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TC Harrison turned in a strong performance in 2023 despite inflationary headwinds with pre-tax profits up 16.8% to £11.1m on turnover ahead 11.8% to £365.6m. The group said its Ford business had performed well during the year. The group operates Ford dealerships from Burton, Derby, Peterborough, Huntingdon, and Spalding. Separately, it also operates a JCB business, which it expanded through ...

The Motor Trader Top 200 Franchised Dealer Groups for 2024 features in the July August print edition of Motor Trader. It shows a sector experiencing huge interest in dealer groups from foreign investors, ongoing consolidation and a market building momentum after contraction in the pandemic. At the top of the listing there has been big change in ownership. Pendragon was ...

  May was a bruising month for a raft of car brands in the UK with double digit sales declines. Polestar saw registrations fall -69.6% to 314 units for the month while Fiat saw sales decline -44.9% to 523 units. Bentley was down -37.6% to 68 units and Vauxhall -32.1% to 6,026 units. Toyota fell -17.9% to 6,834 units, Ford ...

By Guy Bird Back in late 2023, when the finer details of the UK Government’s Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) Mandate to reduce greenhouse gases from transport was confirmed, there was widespread concern at its extremely ambitious short- and long-term targets. To quickly recap, for passenger vehicles it stipulated from 2024 that 22% of new UK car sales from each brand ...

The Ford Fiesta is the most reliable used car, according to Warrantywise’s latest Reliability Index rating. Earlier this year, Warrantywise revealed that the Ford Fiesta was the most popular vehicle it had on cover. Lawrence Whittaker, CEO of Warrantywise, said: “It’s great to see not only the used car market at a five-year high, but also the Ford Fiesta to ...

Two Lookers dealerships have won Ford President’s Awards in recognition of their customer experience and functional expertise. Lookers Ford Gateshead and Lookers Ford Leeds have received the accolade, with judges ranking dealerships on areas including surpassing sales goals, high levels of customer satisfaction and overall experience. Lookers Ford Leeds also won the award in 2022. Rob Dier, franchise director at ...

Busseys in Norfolk is celebrating 100 years as a Ford dealer in 2024. The occasion was marked with Lisa Brankin, chair and managing director of Ford Britain and Ireland, visiting the site. Brankin met David and Paul Bussey (pictured) and their wider team to recognise a century of association with Ford and serving Norfolk customers. The visit was broadcast across ...

By Steve Young There are a number of automotive industry related stories running at the moment that are all predicting some extreme outcomes when the reality is probably rather different.  In a time when there are so many competing news channels and social media outlets, we perhaps shouldn’t be surprised that attention-grabbing headlines and ‘click-bait’ become the norm.  However that ...

The March plate-change, the biggest sales month of the year saw the emergence of winners and losers in sales volumes, according to figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers & Traders (SMMT). The market saw Chinese brand BYD begin to establish a presence with  759 cars hitting UK roads compared to 34 a year ago. Smart saw a six-fold increase ...

After a hectic couple weeks with our Members’ Spring Meeting in Berlin and some consulting deadlines, it’s back to the blogs.  I’m sure you will have managed without my random thoughts on the issues of the day… I feel like I talk about agency a lot, but I did check back on my previous blogs, and it’s actually been a ...