• Steer Group continues ambitious expansion plans
    • 22/04/2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Categories: Featured, News
    Steer Automotive Group has acquired all 11 Artis Accident Repair Centres. The deal takes Steer to 37 sites with 700 staff and a capacity to repair 70,000 vehicles per year. The Artis group is based around the M25 and has recently added two new sites in Borehamwood and Grays. Following the deal, Jamie Smithyes and [...]
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  • Mad Devs secures international growth
    • 11/04/2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    A UK-based automotive technology company is expanding internationally following a new partnership with a leading Australian software provider. Mad Devs has agreed on a new partnership with e-GoodManners to resell the iStoreDOCS platform, which over 300 dealers in the UK use. David Boyce, CEO at Mad Devs, said: [...]
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  • Auto Trader announces Autorama acquisition
    • 22/03/2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Auto Trader has agreed to acquire the share capital of Autorama, one of the UK’s largest transactional marketplaces for leasing new vehicles. Autorama has become one of the leading platforms for aggregating leasing deals from multiple funders and OEMs under its Vanarama brand, which has successfully sold over [...]
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  • Motorserv begins expansion plans
    • 17/02/2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Vehicle sales and service centre Motorserv UK has invested upwards of £200,000 in expanding its Solihull premises to meet increased customer demand. It has successfully secured 10-year leases for two buildings on the Monkspath Business Park to support its expansion. This increases the operational space available [...]
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  • DTC accelerates growth strategy
    • 08/02/2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Southampton-based Direct Tool Company (DTC) has announced significant investment in both personnel and site facilities to support further growth. The investment is part of an ongoing growth strategy that also includes the recent expansion of its warehouse facility, which will allow the company to dedicate more [...]
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  • Audatex takes AI to Romania
    • 14/01/2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Audatex and Romanian insurance company Asirom VIG are taking the next step of using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to settle claims faster and shorten key-to-key times. They have extended their strategic technology relationship by implementing Solera’s Qapter Intelligent Estimating into the motor claims [...]
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  • Fix Auto franchise partner set for expansion
    • 19/11/2021
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Fix Auto Slough and Uxbridge owner Ranjit Gill is the latest franchise partner within the network to reveal a major programme of investment that will result in the relocation of his Slough business. He and his team of builders are busy transforming a 6,000-sqft unit close to his previous site into what he says will [...]
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  • Cazoo collaboration continues
    • 18/11/2021
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Cazoo has agreed a long-term partnership with Ogilvie Fleet to provide end of life vehicle solutions to the UK’s leading independent leasing company. As part of the exclusive agreement Cazoo will provide a range of services to Ogilvie which includes inspect and collect services across the UK, in-house technology [...]
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  • CarComm Coachworks announces major expansion
    • 12/11/2021
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Commercial vehicle repair specialists CarComm Coachworks has increased its internal workshop space by a third. The expansion is the result of continued growth with both large and small fleet contracts, meaning the company outgrew its two Ashford units. It previously rented a few smaller units on the same road, but [...]
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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 [...]
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