Holden Group has opened a new Care Hub for customers in Norwich. It centralises enquiries from all its retailers, which include Dacia, Honda, Kia, MG, Renault, SEAT and Volvo. “Our new care hub will offer seamless, consistent service across all of our dealerships,” said Holden Group MD Martyn Webb. Bethany Metcalf, Care Hub manager, added: […]

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Cupra, Seat’s premium performance brand, is understood to be planning to shift from a franchise model for its UK network to an agency agreement. Sources within the Cupra network have described the move as “inevitable”. However there are concerns about the legality of the move as Cupra is still a sub-brand to the Seat franchise […]

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SEAT has  become the fastest-growing volume car brand in the UK so far this year. The Barcelona-based brand  achieved 14% growth in the overall market, which has declined by 8.8%. It has sold 2997 more units than it had at the same point last year. Impressively, it has grown its share of the overall UK […]

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SEAT’s impressive start to 2017 continues, as it ended April as the UK’s fastest-growing car brand. Against a backdrop of falling car sales, down 19.8%, SEAT bucked the trend with impressive growth of 12%. The Barcelona-based brand’s UK car market share also rocketed from 1.85% to 2.58% SEAT has also broken into top ten true […]

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Bristol Street Motors has updated its Seat Derby and Birmingham franchise operations to the Spanish OEM’s new business-focused corporate identity. The auto retailer, which is part of the Vertu Motors group, joins locations in Bristol, Plymouth and York who have adopted Seat’s updated approach to engaging with SMEs and local corporate fleet operators. The new […]

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Group 1 Automotive has partnered with Spanish car maker Seat to open a shopping centre concept store. The OEM’s long-time franchise partner has established the ‘Seat Store’ at the popular Lakeside shopping centre in Essex. The store concept gives the OEM further coverage in the highly competitive London and M25 area, as well as access […]

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Auto retailer Snows Group has acquired the Car Shop Ltd’s Yeovil-based Seat business operation. The site, located on the Lynx West Trading Estate in Brympton Way, Yeovil, represents the retailer’s first foray into the region. This move comes after the recent acquisition of the Chichester and Waterlooville-based WKB Toyota retail businesses. Joining five existing Snows […]

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