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Steer Automotive Group celebrates apprenticeships
- 04/03/2024
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Steer Automotive Group celebrated its Automotive Body Repair and Automotive Refinishing competitions for apprentices in February. The Steer Apprentice Skills Competition, designed to help prepare apprentices for their end point assessments and recognise their outstanding progress, took place recently at Emtec [...] -
Steer acquires 6 iRG sites in Wales and West Midlands
- 01/03/2024
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Categories: Featured, News
Steer Automotive Group has expanded its operational footprint into South Wales and the West Midlands with the acquisition of six iRG (Innovative Repair Group) bodyshops. The acquired sites are located in Whitland, Swansea and Pontypridd in Wales, and Bristol, Birmingham and Wolverhampton in England. Joe Moore, a [...] -
Steer Automotive Group secures Oakley funding
- 16/01/2024
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Categories: Featured, News
Oakley Capital has reached a conditional agreement to invest in Steer Automotive Group. It is acquiring the shares held by Keyhaven Capital Partners and Chiltern Capital for a reported £500m. Founder Richard Steer and his management team will continue to lead the business, which comprises more than 100 repair [...] -
Steer Automotive Group acquires Fastlane Paint & Body
- 04/01/2024
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Categories: Featured, News
Steer Automotive Group has enhanced its capacity to repair prestige vehicles with the acquisition of Fastlane Paint & Body. The business has sites in Guildford, Ascot, Heathrow and Elstree and is an approved repairer for Rolls-Royce, Jaguar Land Rover, Mercedes-Benz AMG, Mercedes-Benz EQ, Maybach, Brabus, BMW, [...] -
Steer Group set for significant apprenticeship growth
- 24/11/2023
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Categories: Featured, News
Steer Automotive Group will significantly grow its apprenticeship programme next year, with an aim for apprentices to make up 16% of its technical workforce by the end of 2024. This comes after a report by the Institute for the Motor Industry warned there would be 160,000 vacancies in the sector by 2031. Steer [...] -
Steer expansion continues with acquisition of commercial repairer C&C
- 01/09/2023
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Categories: Featured, News
Steer Automotive Group has acquired C&C Vehicle Services for an undisclosed sum with the aim of building a national commercial vehicle repair network within the group. Commercial vehicle repairs and refurbishment specialist C&C was first established in 1986 in Oldham and employs around 100 staff at five [...] -
Steer Group announces major acquistions
- 04/07/2023
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Steer Automotive Group has announced that it has acquired both Apollo Motor Group and Balgores Motors. The two businesses include 32 repair locations, £90m turnover and 700 staff. The double acquisition continues Steer Group’s aggressive strategy of growth through acquisition and extends its presence in the [...] -
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 [...] -
Steer Automotive Group continues expansion
- 05/05/2023
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Categories: Featured, News
Steer Automotive Group has continued its ambitious growth strategy by announcing another acquisition in the North East. Vertu Accident Repair Centre Newcastle has now joined the group, boosting capacity in the region. Now operating as Steer Newcastle West, the site was part of the Vertu Motors group, which [...] -
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 [...]