• Drivvn drives growth with key appointments
    • 29/06/2023
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Global automotive e-commerce company drivvn has made a series of appointments to support its international growth plans. Drivvn, which helps vehicle manufacturers build and manage e-commerce sites and customer journeys, has appointed Christina Chander as its first product director. She will build a team of product [...]
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  • Steer Group named in Sunday Times 100 list
    • 29/06/2023
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Steer Automotive Group is celebrating after being named in The Sunday Times 100, a prestigious list which recognises the fastest growing private companies in the UK. The company has been growing rapidly through a strategy of acquisition ever since it was founded in 2018 with just four sites. It now includes more [...]
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  • Mad Devs announces international expansion
    • 22/05/2023
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    An automotive technology firm that connects dealers with customers and OEMs is expanding in the Middle East and Africa. Mad Devs, which operates iStoreDOCs,  iTrackLeads and iConnect, has deployed its technology in Saudi Arabia and South Africa. The company supports over 1,000 dealers in the UK and worldwide with [...]
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  • Smart Repairs reports record turnover
    • 30/03/2023
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Independent cosmetic repairer Smart Repairs has announced an increase in turnover of 23% in the first quarter of this year. The Leeds company saw its turnover grow to £2.1m between January and March this year with overall turnover predicted to rise to more than £9m this year. The recent appointment of [...]
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  • Vella Group announces Gaskell Motor Bodies acquisition
    • 17/03/2023
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    The Vella Group has increased its site locations to 12 with the acquisition of Lancashire-based Gaskell Motor Bodies. The business has a 6,000 sqft workshop and will operate as The Vella Group Great Harwood. Owners Nick and Louise Gaskell will both remain with the business, with Nick becoming site manager. He [...]
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  • IML accelerates automotive expansion
    • 27/02/2023
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    International Motors (IML) is responding to the recent boom in electric vehicle sales and the need for faster routes to market by actively expanding its automotive business. Newly-appointed managing director William Brown said: “As a business, we understand that the automotive landscape has changed and continues [...]
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  • AX confirms Fort Dunlop move
    • 23/02/2023
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    AX is moving into a new home at the Fort Dunlop building in Birmingham as it continues its next phase of growth in 2023. The leading provider of accident aftercare services and intelligent fleet management technology will gradually migrate to its new headquarters from March, and it will be fully operational from [...]
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  • Online sales drive drivvn growth
    • 14/02/2023
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Automotive e-commerce company drivvn has reported a 21% increase in sales during 2022 and now expects to break the £1bn barrier this year. Sales rose from £588m in 2021 to £709m in 2022, with some brands seeing over 26% conversion from model choice to sale and other reporting that online transactions account for [...]
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  • Intelligent Motoring creates dedicated relations roles
    • 07/02/2023
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Intelligent Motoring has created two new roles dedicated to developing working relationships. John Sawbridge has been named partner relations manager to look after business partners, while Vicki Beesley joins as the company’s first head of customer relations, supporting both direct-to-consumer business-lines and [...]
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  • Steer Automotive expansion continues in north east
    • 02/02/2023
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Steer Automotive has welcomed North East Accident Repair Centres into the Steer Group. The acquisition of all three NEARC sites in Newcastle, Sunderland and Darlington takes the combined operation to 60 sites with 1,400 staff and the capability to repair 85,000 vehicles per annum. NEARC co-owners Roger Collings [...]
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