NEWS

VERTU’S order take for the March private retail market is 10.3 per cent ahead of last year, it has been announced. The good news comes in the dealer group’s trading update which was published ahead of its preliminary results for the year ended February 29, 2012. ‘While there is clearly significant work to do during the [...]

DEALER group Vertu has released its interim results for the six months ended August 31. The firm’s new car retail market share rose 37 per cent to three per cent, and the group’s profits were up in September. Gross margin rose by 0.1 per cent to 11.6 per cent with ‘aftersales margins improving in all [...]

DEALER group Vertu is investing several million pounds into a new Vauxhall Brand Centre in Chingford. The new Bristol Street Motors site will offer a  spacious, 560 square metre showroom stretching over a ground floor and mezzanine, and is designed to cater for 12 Vauxhall vehicles. The site will offer employment for 75 staff and [...]

AHEAD of its half year results, Vertu Motors has declared the consumer environment both ‘challenging and volatile’. The dealer group has issued a trading update which outlines the business’s growth before the official six month results are published next month. Despite the difficult consumer environment, the update continues: ‘The group has continued to trade in [...]