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Sytner Group has bought Specialist Cars Holdings for an undisclosed sum. Specialist Cars, which represents BMW and MINI in Stevenage, Luton and Tring, has been under the ownership of Clive Fletcher and Michael Donovan since an MBO in 1999. Both are now retiring. The group is rated 85 in the latest Motor Trader Top 200 with annual turnover of £183.7m. ...

Sytner Group recently celebrated its finest and most talented technicians with its annual Elite Technician Challenge. Over 500 technicians entered the competition in 13 categories and 13 winners being awarded a trip to the Detroit Grand Prix at Belle Isle as guests of Penske Racing. Finalists had 90 minutes to identify and diagnose real-world failures in vehicles rigged with exterior, ...

Sytner Group is to jettison the Guy Salmon brand which it had retained since it bought the business in 1998 for £6.4m. A total of 17 Guy Salmon JLR dealerships throughout the UK will now become Sytner Jaguar Land Rover sites. The Sytner Group currently employs 1,300 across 17 JLR sites and has invested around £100m in dealerships in recent ...

Inchcape, Marshall and Sytner have become the first big dealer groups to sign up to a used car Dealer Standard from the Association of Fleet Operators (AFP). The 28-point accreditation – launched at the end of February – is designed to ensure that fleet cars and vans are delivered in excellent condition to the end user, who is then shown ...

Sytner Group has launched a network group to focus on gender equality in the business and in the automotive sector. The group wants to highlight women in the automotive business in International Women’s Day 2022. The group has 30 members who will collectively work towards continuing the work the business has done to date. They will focus on engagement with ...

In 2021, Rolls-Royce Motor Cars saw its highest ever sales results in its 117-year history and, and Sytner Group’s dealerships saw its market share rise to 44%. Since 2019, Sytner Group’s business has grown by 5% of the overall UK volume rising from 39% to 44% in 2021. Sytner Group’s Rolls-Royce Motor Cars dealership in Manchester slightly increased their share ...

Ferrari North Europe has announced that Maranello Sales, Egham, part of the Sytner Group, has been recognised as the “Top UK Dealer 2021”. The award is based on the Ferrari Dealer Scorecard, which evaluates the dealer’s performance compared to the rest of the UK network across a wide array of sales, marketing and aftersales KPIs. Francesco Balli, Regional Manager, Ferrari ...

Sytner Group Lamborghini dealerships recently took part in a Bull Run event to raise money for Movember. In the first Bull Run event since the pandemic started, on 6th November, there was over 200 Lamborghinis and 90 teams made their way to Blenheim Palace including vehicles from Sytner Group’s Lamborghini Birmingham. Lamborghini’s from every dealership in the UK drove in ...

Sytner Group’s Bentley Birmingham dealership recently hosted a black tie gala in aid of the Royal British Legion raising over £25,000 for the fantastic cause. Over 80 customers attended the gala at Bentley Birmingham alongside Sytner Group colleagues. There was an auction on the night led by Christopher Jarrey, Senior Autioneer from Bonhams, where all guests were able to bid ...

Guy Salmon Jaguar Land Rover Bristol is aiding CRUSE Bereavement Support. Each time the Sytner dealership launches a fundraiser, different charities are chosen, and each charity is either local or has a connection to colleagues. After seeing ‘paint your own’ cars, the dealership thought this would be a great idea for a fundraiser, getting colleagues and customers to paint a ...