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Bristol Street Motors has opened a Motornation used car dealership on the site of a former Cazoo outlet in Tamworth, following an investment of over £200,000. The 80-car centre, on Ventura Park Road in the town of Tamworth, has created 11 new jobs, with more – including apprentices – in the pipeline. A  service centre has been created with bays ...

The co-founder of car buying and selling marketplace Carwow James Hind is stepping down as CEO after 14 years in the role. Hind (pictured left) will move into an executive director, while current COO John Veichmanis will become CEO. Prior to joining Carwow Veichmanis was chief marketing officer of online luxury fashion retail platform Farfetch. He has 20 years’ experience ...

Pendragon chief opeating officer Martin Casha is leaving the company to take up the CEO role at Marshall. Pendragon said it would not be replacing the role in order to simplify the company’s organisational structure, His reporting lines will be re-distributed across the senior leadership team. Casha has spent his entire career with Pendragon businesses, becoming  operations director in September ...

GWM ORA UK has announced a new partnership with Sinclair Group. The brand will launch initially with one site in Swansea. GWM ORA UK has announced six new retail group partnerships this year already and is on track to achieve a total of 20 full sales sites by the end of 2023. Toby Marshall, managing director, GWM ORA UK, said: ...

Steven Eagell Group has completed the acquisition of nine Toyota and three Lexus dealerships from Marshall Motor Group, in the South East and South West Midlands. This brings the total number of sites now operated by the Milton Keynes-based, company to 44 with 32 Toyota and 12 Lexus. Steven Eagell is currently ranked 23 in the Motor Trader Top 200 ...

Fast expanding Steer Automotive Group has acquired Apollo Motor Group and Balgores Motors. The two businesses’ 32 repair outlets employ 700 staff in the south of England, generating £90m turnover. Apollo Motor Group was founded in 1985 by Graham and Tracy Eyles. It has 20 sites in the South East and South West of England. Balgores Motors was founded in ...

Arnold Clark is opening an ‘Electric Car Centre’ in Sydenham in South London. The centre, open seven days a week, will have 30 all-makes electric vehicles (EV) on-site available to test-drive and buy. The branch, on the outskirts of London’s Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ), will target customers that may need to change their car to meet the requirements. The ...

Angela Shepherd has been appointed chief executive of Stellantis &You UK, replacing James Weston. Shepherd has held senior management positions with Mercedes Benz since 2003, including the position of head of aftersales for ten years, followed by further roles in training and network operations.  In 2019, she moved to the role of CEO for Mercedes-Benz Retail Group. She took up ...

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has published the final version of its guidance on the Motor Vehicle Block Exemption Order (MVBEO). The National Franchised Dealers Association (with its advisers, TLT appraised the CMA of developments in the sector, including the transition to direct and agency, including non-genuine agency, sales on the part of certain OEMs. Sue Robinson, CEO of ...

GWM ORA UK has named SLM Norwich as its ninth official sales and service centre in the UK. This latest appointment is part of GWM ORA’s wider network growth strategy, with plans to achieve around 20 sales and service sites by the end of 2023.  The brand has 29 sales and aftersales only sites in place since launching late last ...