CAZOO HEAD OF OPERATIONS JAMES DOWER TO LEAVE MERCEDES-BENZ PLANS ‘SHOWROOM EVENT’ HARWOODS 2022 PROFIT DIPS TO £7.8m BARRETTS ‘NOT HAPPY’ ABOUT STELLANTIS BRAND CLOSURE INCHCAPE IN NEW...

With new car supplies still lagging well behind demand, used car prices have risen sharply over the last few months, with no sign of any immediate easing. While this is currently generating good...

Retailers have found themselves in something of a purple patch over the last year, despite the shortage in supply of new vehicles, reaping the benefits of an increasingly strong used car market. And...

The results of the latest Auto Retail Network Barometer survey are in, and managing customer expectations is a key area of concern. According to respondents, customers are as demanding as ever, and...

Harwoods  has reported a 58.6% fall in profit before tax for the year ending 31 December 2019. A £7.0m 2018 profit, including £2.1m profit from the sale of a premises, fell to £2.9m in 2019....

  MARSHALL’S BOSS URGES THE SPIRIT OF LOCKDOWN HARWOODS REPORTS ROS DROP TO 0.6% VAUXHALL MD: CAR BUYING TO CHANGE FOREVER IMI TO CLARIFY QUALIFICATIONS FOR 2020 LEARNERS CORONAVIRUS: AUTO...

BRITISH MOTOR SHOW RETURNS IN 2020 RENAULT ADDS FUEL CHECK TO NETWORK SALES TRAINING HARWOODS FD TO RETIRE SUVS ‘SECOND BIGGEST CAUSE OF CO2 RISE’ POLESTAR SPACE OPENS IN OSLO TESLA PROFIT...

Harwoods has become the first dealer group to use Rockar’s online sales platform with its introduction to the South of England group’s Jaguar Land Rover operation. The initial offering is for new...

HARWOODS USES ROCKAR FOR ONLINE SALES CITY WEST COUNTRY ROS NEARS 2% CHARLES HURST GAINS DIVERSITY MARK TOOTLE CONFIRMS ADMINISTRATION GROUP 1 RAISES DIVIDEND TESLA ORDERS CANCELLED OVER QUALITY...

McLaren has launched its first used car PCP scheme after getting onto Cap’s residual valuation system. Speaking exclusively to Auto Retail Agenda at the opening of Harwoods’ new McLaren showroom...

Inchcape is understood to be working on a plan to dispose of up to a fifth of its UK dealerships as part of a strategy to “right size” the group and secure its future following a set of poor...

   JARDINE SEES PROFITS FALL MCLAREN LAUNCHES USED CAR PCP AUTODATA DOUBLES SMR UPDATES PARIS BANS FIVE MILLION CARS IN HEATWAVE CAR MAKERS WARN NEXT PM OF NO-DEAL CHAOS STOCKWATCH –...

JLR TO LAUNCH ONLINE SALES IN JUNE RETAILERS URGED TO JOIN TAX CONSULTATION VW LCV RETAILERS TAKE TO EV PLAN RTS GROUP APPOINTS NEW CEO AUTO TRADER BACKS 30 BY 30 EQUALITY CAMPAIGN HARWOODS COMPLETES...

Premium and luxury brand retail group Harwoods saw a significant drop in profitability in 2017 as it coped with an “industry-wide squeeze on margins”. Despite a slight rise in turnover in 2017 to...

  TOYOTA REVEALS SECRETS TO NFDA SURVEY SUCCESS HARWOODS PROFITS FALL RETAILERS VITAL AS FUEL OPTIONS BECOME MORE COMPLEX NORTHUMBERLAND RETAILER WINS MITSUBISHI AWARD NEW HENDY SITE GIVEN GREEN...

Want to read more articles on this website? Sign up for a free trial subscription to carry on reading this article and receive Auto Retail Bulletin magazine together with our Auto Retail Agenda weekly...

Land Rover’s 117 dealership sales points are likely to generate over 80,000 units this year as the radical corporate identity arch initiative involving retailer partners investing over £1 billion in...

Jeremy Hicks, Jaguar Land Rover UK’s managing director, is encouraging the 35 retail partners running its combined 201 outlet network to pay staff, particularly sales executives, higher basic...

I’m not the one who pays the wages. The customers pay the wages; I just recycle the funds. These are the words of Guy Harwood, chairman of Harwoods Group, and they emphasise the importance that the...

When the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) issued its final word on GAP insurance add-on rules, it gave retailers less than three months to implement the new rules. While there was concern within the...