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Vertu Motors is installing more than 6,700 roof-mounted solar panels across 40 of the group’s UK dealerships at a cost of £3.2m. The programme is being carried out by EnergyForce. Generating in the region of 2,000 MWh of electricity, which will account for at least a quarter of their total consumption, the solar panels will also enable the 40 dealerships ...

Vertu Motors has bolstered its board with the appointment of David James Gillard as an independent non-executive director. Gillard is currently a non-executive director and the chair of audit committee at Bradford and Sons, a builders’ merchant, and was previously the group finance director and deputy to the managing partner at DAC Beachcroft LLP, the international law firm. He has ...

Vertu Motors said yesterday that its Companies House records now accurately record the current directors of the Company. The incorrect filings will be removed from the record by Companies House in due course. Vertu had been made aware that its Companies House record showed two directors had been terminated and one new director added. Companies House investigated the false records ...

The Companies House is investigating how information on Vertu Motors was falsified on its website So far, it said it had found no issues with its systems and it is working with Vertu to find out what happened. This week Vertu revealed that some information on the website had been falsified, including the resignation of two directors and the addition ...

Vertu Motors has notified investors that its Companies House records have been falsely amended by what it describes as a “malicious actor”. It said today that the public record maintained by Companies House currently states that several of the Company’s directors have resigned two new directors have been appointed. In a statement it said: “The company confirms that none of ...

Vertu Motors has acquired Rowes Garage’s four Honda dealerships in the South West of England bringing its total representation of the brand to 17 sites. Rowes has been trading for over 90 years. The outlets are located in Plymouth, Plymstock and Truro. The business also operates a Suzuki franchised outlet in Plymouth, which will continue to operate as a used ...

Vertu MINI Sunderland is helping to slam the brakes on childhood cancer after raising £1,300 for Children’s Cancer North as part of their MINI Big Love campaign. The dealership surpassed its initial target of £500 after hosting raffles, washing cars, selling sweet treats, as well as donating £100 for every vehicle it sold. Vertu MINI Sunderland is helping to slam ...

Vertu Motors turned in a strong first half performance with pre tax profits up 11.9% to £30.1m on record turnover ahead 21.1% to £2.4bn. Looking ahead it said that profit for the full year are expected to be in line with current expectation and that September plate change has seen strong profit generation. Like-for-like new car, fleet and commercial volume ...

Vertu Motors has appointed Spencer Clayton-Jones as strategy director. As part of the group’s CEO Committee, Spencer will work with Vertu CEO  Robert Forrester on the development and execution of the group’s strategy around growth, franchising and property. Spencer has more than 23 years’ experience in the automotive industry working for Volkswagen and Nissan. Most recently he was director of ...

Jason Kirtley, who is an Aftersales Apprentice Painter at the Vertu Accident Repair Centre in West Boldon, has been named as one of the top two BMW apprentices in the country. Kirtley, who joined the Vertu Motors group in 2019, was runner-up in the BMW Apprentice of the Year awards, which were judged on evidence of his ongoing work submitted ...