• Steer announces Rainbow acquisition

    • 5 May 2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Steer Automotive Group has announced the acquisition of the Rainbow Group as part of its strategy of expansion Rainbow Bodyshop Group was established by Andrew Walters and Richard Thorogood and now operates from six locations in the Home Counties, with manufacturer approvals for Mercedes Benz, BMW, MINI, Lexus and [...]
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  • DCR completes Portable Centres acquisition

    • 19 April 2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    DCR has acquired Portable Centres, the manufacturing division of Xpress Vehicle Solutions which has entered administration The move increases the capabilities of DCR, enabling the manufacturing of Wheel Centres and furthering future developments Portable Centres design and manufacture modular buildings utilising [...]
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  • Mitsubishi UK opens new offices

    • 7 April 2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Mitsubishi Motors has opened its new offices in Cirencester The site was officially opened by Andrew Edmiston, managing director, International Motors (IM) Group, which acquired Mitsubishi Motors in October 2021 He said: “This is an exciting day We were delighted to bring on board the Mitsubishi Team and now [...]
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  • FMG announces GRG acquisition

    • 1 April 2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    FMG has announced it has acquired GRG Public Resource, which provides 24/7 call handling for vehicle removal for the blue-light industry FMG is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Redde Northgate and one of the UK’s leading incident management and roadside services specialists The acquisition expands its services into [...]
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  • Cazoo acquisition continues expansion strategy

    • 19 October 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 Cazoo’s [...]
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  • Colt Car Company under new ownership

    • 4 October 2021
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    International Motors, a part of IM Group, has completed the purchase of The Colt Car Company’s aftersales business The new subsidiary of International Motors, IM MAPS (UK) Ltd, will continue to trade under the Mitsubishi Motors in the UK banner The Mitsubishi Motors in the UK aftersales business will operate [...]
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  • Volkswagen Group leads Europcar takeover bid

    • 21 September 2021
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    A consortium led by Volkswagen Group has filed a takeover offer for Europcar Mobility Group The consortium of Volkswagen Group, Attestor and Pon Holdings, acting as Green Mobility Holding, filed the offer with French authorities yesterday Volkswagen Group said it plans to, “continue the transformation of [...]
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  • IM announces Colt acquisition

    • 27 July 2021
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Midlands-based automotive, property and finance business International Motors has agreed to purchase The Colt Car Company’s aftersales business The new subsidiary of International Motors will be called IM MAPS (UK) but will continue to trade under the Mitsubishi Motors in the UK banner The purchase will take [...]
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