Swansway Group director Peter Smyth has revealed that the AM100 car retail group has committed £5 million to upgrade its IT systems after admitting he was “frightened to death” of the threat of a cyberattack.
Swansway Group’s Volkswagen dealership in Wrexham has been awarded the German carmaker’s retailer of the year award for 2022.
Car retailers across the UK have spoken of a desire to generate the excitement of a “dream” March number plate change month as new 23-plate cars were handed to customers this morning.
Drive Motor Retail, Vertu Motors and Swansway Group are among car retailers across the UK that have started 2023 with new additions to their management teams.
Swansway Group hopes to have scored a star signing for its digital marketing team with the recruitment of footballer Bradley Carrol.
Swansway and TrustFord have made efforts to ease the cost-of-living burden and spread some Christmas cheer with large scale festive charity donations.
A new Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles Van Centre has opened in Oldham, providing new and used cars alongside servicing and repair facilities.
Swansway Group has followed a COVID crisis-defying set of record annual financial results in 2021 with a further 147% surge in pre-tax profits during 2021.
Rising cases of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 are exposing anti-vaxxers as the car retail sector’s biggest business disruptor, it has been claimed.
In the wake of a COVID-prompted shift in the way car retailers engage with their customers a panel of experts are set to debate consumer enquiry best practice in an AM webinar tomorrow.
Swansway Group has broke ground in its development of a new £9 million Volkswagen car and commercial vehicle dealership in Oldham.
Almost two thirds of UK car buyers will steer clear of showrooms that have fully embraced July 19’s “freedom day” by ditching their COVID-19 safety measures, a What Car? survey has revealed.
Motor finance companies and car dealers have borne the brunt of the COVID-19 pandemic, but how well have they overcome the challenge of motorists' 1.8 million requests for finance forbearance.
Car dealers sounded a note of caution after Prime Minister Boris Johnson gave individuals the option of ditching their masks in a July 19 easing of COVID-19 restrictions in the UK.
Swansway Group has invested more than £300,000 to replace all the light bulbs across its business with LED units.
Swansway Group expects its electric vehicle (EV) sales to soar by 150% in 2021 as the range of available models broadens and becomes affordable.
Swansway Group has reported record profitability and growth in its car and van sales volumes in annual financial results detailing its performance during a COVID-impacted 2020.
Volkswagen UK has named Lookers Northallerton as its top-performing UK car dealer during a COVID-hit 2020 trading period.
JCT600’s VW Van Centre in Hull received Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles’ ‘Gold Award’ as it emerged from a COVID-impacted 2020 as the LCV franchise’s top-performer.
Car retail bosses have voiced concern that a failure to re-open car showrooms in-time for the March number plate change will impact jobs and the economy, claiming “MPs fundamentally do not understand business”.
