Vertu Motors
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People News 22 DecVertu Motors appoints new Vertu Motorcycles division brand director
Vertu Motors has promoted Honda Grantham general manager Mark Goode to the newly-created role of Vertu Motorcycles division brand director following the acquisition of BMW Motorrad Sunderland.
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Acquisitions and deals 7 DecVertu Motors completes Inchcape BMW and Mini dealership acquisitions
Vertu Motors has completed its long-awaited acquisition of 12 BMW, Mini and BMW Motorrad franchised motor retail outlets across five locations from Inchcape’s Cooper BMW division.
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Acquisitions and deals 16 NovInchcape in ‘latter stages’ of Cooper BMW and Mini dealership disposals
Inchcape UK CEO James Brealey has asserted that his retail group remains “committed” to its BMW and Mini franchises after confirming it is in the latter stages of disposing of sites in the North East and Croydon.
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Car Dealer News 12 NovVertu Motors begins recruitment for BMW and Mini retail division
Vertu Motors has begun recruitment for a BMW division expected to be created from a multi-site acquisition to be completed during December.
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People News 5 NovVertu Motors appoints Chris Harris as retail marketing director
Vertu Motors has appointed Chris Harris as retail and marketing director for its specialist and premium brand car dealerships.
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Acquisitions and deals 15 OctVertu confirms BMW acquisitions move after Inchcape disposals 'speculation'
Vertu Motors has confirmed that it is in discussion with a number of parties over the acquisition of “a number of BMW dealerships” following speculation that Inchape is set to sell a number of sites.
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Manufacturer 9 OctFord retailers’ Brexit VAT issue concerns branded as ‘scaremongering’
Suggestions that Ford car retailers could go out of business as the result of a Brexit-related change to the brand’s VAT invoicing have been branded as “scaremongering”.
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Manufacturer 8 OctFord dealers need £750,000-per-site to solve post-Brexit VAT issue
Ford retailers who are unable to find £750,000-per-dealership site to fund a post-Brexit change to the brand’s VAT invoicing regime could be forced out of business, it has been claimed.
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Car Dealer News 7 Oct
Vertu Motors’ accelerated COVID-19 recovery delivers £4.7m H1 profit
Vertu Motors’ COVID-19 recovery accelerated the AM100 PLC to a £19 million profit in Q2 to reverse a £14.3m Q1 loss and deliver a profit in a challenging period for automotive retail.
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Acquisitions and deals 2 Oct
Vertu Motors completes Sandicliffe Kia Nottingham dealership acquisition
Vertu Motors has completed the acquisition of Sandicliffe Motor Group’s Kia dealership in Nottingham.
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People News 25 SepVertu Motors’ Vansdirect appoints new national fleet sales managers
Vertu Motors has appointed two new national fleet sales managers for its Vansdirect light commercial vehicles (LCV) retail business.
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Car Dealer News 15 SepVertu Motors completes £2.4m Farnell JLR Bradford upgrade
Vertu Motors has welcomed a new senior leadership team at its Farnell Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) dealership following completion of a £2.4 million makeover of the facility.
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Car Dealer News 3 SepStoneacre owner Richard Teatum invests over £3m in Vertu Motors
Stoneacre Motor Group’s founder and owner Richard Teatum has invested over £3 million in rival car retail group Vertu Motors.
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People News 24 AugRaj Virdee joins Mercedes-Benz of Slough as head of business
Mercedes-Benz of Slough has appointed Raj Virdee as its new head of business.
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Car Dealer News 20 Aug
Vertu Motors reports "robust recovery" following post-lockdown measures
Vertu Motors has delivered an adjusted profit before tax of £7.4 million in July after post-lockdown trading has been “significantly stronger than envisaged”.
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People News 14 AugSamantha Ward appointed as Vansdirect's new operations director
Vertu Motors' Vansdirect online commercial vehicle sales division has appointed Samantha Ward as its new operations director.
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Car Dealer News 12 AugVertu adds Citroen to Bristol Street Motors Ford Worcester dealership
Vertu Motors has brought Citroen under the same roof as its existing Ford franchised in Worcester as part of a £250,000 upgrade of the car dealership’s facilities.
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People News 11 AugVertu Motors names 17-year-old service advisor 'Apprentice of the Year'
Vertu Motors has named 17-year-old Farnell Land Rover Nelson service advisor apprentice Susannah Kendall as the winner of its annual ‘Apprentice of the Year’ awards.
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Car Dealer News 7 AugBristol Street Motors Vauxhall dealership stored car ‘illegally’ for nine years
Bristol Street Motors’ Chingford Vauxhall dealership has been denied planning permission to resurface an area of green belt land for vehicle storage after making use of the land ‘illegally’ for nine years.
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Opinion 16 Jul
Vertu CEO Robert Forrester: 'Get to work if you can' should be Government stance
The time has come for the Government to give a definitive bit of advice, to codify what the Prime Minister could only splutter when he said: “Instead of ‘stay at home if you can’ – I think we should now say, well, ‘go back to work if you can’.”
