Marshall Motor is pushing ahead with the closure of two Volkswagen and four Peugeot dealerships. The dealer group which is owned by Constellation Automotive Group is not commenting on the closures. The Volkswagen dealerships set for closure are in Horsham and Aylesbury. In holding statement Volkswagen said: “We, along with the whole motor industry, are moving through a period of ...
Read More »Ex-Marshall director Paul Stapylton joins Glyn Hopkin as operations director
Paul Stapylton has joined Glyn Hopkin Group as group operations director. He previously worked with Marshall Group where he had been for 17 years as franchise director. He also served at Motorline as a franchise director for Nissan and Hyundai and before that as operations director of Toyota and Lexus and operations director for Volkswagen and Skoda. On his departure ...
Read More »Marshall Nissan Cambridge opens for business
Marshall Motor Group has opened its new Nissan store in Cambridge. It is the city’s only Nissan new car, approved used car, service and parts franchise. The facility includes a six-car showroom, an exterior display area for 40 used vehicles, a six-bay workshop, a number of electric charging points, a customer lounge, and a coffee bar. Craig Wilson, head of ...
Read More »Marshall signs five-year contract with Pinewood
Dealer management systems and software provider Pinewood Technologies Group has entered into a five-year contract with Marshall Motor Group to implement Pinewood systems into their stores. Marshalls is ranked five in the Motor Trader Top 200 Dealer Groups with annual turnover of £3.7bn through 120 dealerships. Marshall is part of Constellation Automotive Group, which also includes cinch, BCA and webuyanycar. ...
Read More »Marshall acquires Aston Martin Sevenoaks from Lithia Motors
Marshall has acquired Aston Martin Sevenoaks from Lithia Motors for an undisclosed sum. Twenty-five sales and aftersales colleagues have transferred to Marshall. Martin Casha, CEO of Marshall said: “We are delighted to begin a new and significant partnership with Aston Martin. “This iconic British brand has been a target for the Group for some time and the acquisition of Aston ...
Read More »Jamie Crowther joins Peter Vardy as COO
Jamie Crowther has been appointed as COO of Peter Vardy in Scotland. It marks a return by Crowther to the dealer group based in Scotland. Crowther fills the position left vacant when James Brearley left to take up the CEO slot at Lookers. He joins from Marshall Motor Group where he worked for almost 10 years, most recently as director ...
Read More »Stephen Trowell takes on JLR director role with Marshall
Stephen Trowell has taken on the new role of franchise director of JLR at Marshall Group. Last month Trowell announced he was leaving Hedin Automotive where he had been managing director for under two years. Before that he was a market area director with Mercedes-Benz Retail Group and also served a stint as a sales director with the factory-owned dealer ...
Read More »Marshall bolsters management team with two senior appointments
Marshall Motor Group has bolstered its management team with two senior appointments. Matt Southall has been appointed as strategy and technology director to lead the digital transformation within the group. Southall was previously chief strategy & transformation officer at Lithia UK and Pendragon. He held senior strategic and operational roles at Argos, which was subsequently acquired by Sainsbury’s, and was ...
Read More »Déjà vu for Marshall as it returns to Cambridge with Nissan
Marshall Motor Group has returned to Cambridge to represent Nissan. It is ten years since it disposed of the Nissan business to Glyn Hopkin. The new store on 699 Newmarket Road, Cambridge, CB5 8SQ will open in late summer 2024 and create 20 local jobs. The new facility includes a six-car showroom, an exterior display area for 40 used vehicles, ...
Read More »Marshall group commercial director Adrian Wallington exits automotive
Marshall Motor group commercial director Adrian Wallington has left the company to follow his ex-boss Daksh Gupta outside the motor sector. Wallington has joined building merchant Huws Gray after almost four years with Marshall Motor, joining Daksh Gupta who took on the CEO slot there after Marshall was acquired by Constellation in 2022. Wallington had a wealth of experience in ...
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