Dealership rents are predicted to rise “significantly” this year as the sector keeps pace with competition from other retail users.
JCT600 has won planning permission for a new Vauxhall showroom on the site of its current Vauxhall dealership in Bradford.
Infiniti has signed an agreement with the John Banks Group to open up a new Infiniti Centre in Cambridge.
More than 90% of the Mazda UK’s dealerships will have been upgraded by the spring as part of a nationwide £12 million investment scheme.
Three days after announcing £1 million improvements at its Volkswagen centre in Hull, JCT600 is nearing completion of £485,000 redevelopment of its brand’s dealership in Rotherham.
Motorpoint is set to open its 10th site - in Castleford - in April.
Renault is again represented in Aberdeen after a three year absence.
JCT600 is carrying out a £1 million redevelopment of its Volkswagen dealership in Saxon Way, Hull.
Bristol Street Motors has invested more than £200,000 in a refurbishment at its Nissan dealership in Ilkeston.
JCT600 has started work on a £815,000 redevelopment of its Volkswagen York dealership.
HR Owen is open a Maserati showroom in Stockport, the group’s third in the UK.
Norfolk-based Marriott Motor Group is investing £750,000 in its King’s Lynn premises.
By 2019 Hatfields Motor Group will have put £10m investment in Shrewsbury following its acquisition last week of the town’s Land Rover franchise from Shukers.
Predictions of an imminent mass exodus from dealerships to shopping centres and high streets may be premature, says Mark Frostick of Rapleys’ automotive team.
Vertu Motors has been given planning permission to build a £7.5 million Land Rover dealership in Leeds.
The workshop roof collapse at Milton Keynes Audi last June will lead to the dismantling of a partly-built Audi showroom in Sunderland.
TrustFord, has opened a brand new state-of-the-art Fleet and Commercial Vehicle centre in Dagenham.
Motorline has completed a £250,000 upgrade on its Tunbridge Wells Lexus dealership in line with the Japanese luxury car manufacturer’s global brand values.
South East retail group Motorline has acquired its second Peugeot dealership in the region with the purchase of the former Robins and Day business in Rochester.
Wessex Garages’ new-build Nissan dealership will open on December 28 at Hayes Way at Cribbs Causeway, with 40 staff.
