Motor Auction Group (MAG) has announced four new hires who will be running its new £5m purpose-built LCV auction site in Goole, Yorkshire. Geoff Flood joins as centre manager, Gemma Stokes has been appointed assistant centre manager, Jaqueline Swaine is MAG’s vendor and buyer manager, and Samantha Wray has been appointed vendor manager. Group operations director, Justin Lane, said: “All ...
Read More »Motor Auction Group to open £5m physical LCV auction centre
Motor Auction Group (MAG) has purchased a five-acre site in Goole, Yorkshire, and will invest £5m to transform it into a dedicated LCV auction centre due to open in Q1 2025. The site will include a vehicle inspection facility. It is already equipped with a bank of electric vehicle chargers and hard standing to accommodate over 600 LCVs. The site ...
Read More »MAG’s ‘one-off’ sale raises almost £5,000 for hospice
Motor Auction Group (MAG) raised almost £5,000 for the Bluebell Wood Children’s Hospice at its Bawtry auction in a ‘one-off’ sale event for Arnold Clark on 1 June. The sale saw 108 dealer part exchanges sold on behalf of Arnold Clark. It was attended by 150 enthusiastic buyers, 80% of the cars were purchased in the hall and 20% online. ...
Read More »Motor Auction Group auctions Arnold Clark stock
Motor Auction Group (MAG) is to hold a car auction at its Bawtry, South Yorkshire site for the first time in eight years. The first vehicle auction was hosted in 1947 at the site in Market Place Bawtry, which then became an integral part of the local community until it closed in 2016. MAG will be hosting a car auction ...
Read More »Dealers pass over poor condition vans at auction
Dealers are increasingly ignoring poor condition vans at auction requiring a lot of remedial work before going on sale. That’s the view of the Vehicle Remarketing Association (VRA) and its meeting of 2024. Julian Pullen, senior editor, commercial vehicles and motorcycles, cap hpi, said: “It used to be said that if a van needed £1,000 of work, it sold for ...
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