Tag Archives: City Auction Group

Citygate Automotive has launched its new leasing business, dubbed Citygate Leasing, which will be based at the Group’s corporate HQ in Marlow. The business will cover mainland UK but there is a focus on acquiring new corporate customers across London and the Home Counties which are synonymous with the brand. Greg Taylor, Citygate MD, said: “Leasing has become an increasingly ...

City Auction Group has expanded its secure vehicle storage facilities with three new PurpleRock centres in Edinburgh, Oakham and Peterborough. This increases its capacity to over 5000 vehicles complimenting current operations in Wittering and Belfast, Northern Ireland. The centres will provide compound services featuring in-life management solutions, vehicle repair body shops, mechanical repair, VUMO AI 360 video imagery and under-chassis ...

City Auction Group will launch a new 28-acre site to house the Headquarters of its logistics business, PurpleRock, in September. This will expand capacity with an additional 5,000 vehicles across defleet, logistics and secure storage. The site will be located off the A1, north of Peterborough. Michael Tomalin, CEO of City Auction Group, said: “This is a game changer for ...

City Auction Group has appointed Ian Smith as its new Group Digital Director with immediate effect. Smith has experience leading innovative, and high-growth auto tech products and services. Previously, Smith was the operations director of Engineius where he led the growth of the auto logistics business, including the expansion of the supplier network and customer movements. Ian Smith, group digital ...

Daniel Smith, the ex-head of aftersales at Cazoo, has joined City Auction Group’s logistics arm PurpleRock as operations director. Smith will be responsible for developing PurpleRock’s vehicle defleet, logistics and repair business across all locations, including new ventures to be announced in the NW and Midlands. He said: ‘I am delighted to be joining PurpleRock as their operations director. It’s ...