• Hills Group expands in the south
    • 18/02/2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Hills Group will open a new delivery hub in the south west after announcing the acquisition of a new parts delivery hub in Gloucestershire. The new site will allow Hills and the Green Parts Specialists to despatch freight in bulk to the new facility overnight from headquarters in Skelmersdale, ready for delivery [...]
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  • Fix Auto UK develops Midlands presence
    • 09/02/2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Fix Auto UK has made another major step forward in its bid to ensure the network has complete brand presence throughout the Midlands with the appointment of Four Ways Accident Repair Centre in Atherstone. The repairer, who will operate as Fix Auto Atherstone, strategically fills a void in the region for the network [...]
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  • LKQ Euro Car Parts expands network
    • 19/01/2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    LKQ Euro Car Parts has opened its first branch in Cirencester. The new store will give drivers and garages in the area convenient, local access to LKQ Euro Car Parts’ 160,000-strong range of car, light commercial vehicle and specialty parts. From replacement wiper blades and headlamp bulbs to collision parts [...]
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  • Cazoo continues European expansion
    • 03/12/2021
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Cazoo has now launched its service in both France and Germany. It now intends to grow its inventory to thousands of cars as it expands across Europe over the coming months as well as adding many new features to its EU proposition including buying cars directly from consumers, fully digital car financing and [...]
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  • Cazoo doubles reconditioning capacity
    • 16/09/2021
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Cazoo has acquired SMH Fleet Solutions (SMH), one of the UK’s leading vehicle preparation, logistics and storage businesses. The deal is valued £70m and will double Cazoo’s overall vehicle reconditioning, logistics and storage capabilities in the UK with 11 total sites across more than 265 acres. SMH has a [...]
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  • Motorpoint announces Manchester move
    • 14/07/2021
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Motorpoint will create 30 jobs in Manchester when it opens its new branch in early October. The roles will include customer service, management, sales and vehicle preparation. The branch, which will be led by Jordan Dean, head of retail operations for the North West, will stock 200 low mileage, nearly new cars [...]
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  • South coast expansion for Allparts Refinish
    • 02/07/2021
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Exeter-based coatings distribution specialist Allparts Refinish has opened an additional branch in Plymouth. Managing director Martyn Newbury said: “Allparts is a family owned and run business that has complete customer satisfaction at the heart of everything we do. The additional location coupled with the [...]
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  • Clemens brothers plan fourth Fix Auto bodyshop
    • 18/06/2021
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Brothers Terry and Chris Clemens plan to open their fourth Fix Auto UK repair centre on the south coast within weeks. Fix Auto Yeovil is scheduled to open for business by the end of August after the duo received the keys this week to a 5,500-sqft industrial unit in the centre of the Somerset town. The pair [...]
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  • David Brown expands in the capital
    • 18/06/2021
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    David Brown Automotive has unveiled a new showroom site in the prestigious St John’s Wood area of London. The site, the first of its kinds in the UK, has space to display three cars indoors and three outdoors, while the expansion represents the first phase of growth for David Brown Automotive since the company [...]
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