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MARSHALL Motor Group has confirmed it is the new owner of Leicestershire’s Francis Group of dealers.

The group brings further Honda, SEAT and Suzuki franchises to Marshall, across 3 locations throughout Leicestershire.
Every single employee from the 105-strong staff role call has been transferred to Marshall.
‘This is a great addition to the Marshall business and I look [...]

MARSHALL Motor Group is continuing its growth by agreeing to acquire more car dealer franchises.
The firm has agreed to acquire the four businesses of Leicestershire’s Francis Group.
This is in line with Marshall’s stated aim of ‘growing beyond its traditional boundaries’ and brings two more Honda businesses to the Marshall portfolio. Francis Group SEAT and Suzuki [...]

BLADE Motor Group has acquired Bristol SEAT and Skoda for an undisclosed sum in a new deal.
The deal signals further strengthening of activity in the car dealer transactional sector.
Blade says the two VW Group car dealers will reinforce its portfolio of Volkswagen Group retailers. This relationship goes back years, says MD Mike Flanagan.
‘We have a [...]

JCT600 is expanding in the volume cars arena as well as supercars, with yet another brand new dealer.
The firm has opened a new outlet for its Peugeot and SEAT range in Menston.
This continues the good news that we brought earlier this week, after the opening of JCT600’s flash new Bentley car dealer in Newcastle.
Situated on [...]

CAP has ranked the UK’s top used market stars of the past 10 years – with Ford topping the overall list.
The Ford Focus is CAP’s official Used Car of the Decade.
Judges included many used market experts. They voted unanimously to give the overall prize to the Ford Focus, thanks to it setting ‘new standards of [...]

SEAT Approved used car dealers will see their sources of cars bolstered by a new deal with a big auctioneer.

Fleet Auction Group will host 12 closed SEAT car dealer auctions, each trading up to 140 cars.
The deal is an expansion of a previous 50:50 contract with Manheim – now, FLAG will host all the auctions [...]

SEAT is marking its sponsorship of the new UEFA Europa League by running a Fantasy Football game.

First prize is a brand-new SEAT Ibiza Ecomotive!
Other prizes in the online game include tickets to the final next May in Hamburg, and a brace of official footballs.
Entering it follows usual Fantasy Football rules. Competitors choose from 15 players [...]

SEAT is chuffed to announce record LOWS for September, as well as breaking a number of decade-long highs.
A 40 percent market share boost has seen the UK become SEAT’s most important export market in the whole of Europe.
It’s currently holding 1.5 percent of the UK market – that’s the firm’s largest slice of the market [...]

HONDA’S Jazz supermini is the most reliable model on the UK’s roads, according to new research.
Warranty Direct has discovered the Japanese hatchback suffered the least amount of breakdowns of all.
Toyota’s Yaris wasn’t far behind, either.
But the 1-in-10 failure rather of 4-7 year old Hondas contrasts to the least reliable car on the list – nearly [...]

SEAT has signed a three-year deal to become the headline sponsor for football’s new Europa League.
It’s an arrangement that’s solely to raise brand awareness, said a spokesman.
The firm has conducted studies, showing that while SEAT is well recognised in Spain, brand awareness in the rest of Europe is not so good.
‘What’s the fastest way to [...]