A number of retailers reported in November, with mixed sets of results. First out of the trap was Lookers on 6 November with a trading update for its Q3 ending 30 September 2019. The report started by...

Full year profits for Vertu Motors are down for the second year in a row as the group continues to reflect the difficult trading conditions in auto retail. The group has delivered adjusted profit...

Vertu has seen a 13.4% decline in its profit before tax for the six months ended 31 August on an turnover of £1.56 billion, up 7.9% on the same period in 2017. After exceptional items, adjusted...

Lookers has revealed a drop in adjusted operating profit of 9% as it announced half-year financial results to the end of June 2018. The group said adjusted operating profit for the period was £52.8m...

Marshall Motor Holdings has issued a warning that the impact of the new fuel consumption testing regime (WLTP) could last “over the remainder of the year and possibly into 2019”. Describing the...

Profits and operating margins at Pendragon have taken another major hit as the group announced financial results for the half-year to end of June 2018. The group said its underlying profit before tax...

Vertu has seen adjusted profit before tax fall to £28.6 million in its latest annual results for the year ended 28 February 2018. The figures were down on the previous year’s £31.5m profit figure....

Pendragon has delivered financial results for the first half of 2017 ahead of expectations with revenue up 6.3% across all its businesses, and UK Motor revenue up 4.4% to £2.23bn. The growth was...

Vertu Motors has reported a fifth year of growth to hit a new record performance for the group. The results for the year ending 28 February 2017 were ahead of analyst expectations with a turnover of...

Mill Garages North East recorded an increase in sales and profit for the year to 31 December 2016, according to the auto retailer’s latest financial statement. In operation since 1965 as Mill...

Following a turbulent year for Marshall Motor Holdings’ share price, the UK’s seventh largest dealer group has posted a solid set of financial results for 2016 with growth across the group. In both...

Inchcape, the global automotive retailer and distributor, saw its turnover rise more than 11% to break the £3 billion barrier in the UK last year with a trading profit of £63.5 million. Want to read...

Pendragon has seen its profit-before-tax for 2016 drop 7.6% to £73.0 million on a turnover that has increased 1.9% to £4.54 billion, in its latest full-year financials. However, the group claims the...

Auto retailer SG Petch has seen turnover rise 18 percent, according to its latest financial statement for the year ended 30 April 2016. The family-run retailer, founded in 1977, also recorded a slight...

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South West-based auto retailer Vospers Motor House has posted a slight drop in profits before tax for the year ended 31 December 2015. Although it recorded £2.2 million for the period against 2014’s...

Family-owned auto retailer Hidsons reported a modest rises in turnover and operating profit according to its latest financial accounts, although pre-tax profits remained close to that of the previous...

Family-owned Ferrari and Maserati auto retailer Meridian Modena has seen profits and turnover rise, according to its latest financial results for the year to 31 December 2015. Based in Lyndhurst, near...

Auto retailer Listers Group has recorded a significant increase in profits for the year ended 31 March 2016. As part of its annual report and financial statement, the Warwickshire-based family-owned...

There has been no “significant difference in customer behaviour” in the wake of the vote to leave the EU said Lookers as it announced record half-year results to the end of June 2016. The auto...