Car supermarket CarShop is venturing into new car sales for the first time, representing MG. The group will sell the Chinese-owned brand from its Northampton, Doncaster, Swindon and Norwich centres...

Benfield Motors has opened a £5.8m Ford dealership in Sunderland. The North East dealer group had been operating a temporary pop-up showroom on the Newcastle Road since spring 2012...

The number of vacant dealerships continues to fall across the UK as the economy recovers, according to property specialist Rapleys. It said the larger groups were expanding...

Ford Retail, the factory-owned dealer group boosted turnover at its parts division in 2013, exceeding £100m for the first time....

Dealers have been urged to act now and gain interim permission from The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to sell finance after the 1 April deadline....

BCA is rolling out online video appraisals for vans during 2014 following a successful pilot. The video format gives potential buyers a more accurate indication of the condition and specification of vehicles...

UK car production rose 3.1% in 2013 to 1,509,762 units, a six-year high. Cars produced for the domestic market rose 21.8% during the year while those for export fell 1%. SMMT chief executive...

Multi-franchise north west based dealer group Clare James has changed its trading name to Lightcliffe. Lightcliffe represents Audi, BMW, Honda, MINI, Nissan, Seat, Skoda, Volkswagen and VW Commercials across 18 locations in Merseyside, Cheshire, Yorkshire and Wales.

Guardian Media Group is selling its 50.1% stake in Trader Media Group, which owns Auto Trader to Apax Partners. The proposed acquisition of GMG’s 50.1% stake follows the original acquisition by Apax of its...

Glyn Hopkin is holding the official opening of an Infiniti Centre in St Albans on Thursday 23 January. The centre brings Infiniti’s number of centres in the UK to eight. It will be opened with a reception featuring the Infiniti Red Bull Racing car driven by Sebastian Vettel...