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Bart Churchward has been selling used cars for more than 35 years. But the owner of Bart's Car Store only thought he'd seen it all. He was surprised ...

Click the thumbs up > Pendragon chief executive Bill Berman will receive bonus payments criticised as being “out of tune” despite a 42.2% vote against the PLC’s director remuneration at today’s AGM. Shareholders attending the meeting this morning voted 41.04% against the re-election of non-executive director and  remuneration board chairman, Mark Wright, and 20.91% against the re-election of Berman to the board in a show of opposition against the payments. But all 17 resolutions tabled at the meeting were passed nontheless. The moves came as Pendragon were set to table t...

43 people found this useful Inchcape UK chief executive James Brearley has revealed the AM100 PLC’s plan to open up to 20 used car retail locations, each with an adjoining fast-fit aftersales offering, by the end of next year. Speaking exclusively to AM about the new project, he said that the business had already "quietly" established six businesses, with sites in Cheltenham, Derby and Shrewsbury joining previously established locations in Burton-on-Trent, Bolton and York so far this year. Brearley said that Vertu Motors had since acquired the York facility as part of the purchase of Inchc...

Click the thumbs up > Independent used car dealer group Carbase has appointed former Pendragon Car Store division boss Chris Caygill as its new strategy innovation director and Richard Green as chief executive. The six-site South West-based family-run car supermarket operation (Bristol, West-Super-Mare, Lypsham, Brent Knoll, Westbury and Vanbase Bristol) said in a statement that it was “delighted” to announce the appointment of the two experienced industry professionals to its two brand new leadership roles. Steve Winter, the founder of the AM Awards winning Carbase business, said: “I ...

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