Dealer profiles
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Dealer profiles 30 JunMulti-franchising is the focus for AM100 car dealer Chorley Group
Chorley Group managing director Adam Turner explains to AM why multi-franchising is playing a key part in tackling the rising costs of business.
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Dealer profiles 12 JanGrowth drive comes after Livingstone Motor Group MBO and refranchising
MD Andrew Iveson talks about his decision to go from employee to co-owner at Subaru, isuzu and SsangYong car dealer Livingstone Motor Group and the resilience and innovation he and his team displayed as Mitsubishi quit the UK.
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Dealer profiles 11 MarLookers CEO Mark Raban: 'I'm extremely proud of what we have achieved'
Lookers chief executive Mark Raban claims to be a numbers man, who likes “to stick with my knitting”, but he is poised to “try something different” with the AM100 group's newly-mapped growth strategy.
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Dealer profiles 16 NovAvailable Car CEO believes his car supermarket group can 'get through anything'
When Michael Bell took the chief executive’s chair of the family business, Available Car, in 2019, he could never have anticipated quite the baptism of fire that was coming.
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Dealer profiles 6 MayVanarama seeks five-fold growth after adapting to car buyers' desires
Vanarama founder and chief executive Andy Alderson tells AM the sponsor of football's National League expects fourfold growth in vehicle leasing with home delivery
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Dealer profiles 13 AprHills Garages has an aversion to 'Wolf of Wall Street'-style quick wins
With the UK on a pathway to zero emission new cars and London set to expand its ultra-low emission zone this year, Hills Garages looks well placed to continue notching up successes.
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Dealer profiles 10 FebTarget 2030: Arnold Clark CEO Eddie Hawthorne is 'committing to decarbonisation'
Sales of new petrol and diesel cars and vans will stop in the UK from 2030, as part of the Government’s “green industrial revolution”.
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Dealer profiles 19 OctSnows Motor Group CEO Stephen Snow on becoming 'leaner and more efficient'
When Snows Motor Group completed a restructure of its leadership team at the turn of the year its new leaders had no idea they would soon be called upon to fast-track a transformation of the business.
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Dealer profiles 7 NovAlan Day Volkswagen MD Paul Tanner on dieselgate, rising wages and terrorism
Dieselgate, rising wages and even terrorists have hurt his business, believes MD Paul Tanner. 'Our model needs to change,' he says.
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Dealer profiles 16 JunClive Brook Volvo MD on going it alone
Clive Brook explains how acquiring two Volvo showrooms from his former employers left him ‘battle-hardened’.
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Dealer profiles 4 MayHow niche car dealer Norfolk Motor Group took on the nationals
Norfolk Motor Group managing director Grant Long explains how the car dealer group used customer service to build loyalty and stamp its authority on the area.
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Dealer profiles 9 AprLondon Morgan gives sports car customers the Savile Row treatment
London Morgan has turned its small size to its advantage with highly focused customer service and imaginative promotions.
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Dealer profiles 2 MarGlyn Hopkin MD Fraser Cohen on building the car dealer brand through training
Glyn Hopkin managing director Fraser Cohen on how the car dealer group's staff training delivers a loyal customer base and a thriving business.
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Dealer profiles 4 FebMeridian MD Mark Robinson on why it won’t grow too big too fast
Managing director Mark Robinson explains Meridian Motor Group’s rapid recent growth and how he and his staff will unite the business under the Vantage brand.
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Dealer profiles 13 JanLookers chief Andy Bruce: ‘The market has more growth in it’
Lookers' chief executive, Andy Bruce, and managing director, Nigel McMinn, give their predictions for the car market, and talk about how Lookers increases customer satisfction, the benefits of blended retailing and new remuneration models for salespeople.
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Dealer profiles 25 NovMichael Edwards: why the top MG dealer prefers a low-tech approach
Michael Edwards Group, the most successful MG dealer in the UK, illustrates the benefits of a low-tech approach.
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Dealership galleries 18 AugKnights Group - North site in Stoke on Trent (2014)
Ian Dow, Knights' aftersales director, provides a look around the group's Stoke site.
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