Pendragon pre-tax losses increased in 2019 to £97.8 million down from £90.6m in 2018. Revenue dropped to £4.51 billion from £4.63bn in 2018. Despite the loss before tax figure being worse than...

CAZOO LOSES CFO RETAILERS SPRINT TO BEAT EV GRANT CUT PENDRAGON APPOINTS NEW NON-EXEC MOTORPOINT SHAREHOLDER BUILDS STAKE NEW CAR SALES BANNED IN ITALY RETAILERS KEY TO GM’S EV PLANS LAUNCH DIARY...

A busy month of reporting and announcements kicked of in February with Inchcape, with a note on the departure of group CEO Stefan Bomhard who is leaving at the end of June to become CEO of Imperial...

Pendragon has appointed Bill Berman as chief executive officer after one of the most turbulent years in the retail group’s history. Mr Berman has been a non-executive director at Pendragon since...

  HONDA TO FOCUS ON ‘PROFITABLE RETAILING’ VW RETAILER LOSES HIGH COURT BATTLE WJ KING BACK IN PROFIT MARSHALL FIRST WITH NEW AUDI RETAIL CONCEPT PENDRAGON SHAREHOLDER DISCUSSES MERGER...

With the backdrop of the election having been and gone, and the UK finally leaving the European Union – some 10 months late, it appears that the country is in good spirits. As reported on the...

Odey Asset Management has increased its stake in Pendragon from 14.49% to 15.01%. The London-based investment firm remains Pendragon’s second-largest shareholder, behind Telios Capital Partners,...

ODEY UPS PENDRAGON STAKE TO 15% SYTNER APPOINTS NEW CARSHOP BOSS JARDINE SETS 10% EV TARGET MOTORPOINT SWANSEA OPENS DUNCAN MOVASSAGHI NAMED EVP AT VW AMERICA AMERICA GETS SEAT AT ASTON MARTIN...

Just after the last column was written came the interim first half results from Motorpoint for the period ending 30 September 2019. The figures presented a mixed but “resilient” picture. In...

TONY BRAMALL BOOSTS LOOKERS STAKE MOTORPOINT LAUNCHES SAYE SCHEME ARNOLD CLARK TAKES ON TOYS ‘R’ US SITE BARRETTS LEAVES CITY CENTRE AFTER 117 YEARS PENDRAGON COMPLETES JLR CALIFORNIA SALE BMW...

New Pendragon non-executive director Brian Small has purchased 400,000 shares in the company, a day after taking office as chairman of the audit committee on 10 December. A purchase price of 10.44p...

  ANGELA SHEPHERD ‘MOST SENIOR WOMAN IN UK AUTO RETAIL’ PENDRAGON’S BRIAN SMALL BUYS 400,000 SHARES DEMAND OUTSTRIPS SUPPLY ON EVS CAZANA LAUNCHES PRICE FLAGS WORLD NEWS – European car...

AUTOSWOT LEARNING STARTUP GOES LIVE FCA TO OPEN NEW URBAN STORES HALFORDS BUYS TYRE FIRMS JARDINE WORLD SERVICE TRIUMPH WORLD NEWS – US Porsche and Buick retailers satisfy, Australian retailers...

AUTO TRADER ‘FAIR’ AND ‘HIGH’ PRICE FLAGS CONFIRMED CHORLEY GROUP PROFITS DOUBLE PARK’S OPENS LAMBORGHINI LEEDS NADA SHOW SCHEDULE PUBLISHED WORLD NEWS – Audi brand refresh, Daimler...

LLOYDS BANK HIT BY FALLING USED CAR PRICES NEW DIRECTORS AT GLYN HOPKIN ARBURY TAKES ON PENDRAGON JLR GLEWS OF GOOLE IN TALKS OVER FUTURE WORLD NEWS – Michael Cole is Kia America president; India...

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...

We’re in the midst of turbulent times. Westminster, the economy, international relations, corporate failures – all are in a state of flux and it’s affecting retailers with wildly differing...

Pendragon’s half-year results have revealed it is to close 22 of its 34 Car Store used car operations, has taken a £102.4 million goodwill and property write-down, appointed an executive chairman...

VINDIS ON TARGET ONLY BY ‘SIGNIFICANT’ SELF-REG SELLING EVs ‘VERY DIFFERENT’ SAYS JLR MD SIMON ELLIOTT JOINS VERTU LLOYD ADDS KIA IN CARLISLE GERMANY ‘IN RECESSION’ NISSAN CEO GOES...

PENDRAGON TO RESTRUCTURE VINES SEES LOSSES DEEPEN MON MOTORS HIT HARD JARDINE DROPS HONDA VOLKSWAGEN AFTERSALES PLEDGE FRANKFURT SHOW GOING GREEN STOCKWATCH – Inchcape CFO buys shares; Motorpoint...