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Copart continues Super Centre expansion
- 23/08/2022
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Copart has continued its progress toward net zero with further expansion of its Super Centre in Bristol. Following the latest phase of development the site is now offering more services and additional capacity, while the team has been busy planting trees in the new bio-diversity spaces to improve air [...] -
Europcar opens prestigious Scottish site
- 29/07/2022
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Europcar has opened a new location in Edinburgh. The rental site is open six days a week, providing customers with easy-to-access mobility to a range of rental vehicles. Ron Santiago, managing director, Europcar Mobility Group UK, said: “Opening in the prestigious St James Quarter is an exciting step for us in [...] -
AC Cars names new CEO
- 23/05/2022
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
AC Cars has announces Swiss entrepreneur David Conza as its new chief executive officer, and his investment in AC’s parent company Acedes Holdings. Alan Lubinsky, who has led the sports car company for the last 26 years, remains chairman. With an established track record as a successful entrepreneur and [...] -
Smart move with key hires
- 20/05/2022
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Smart Repairs has announced a raft of new appointments as it expands throughout the UK. The Leeds-based company, which recently invested in a new 18,000 sqft site, is now committed to hiring 100 new technicians across the country this year. This is a result of a record-breaking 2021, which saw turnover rise from [...] -
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 [...] -
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: [...] -
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 [...] -
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 [...] -
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 [...] -
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 [...]