Glyn Hopkin, Yeomans, Sinclair and Ancaster are among dealer groups who are now offering interest free loans to customers for car servicing through Bumper. The payment specialist hit the £500m milestone in April and has announced its intention to grow that total by a further £460m by the end of this year. Bumper said it was seeing “rapid growth” in ...
Read More »Sinclair Group to represent GWM ORA UK at Swansea site
GWM ORA UK has announced a new partnership with Sinclair Group. The brand will launch initially with one site in Swansea. GWM ORA UK has announced six new retail group partnerships this year already and is on track to achieve a total of 20 full sales sites by the end of 2023. Toby Marshall, managing director, GWM ORA UK, said: ...
Read More »Sinclair Motor Holdings turns in strong results in year of expansion
Sinclair Motor Holdings turned in a strong performance in 2022 with pe tax profits up 0.6% to £12.6m and turnover ahead 2.8% to £559.5m Last year saw it acquire Shukers, which represented Land Rover in Aberystwyth and Ludlow, and Hyundai in Aberystwyth. In results filed at Companies House managing director Andy ‘Sinclair said the Shukers acquisition was a “great opportunity” ...
Read More »Sinclair acquires Shukers Land Rover and Hyundai dealerships
Sinclair Motor Holdings has moved into England with the acquisition of Shukers’ two Land Rover dealerships and a Hyundai business, The purchase of Shukers Limited from the Rubery Owen Group sees the Sinclair Group broaden its Welsh territory up to Aberystwyth, where it will take over the Land Rover operation and also represent Hyundai for the first time. Over 50 ...
Read More »Sinclair acquires JLR Swansea dealership from Pendragon
Sinclair Group has acquired Stratstone’s Jaguar and Land Rover in Swansea from Pendragon. It becomes Sinclair’s second acquisition in the past year following its purchase of Likes, Hay-on-Wye Land Rover, in December. It also takes Sinclair’s brand portfolio up to nine. Sinclair will be keeping all 65 staff employed at the site. Andy Sinclair, Sinclair Group managing director, said: “The ...
Read More »Strong used cars and aftersales lift profits at Sinclair Motors
Sinclair Motor Holdings turned in a strong performance in 2018 in a tough market with pre-tax profits up 11% to £4m on turnover up 3.3% to £480.3m. The company, which is based in Port Talbot, said it was pleased with the performance in what it described as “very challenging” times. In results filed at Companies House it said the decline ...
Read More »Mercedes-Benz and Sinclair open pop-up in Cardiff
Mercedes-Benz has opened a pop-op store in St David’s shopping centre in Cardiff. The store is a joint project between Mercedes-Benz Cars UK and Sinclair Group, which is rated 35 in the Motor Trader Top 200 with annual turnover of £438.7m. In February JCT600 and Mercedes-Benz opened a pop-up store in the Meadowhall shopping centre in Sheffield Pop-ups are growing ...
Read More »VW emissions scandal impacts on Sinclair profits in 2015
Sinclair motor Holding saw pre-tax profits decline 10.7% to £2.8m on turnover up 12.2% to £365.6m in the year to 31 December 2015. The group, which holds the Audi, Mercedes-Benz, Seat, Skoda, Smart and VW franchises, said margins came under constant pressure during the year and its Volkswagen business was hit by the emissions crisis in late 2015. “The last ...
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