Auto retailer Lookers has completed a refurbishment of its Leeds Nissan site. The £1 million investment of its Kirkstall Road showroom brings it fully up to date and compliant with Nissan’s latest CI requirements. A recent gala opening of the new facility was attended by 300 guests. Commenting on the opening, Colin Pybus, Franchise Director […]

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Auto retailer Rybrook Holdings has agreed a pre-let at Blythe Valley Park in Solihull with IM Properties, with plans to develop an aftersales facility for Rolls Royce and McLaren brands. The 15,237 sq ft property is scheduled to open in early 2018. Commenting on the project, Peter Hemus, property director at Rybrook, said: “Rolls Royce […]

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Following a year-long construction phase and over £5 million invested in the project, Vertu Motors’ Macklin Motors Nissan Glasgow auto retailer recently opened to the public. Built on the site of the former DC Thomson print works at Port Dundas Road, the multi-storey building boasts a first floor new car showroom, plus lower levels designated […]

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Family-run auto retailer PV Dobson has secured a Renault and Dacia franchise for its Kendal site. The Lake District business will operate the franchise from its two-acre retail ‘hub’. Featuring an eight-car showroom and nine bay service facility the new venture has also prompted PV Dobson to recruit seven new staff, including additional technicians to […]

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Auto retailer Vertu Motors has appointed Rik Shield to run its new Leeds-based Jaguar Land Rover showroom. Operating under the Farnell brand, the retail site is scheduled to open in the new year. Shield, a 20-year veteran of the motor trade, will be responsible for a staff of 110. The majority are already part of […]

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Auto retailer Glyn Hopkin’s recently opened North London Nissan showroom has become the company’s 14th with the Japanese OEM, and positioned it as the UK’s largest single Nissan retailer. Glyn Hopkin’s relationship with Nissan started in 1993 with the opening of its Romford showroom. Replacing a temporary trading facility, the new Stamford Hill-located showroom joins […]

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Marshall Motor Group has opened a new Jaguar and Land Rover retailer site in Ipswich. The flagship site on Crane Boulevard has enough display space for 100 vehicles. The site’s opening will see the relocation of Marshall’s existing Halesworth Land Rover and Ipswich Jaguar businesses and staff to the new development. The Land Rover site […]

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Family-run Fred Henderson Ltd has become the latest auto retailer to secure an MG Motor franchise. Established in 1973 by successful rally driver Fred Henderson and originally built around breakdown recovery, repairs and motorsport activities, his son David joined the Durham-based business in 2004 and is now the company’s dealer principle. A used car division […]

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Auto retailer Eurocars has secured a SsangYong franchise. The Isle of Man retailer will represent the Korean OEM from its Peel Road, Douglas showroom facility. The family-run business can be traced back to 1921, where it first operated in Scotland. The mid 1970s saw the company first represent Citroen on the island. A period of […]

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Family-run Mervyn Stewart Ltd has opened premium car maker Infiniti’s first new retail outlet in Northern Ireland. Trading as Infiniti Centre Belfast, the auto retailer has invested in a new site located at Boucher Crescent to facilitate the operation. Although expected to be complete by early 2017, the retailer is already trading from one of […]

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