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Cazoo acquisition continues expansion strategy
- 19/10/2021
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Cazoo has announced that it has agreed to acquire Vans365 as part of a wider strategy to expand its online retail proposition to include commercial vehicles. Based in Bristol, Vans365 is an independent online commercial vehicle retailer, buying and selling hundreds of vans monthly. The deal will combine [...] -
Enterprise names new European VP
- 14/10/2021
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Enterprise Holdings has appointed Khaled Shahbo as senior vice president for Europe, taking over from Mike Nigro, who has retired after a distinguished 38-year career. Shahbo has served as senior vice president for the UK and Ireland since 2018. Under his stewardship, Enterprise expanded its range of services, [...] -
Cazoo continues rapid expansion in Essex
- 13/10/2021
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Cazoo has opened its latest Customer Centre in Lakeside Retail Park, Essex. This marks the 20th collection and drop-off location opened by the online car retailer in the last 15 months. The site was acquired earlier this year and Cazoo has since invested over £1m and created 20 new local customer-facing and [...] -
Fix Auto expands London footprint
- 20/07/2021
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Fix Auto UK has appointed its 12th repair centre. Formerly known as MTS Vehicle Services, the repairer will now operate as Fix Auto Croxley Green and joins the network following a fast-tracked programme of development over the last 12 months by owner Matthew Jedrzejczyk. In preparation for joining Fix Auto UK, [...] -
Motorpoint expansion to create dozen Scottish jobs
- 25/06/2021
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Motorpoint will create over a dozen new jobs when it opens a purpose-built vehicle preparation centre in Motherwell later this summer. The retailer is relocating its existing centre to the new eight-acre facility in early August to support ambitious growth plans for the business across Scotland. The majority of [...] -
‘A pivotal moment for the business’
- 02/06/2021
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Three months after revealing plans to expand and develop a secondary site, Fix Auto Mid Devon owner Louise Woolacott and her daughters Erika and Alena have now opened the doors to Fix Auto Newton Abbot. The 6,000 sqft state-of-the-art repair centre has been designed and developed to complement their existing site [...] -
RWC announces second site
- 20/05/2021
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
RWC Training is gearing up for the launch later this month of its second technology and training centre. Located directly adjacent to its existing site in Milton Keynes, the new site will be dedicated to vehicle technology, providing the space to run ADAS, hybrid and electric vehicle training and accreditation [...] -
Solera continues expansion strategy
- 19/05/2021
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Solera has announced that it will acquire Omnitracs, a complete fleet management platform, and DealerSocket, a leading SaaS provider to the automotive industry. CEO Darko Dejanovic said: “These highly strategic acquisitions will enable us to expand into adjacent verticals and capitalise on emerging trends in our [...] -
Revive! arrives in Aberdeenshire
- 07/05/2021
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
The mobile paint and bodywork repairer Revive! has opened a new site in Aberdeenshire. Owner Tom Giles said: “As a car enthusiast myself, living in Aberdeen, a top quality cosmetic paintwork repairer has always been hard to find in this area, which is why I decided to set up my own SMART repair business. My aim [...] -
Halfords to expand network
- 13/11/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Halfords has said it is planning to open between 10 and 15 new Autocentres each year to add to its existing network of 307 outlets. The servicing and MoT sector of the business seen like-for-like revenues up 4.6% to £75.5m in the 26 weeks to 2 October 2015, while like-for-like sales were up 3.3%. Halfords chief [...]