulMotorpoint set to expand stores and online car sales despite 15% profit dip
Motorpoint has completed almost 2,000 home delivery orders two months since beginning the service, and is set to expand to 15 sites with Glasgow and Stockton showrooms
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Market Insight 11 JunCar sales opportunity as public transport loses favour
Up to 60% of people could stop using public transport as a result of the Coronavirus pandemic, giving dealers the opportunity to sell more cars.
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Car Dealer News 2 JunMotorpoint delivers 1,000 cars during lockdown
Independent car retailer Motorpoint has delivered 1,000 cars during the coronavirus lockdown via its free home delivery service.
