Vertu Motors
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Car Dealer News 14 JulVertu Motors to reduce employee headcount by 345 to 'future proof' business
Vertu Motors has taken the decision to cut 345 jobs as it looks to future proof its operations through increased automation in the wake of the COVID-19 lockdown.
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Market Insight 10 JulSMMT data ‘didn’t tell the right story’, says Vertu CEO Robert Forrester
Vertu Motors chief executive Robert Forrester has said that the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) June registrations data “didn’t tell the right story”, insisting that the reality was far more positive.
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Car Dealer News 3 JunVertu Motors announces acquisition intention in 2019 financial results
Vertu Motors declared an intention to add new manufacturer partners as it grows through acquisition in a 2019 results statement following its first two days of showroom trading since the COVID-19 lockdown.
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Car Dealer News 2 Jun
Pent-up demand pays off on June 1 return of showroom car sales
Car retailers across the UK reported that demand from car buyers left pent-up during the COVID-19 lockdown period had resulted in a bumper return to showroom trading on June 1.
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Car Dealer News 29 MayPatchy support from OEMs as car dealers suffer lockdown
More than 40% of franchised car retailers think manufacturers could be doing more to help, AM's research showed
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Car Dealer News 29 MayVertu Motors 'Haircuts for Heroes' hits 20k fundraising target
Vertu Motors employees across the UK have achieved their fundraising target of £20,000 by donating the cost of their haircuts to NHS charities.
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Car Dealer News 26 MayRobert Forrester, Vertu Motors: ‘We’ll trust customers on unaccompanied test drives’
Vertu Motors chief executive Robert Forrester has told BBC Breakfast how the car retail sector will “trust customers” to take unaccompanied test drives as showroom retailing gets back underway.
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Car Dealer News 7 May
Vertu Motors will ‘capitalise on opportunities’ after COVID-19 lockdown
Vertu Motors’ director have asserted that the group has sufficient liquidity to exit the COVID-19 coronavirus lockdown and “capitalise on trading opportunities” in an interim trading statement.
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Market Insight 5 May
Flexible furlough scheme required to tackle re-start’s 'biggest challenge'
Car retailers would benefit from more flexibility from Government’s coronavirus job retention scheme (CRJS) as the financial balance of returning furloughed staff to work becomes businesses' "biggest challenge".
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Car Dealer News 30 Apr
COVID-19 car retail recovery ‘like starting a completely new business’
Planning for a car retail group’s recovery from the COVID-19 coronavirus lockdown has been likened to “starting a completely new business with your hands tied behind your back.”
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Market Insight 7 AprVertu Motors trials thermometers as MoT Test centre begins COVID-19 testing
Vertu Motors begun trials of thermometers to test for COVID-19 coronavirus at its showrooms as an MoT centre in Belfast started operations as an official virus test facility today (April 7).
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Car Dealer News 30 Mar
Marshall and Vertu bosses recognise workforces' NHS support efforts
Marshall Motors and Vertu Motors bosses Daksh Gupta and Robert Forrester have recognised the efforts of their car retail workforce to support the NHS and other key workers during the coronavirus lockdown period.
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Car Dealer News 24 Mar
Car retail bosses respond to coronavirus UK retail lockdown
Coronavirus-prompted car dealership closures resulting from Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s lock-down of non-essential retail businesses will see ‘80% of car dealership employees’ placed on Government salary support.
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People News 19 MarVertu's Paul Lowdon joins UK Carline as commercial director
Independent leasing company UK Carline has appointed former Vertu Motors general manager Paul Lowdon as its new commercial director.
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Car Dealer News 16 MarVertu Motors completes £5m Mercedes-Benz Reading showroom redevelopment
Vertu Motors has completed the £5 million expansion and refurbishment of its Mercedes-Benz dealership in Reading.
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People News 6 MarBristol Street Motors’ James Stuart is Ford Apprentice of the Year
James Stuart, an apprentice at Bristol Street Motors Ford Wigan, has been named as 2nd Year Apprentice of the Year by Ford.
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Digital Marketing 5 Mar
Vertu Motors secures Channel 4 Formula One TV sponsorship deal
Vertu Motors’ Bristol Street Motors and Macklin Motors car retail groups will race on to television screen across the UK as part of a Formula One sponsorship deal with Channel 4.
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Acquisitions and deals 3 MarVertu Motors completes £4m Vantage Kia and Honda acquisitions
Vertu Motors completed the £4 million acquisition of the Kia Bradford and Honda Bradford business from the Vantage Motor Group.
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Car Dealer News 3 Mar
Vertu Motors trading update highlights 2020 acquisition opportunities
Vertu Motors chief executive Robert Forrester suggested that the AM100 PLC will growth through the strong “pipeline of potential acquisition opportunities” in a trading update from the AM100 PLC.
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Car Dealer News 28 FebVertu Motors celebrates top performers at CEO Awards 2020
Vertu Motors celebrated the achievements of its top performing employees at the company’s CEO Awards, recognising the “depth of talent” within the AM100 car retail group.
