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Williams marked its 50th anniversary in Liverpool with a celebratory event hosted by television presenter, Simon Rimmer, at the renowned Museum of Liverpool. The event featured a preview of a special film ‘Liverpool Story’ which has been filmed over 12 months by documentary makers, Shut Out the Light. Additional footage featuring both the Williams family and colleagues was shot to ...

Northwest-based automotive retailer Williams has won the National Marketing Award at the BMW Retailer of the Year awards at the Tate Britain, London. This marks the retailer’s second consecutive National Marketing Award win. Chris Woods, head of marketing of Williams, said: “Winning this award once was incredible, but to be recognised for two consecutive years is a real achievement for ...

Williams has won the National Marketing Award at this year’s BMW Retailer of the Year awards. The team of six, led by Chris Woods, group marketing manager of Williams, were recognised for best in class digital and social media presence, strategic use of social influencers to enhance product and support at key events and a dynamic approach to marketing. Woods ...

Williams Group has appointed Dale Bland as group head of aftersales. He will represent premium automotive brands BMW, MINI, Jaguar, Land Rover and BMW Motorrad. Bland, who has over 19 years’ experience in the automotive industry, joins from Marshall Motor Group where he was a head for business for Mercedes. Prior to his role at Marshall, Bland held senior positions ...

Williams Motor Holdings is investing in its BMW Motorcycles centre on with a new showroom and service centre in Manchester. Work begins in September and will see the retail centre’s showroom and aftersales facility double in size. The business is due to open by the end of the year. Head of business of the Williams Motorcycle, Phil McNelis, said: “We are thrilled to unveil ...

Williams Motor Holdings turned in a strong trading performance in 2015 with pre-tax profits up 53.7% to £6.3m on turnover up 17.7% to £426.6m The result included an improved year on year performance from all areas of the business, particularly used car sales, according to accounts submitted to Companies House. The group threw some light on the back office challenges ...

Williams Motor Holdings has bought Stratstone Jaguar Manchester from Pendragon for an undisclosed sum. It is now trading as Williams Jaguar Manchester. The deal leaves Pendragon’s premium Stratstone division with 12 Jaguar dealerships in the UK and four in California. Nick Cook, Williams managing director said: “This acquisition is key to strengthening our already substantial presence within the North West. ...

Kia Motors has taken on former Ford dealer operations director Yaser Sabsogh to oversee development of its network as the company works to woo private buyers.

Kia has agreed to pay a former dealer an undisclosed sum to settle a dispute over outstanding warranty and sales bonus payments.   The out of court settlement was reached after Kernahan of Witney took legal action against the carmaker for failing to make certain warranty and sales bonus payments. Martin Kernahan, managing director of the Oxon-based company welcomed the ...