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Motor - 2011
Road Range has sold its Mercedes-Benz commercial vehicle dealerships in Merseyside and North Wales to a management buy-out, and a new £1.5m site will open in Deeside in June.
22-Dec-2011
Honda is to create 500 new jobs at its car factory in Swindon, in order to produce a new version of the Civic hatchback.
20-Dec-2011
Cobra UK is to create 49 jobs at its car parts factories in Welshpool and Whitchurch, having won a £12m contract from Vauxhall Motors.
13-Dec-2011
Chorley Nissan Group is planning to expand its car dealership in Wigan onto a new site by 2013, with the creation of 30 jobs.
08-Dec-2011
Northgate is creating 80 jobs at the Darlington headquarters of its van hire business, as part of a reorganisation that will lead to job losses at some other sites.
08-Dec-2011
Toyota is to create 1,500 new jobs at its car factory in Derby over the next two years, in order to produce a new generation of hatchbacks.
28-Nov-2011
Loders Motor Group has been acquired by Heritage Automotive, including car dealerships in Dorchester and Yeovil.
28-Nov-2011
Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council is in discussions with the Heads of the Valley Development Company about proposals to build a £200m motor racing circuit at Ebbw Vale.
22-Nov-2011
MIRA has won approval for the £300m expansion of its Hinckley-based engineering and testing facilities over the next ten years, with the creation of more than 2,000 jobs.
21-Nov-2011
Michelin is to invest £50m in the expansion of production at its tyre factories in Dundee, Stoke and Ballymena over the next six years, with the creation of 140 jobs in Dundee.
21-Nov-2011
Tetrosyl has bought Godfrey Automotive Parts, the Grimsby-based chain of seven car parts stores with 77 staff, out of administration for an estimated £1m.
21-Nov-2011
CarShop has won permission to set up a £6m car showroom in a disused factory in Norwich by next June, with the creation of 100 jobs.
14-Nov-2011
Jaguar Land Rover has announced plans to create more than 1,000 new jobs at its Land Rover plant in Solihull, with vacancies for production operators and skilled trades people.
10-Nov-2011
Ocean Automotive has bought the Yeovil Audi car dealership from the Loders Motor Group, with the transfer of 35 staff.
10-Nov-2011
Halfords is to relocate the head office of its Autocentres business from Solihull to its main site in Redditch next spring.
09-Nov-2011
Easi-Drive is to open its fourth accident management depot at Horsham in West Sussex this month.
09-Nov-2011
Kings Road Tyres, the Hayes-based tyre distributor with 12 depots, has undergone a £15m management buy-out backed by GE Capital.
07-Nov-2011
Radical has raised £10m from investors to fund the expansion of its Peterborough-based sports car manufacturing business.
07-Nov-2011
BMW is planning a multi-million pound investment at its Hams Hall engine factory near Coleshill, securing the future of 800 jobs.
07-Nov-2011
Inchcape is to set up a Volkswagen car dealership at a 33,000 sq ft site in Telford.
07-Nov-2011
Zytek Automotive is to invest £3.6m in the expansion of its vehicle technology business near Lichfield, with the creation of 40 jobs.
07-Nov-2011
EMaC, the Crewe-based provider of service plans to the motor trade with 55 staff, has undergone a management buy-out backed by Matrix Private Equity.
03-Nov-2011
Getrag Ford has secured RGF funding of £3.6m to expand production at its car transmissions factory in Halewood, with the creation of 120 jobs.
01-Nov-2011
Lotus has secured £10m from the Regional Growth Fund to expand its Norfolk-based sports car manufacturing business, with the creation of up to 1,000 jobs.
01-Nov-2011
Jaguar Land Rover is planning to expand its Solihull factory with new production and warehouse facilities on a 940,000 sq ft site over the next two years.
31-Oct-2011
Penso is to create 30 new jobs at its Coventry-based automotive engineering business.
24-Oct-2011
Benfield Motor Group has acquired Colebrook & Burgess, the Audi car dealer with 279 staff at sites in Newcastle, Stockton and Sunderland.
17-Oct-2011
Sertec Group is to expand the 275-strong workforce at its Birmingham-based automotive components business with 25 jobs, having won a new contract from Jaguar Land Rover.
17-Oct-2011
Caterham Cars is to create 60 jobs at a new engineering division at the Hethel Engineering Centre in Norfolk over the next year.
13-Oct-2011
Movac Group has bought three Hex Holdings vehicle refurbishment sites in Coventry, Nottingham and Spalding out of administration.
11-Oct-2011
DWS Bodyworks, the chain of vehicle repair sites across the South East, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms.
10-Oct-2011
Vindis Group has acquired the Peterborough Audi car dealership from Jardine Motors.
10-Oct-2011
Euro Car Parts, the Wembley-based chain of 89 car parts outlets with 3,500 staff, has been acquired by LKQ Corporation of the US for £225m.
05-Oct-2011
Lear Corporation of the US is to open a new £10m factory to make foam for car seats in Sunderland by the end of the year, with the creation of about 300 jobs.
03-Oct-2011
TMD Friction, the owner of a brake materials factory in Hartlepool with 380 staff, has been acquired by Nisshinbo Holdings of Japan.
28-Sep-2011
Chargemaster has secured a £2.7m equity investment to fund the development of electric vehicle charging points in 100 towns and cities over the next 18 months.
26-Sep-2011
CPP Global Holdings of Coventry has been selected by Healey Sports Cars Switzerland to design and build a new Jensen Interceptor sports car by 2014.
22-Sep-2011
Prodrive is to relocate the Banbury headquarters of its motorsport engineering business and up to 450 staff to a site on Southam Road, and 100 new jobs will be created over the next year.
21-Sep-2011
Jaguar Land Rover has confirmed plans to build a £355m engine factory in Wolverhampton, with the creation of up to 750 jobs.
20-Sep-2011
Rolls-Royce Motor Cars is to invest £10m expanding its factory in Goodwood by 27,000 sq ft by the end of next year.
15-Sep-2011
Unipart has sold a 50.1% stake in its car parts and workshop equipment distribution division to private equity firm H2 for undisclosed terms, securing the future of 200 jobs in Oxford.
15-Sep-2011
Cambria Automobiles has acquired a Vauxhall car dealership in Southampton, taking its network to 27 sites.
13-Sep-2011
Hitachi Capital Commercial Vehicle Services is planning to expand the workforce at its Trowbridge-based vehicle hire business from 85 to 150, and also wants to relocate to a site near the White Horse Business Park.
12-Sep-2011
Johnsons Cars is to invest £10m in the development of three new car dealerships at a four-acre site in Solihull.
08-Sep-2011
ThyssenKrupp Tallent has won permission to build a 15,000 sq ft extension at its car parts factory in Newton Aycliffe by spring 2012, with the creation of 120 jobs.
05-Sep-2011
CPP Global Holdings is to acquire a 23-acre site at Browns Lane in Coventry, and hopes to redevelop the site for car production with the creation of hundreds of jobs.
05-Sep-2011
Vertu Motors has acquired Widnes Car Centre, including a Nissan car dealership and a mobility vehicle conversion business, for £3.2m.
05-Sep-2011
RL Polk is setting up a 7,600 sq ft office for its automotive data and marketing solutions business at the Verulam Point office building in St Albans.
30-Aug-2011
McLaren is looking to build two more factories in the UK to develop its Formula One technology for other industries over the next five years.
30-Aug-2011
Sertec Group has acquired the Tyseley division of DPE Automotive for undisclosed terms, including 106 staff and a 110,000 sq ft car parts factory.
30-Aug-2011
Leacy MG, the Birmingham-based supplier of classic car components, has been acquired by Hicorp95 for undisclosed terms.
22-Aug-2011
Nifco UK is to relocate its car parts factory to a larger £8.5m site in Stockton in October, and a further £11m will be invested in plant and machinery.
18-Aug-2011
Lookers is seeking acquisitions to expand its Manchester-based chain of 119 car dealerships, and will also develop its parts division and move further into the prestige vehicles sector.
18-Aug-2011
Cobra UK is to create up to 50 jobs at its car parts factories in Whitchurch and Welshpool, having won new contracts worth £20m.
17-Aug-2011
BA Bush & Son is planning to expand its Horncastle-based chain of 17 tyre dealerships to 20 by the end of the year.
15-Aug-2011
The AA has acquired Intelligent Data Sytems, the Harrogate-based fleet management service with 15 staff, for undisclosed terms.
15-Aug-2011
Lookers is reported to have shortlisted three sites in south Manchester for a new 20,000 sq ft headquarters for its car dealership network.
04-Aug-2011
ADR Accident Repair is looking to expand its chain of 11 car repair centres, having just acquired the Bodymaster site in Halesowen.
04-Aug-2011
AVID is looking to set up a larger factory for its electric vehicles business in the Cramlington area over the next year, and is also expanding the 40-strong workforce.
02-Aug-2011
Norton Motorcycles is planning to double production at its Derbyshire-based motorcycles factory to 1,000 a year, and the workforce will double to 60.
02-Aug-2011
HR Owen has acquired Broughtons of Cheltenham, the chain of three Bentley dealerships and one Aston Martin franchise, for £1.5m.
02-Aug-2011
Nissan is to create a further 200 new jobs for engineers and maintenance technicians at its car factory in Sunderland.
25-Jul-2011
Motorclean, the Essex-based provider of car valet services at 300 sites across the country, has undergone a management buy-out backed by Matrix Private Equity Partners.
14-Jul-2011
Peugeot UK is to relocate its Coventry-based car parts operation to a new warehouse in Browns Lane in October 2012.
11-Jul-2011
General Motors is reported to be considering locating the mass production of the new EN-V two-wheel electric car in the UK.
11-Jul-2011
Ogilvie Fleet has expanded its car fleet management operations in Northern Ireland with the acquisition of the corporate division of Contraflex Contract Hire & Leasing.
11-Jul-2011
Jet Total Vehicle Solutions is to relocate its Warwickshire-based vehicle remarketing business to a larger 300,000 sq ft unit on Long Marston Business Park this summer, with the creation of up to 90 jobs.
04-Jul-2011
Surface Generation is looking to create up to 120 jobs at its vehicle parts technology business in Rutland over the next five years.
04-Jul-2011
E-PPL of Nuneaton is forming a partnernship with Telford-based Autoscan, in order to improve their staffing services to the automotive sector and create up to 250 jobs over the next two years.
28-Jun-2011
Aviva is to sell RAC, the Birmingham-based roadside assistance business with about 4,000 staff, to Carlyle Group for £1bn.
23-Jun-2011
Ctrack is setting up a new office for its vehicle tracking business at the 5,000 sq ft Park House at Headingley business park in Leeds.
21-Jun-2011
John Clark Motor Group is to invest £6m in the development of a new Land Rover dealership at Newbridge in Edinburgh.
20-Jun-2011
Cobra UK is planning to expand the 49-strong workforce at its automotive trim products factory in Welshpool with 50 new jobs, having won contracts to supply Thailand, Brazil and Indonesia.
15-Jun-2011
Avis Europe, the car hire group, has agreed to be acquired by Avis Budget of the US for £636m.
14-Jun-2011
Jaguar Land Rover is to select the i54 Business Park in Wolverhampton as the preferred location for a new 800,000 sq ft engine plant, with the creation of 600 jobs.
13-Jun-2011
Inchcape has sold its Kia car dealership in Burton to a management team, securing 26 jobs.
13-Jun-2011
BMW is to invest £500m at its car factories in Oxford, Swindon and Birmingham over the next three years, in order to produce a new Mini and secure the future of more than 5,000 jobs.
09-Jun-2011
Nissan is to invest £192m in the development of a new version of its Qashqai car, which will secure 1,000 jobs at its factory in Sunderland and 500 at its design centre in Cranfield.
09-Jun-2011
Lookers, the chain of 71 car dealerships, is in negotiations to be acquired by the Trefick consortium for about £300m.
09-Jun-2011
Aston Martin is to transfer production of the four-door Rapide car from Austria to its Gaydon factory in Warwickshire in 2012.
09-Jun-2011
Harratts Group has won planning permission to build a £3m 12,000 sq ft Honda showroom at Calder Park in Wakefield by December, with the creation of 25 jobs.
06-Jun-2011
Jardine Motors has bought three Toyota car dealerships in Colchester, Frinton and Ipswich, and a Lexus site in Ipswich, from Thorndale Investments for undisclosed terms.
06-Jun-2011
Gurit is to create up to 40 jobs at its factory on the Isle of Wight over the next year, having won a contract to supply car body panels.
02-Jun-2011
Mercedes-Benz High Performance Engines is seeking permission to expand its racing engines factory in Northamptonshire with four new temporary buildings, with the creation of 90 jobs.
31-May-2011
Halfords has identified up to 600 potential locations for its recently-acquired Nationwide Autocentres car servicing business.
23-May-2011
GT Group is planning to expand the workforce at its exhaust gas control systems factory in County Durham from 300 to 500 over the next three years.
23-May-2011
Commercial Clutch Services has been sold out of administration by MCR to HGV Direct, securing eight jobs at its Birmingham-based commercial vehicle spare parts business.
18-May-2011
Vertu Motors is to open a new Nissan car dealership in south Glasgow in July, and further acquisitions will expand its chain of 77 sites over the coming months.
12-May-2011
Jaguar Land Rover is to invest £5bn in product development and new equipment for its three car factories over the next five years.
09-May-2011
Beechdale Motors, the Derby-based Alfa Romeo, Hyundai and Isuzu car dealership, has undergone a management buy-out.
03-May-2011
Caterham Cars, the Surrey-based manufacturer of racing cars with about 100 staff, has been acquired by the Malaysian owner of the Lotus Formula One Team for undisclosed terms.
28-Apr-2011
BMW is to open a 450,000 sq ft car parts distribution centre at ProLogis Park in Northampton by January 2012, with the creation of up to 200 jobs.
26-Apr-2011
Jaguar Land Rover is said to be considering Wolverhampton, South Wales and India as potential locations to build a new engine plant, with the creation of about 1,000 jobs.
26-Apr-2011
Bristol Cars has been bought out of administration by the Kampkorp Autokraft division of Frazer-Nash.
26-Apr-2011
ETMA Engineering is to create up to 20 jobs at its car parts factory in Halesowen, having won a contract to produce arm rests for Mercedes cars.
26-Apr-2011
Bentley is looking to create an unspecified number of jobs at its Crewe-based luxury car manufacturing business, with vacancies in production, quality control, sales and marketing.
19-Apr-2011
Park's Motor Group is to invest £1m in the expansion of its car dealership in Dreghorn, Ayrshire, including a new Nissan franchise and the creation of 25 jobs.
18-Apr-2011
Tyneside Autoparc is creating 35 new jobs at its used-car supermarket in Newcastle.
18-Apr-2011
Jaguar Land Rover is looking to recruit up to 160 purchasing staff at its sites in Gaydon and Whitley.
13-Apr-2011
Klarius Group is planning to open 16 new automotive parts depots across Europe over the next year.
11-Apr-2011
Arnold Clark is to recruit up to 50 new staff for three car dealerships in Staffordshire.
11-Apr-2011
Jaguar Land Rover is to create up to 1,000 automotive engineering jobs in the West Midlands over the next two years.
07-Apr-2011
JCT600 is seeking 47 additional staff to work at its 48 car dealerships in Yorkshire, Derbyshire, Humberside and Lincolnshire.
04-Apr-2011
Tesco is launching an online second-hand car sales business, which will deliver former rental cars directly to customers.
04-Apr-2011
Evida Power of the US is to create up to 20 jobs at a new headquarters for its automotive battery packs business in Coventry by 2012.
04-Apr-2011
Tata Motors is to invest up to £50m at its automotive research and development centre at the University of Warwick over the next two years, with the creation of 100 engineering jobs.
29-Mar-2011
Skoda UK is looking to double the size of its car dealership operations over the next few years, and existing sites will be improved.
29-Mar-2011
General Motors is to invest £160m in the production of a new Vivaro van model at the Vauxhall factory in Luton, securing the future of more than 1,100 jobs.
28-Mar-2011
Futaba-Tenneco is to create an unspecified number of new jobs at its car parts factory in Burnley, having won a contract that will also secure the future of the existing 200-strong workforce.
28-Mar-2011
Marshall Motor Group is to acquire four car dealerships in Welwyn Garden City and Milton Keynes from Pilling Motor Group.
28-Mar-2011
BF1systems, the Diss-based supplier of motorsport products with 70 staff, has undergone a management buy-out.
21-Mar-2011
Spire Automotive has acquired the Hatfield Peugeot car dealership from ASE for undisclosed terms.
21-Mar-2011
Halfords is planning to expand its network of garages to 400 by opening 30 sites a year over the next five years, with the creation of 1,000 jobs.
15-Mar-2011
Bowler Off Road, the Belper-based off-road vehicle manufacturer, has been acquired by CPP Global for undisclosed terms, and production will transfer to CPP in Coventry.
15-Mar-2011
North Eastern Tyre & Exhausts, the Middlesbrough-based tyre retailer with 360 staff, has been acquired by Stapleton's Tyre Services for undisclosed terms.
14-Mar-2011
Lookers has acquired Get Motoring UK, the Buckinghamshire-based vehicle leasing firm trading as Vehicle Rental Services.
14-Mar-2011
McKechnie Plastic Components is creating 85 jobs at its factories in Stamford Bridge and Pickering, having won a £80m contract to supply car parts to Land Rover.
10-Mar-2011
RRG Group is to invest up to £10m in the expansion of its Salford-based chain of 19 car dealerships over the next five years, including acquisitions and new franchises.
09-Mar-2011
Westfield Sportscars is to create up to 50 new jobs in Kingswinford, having agreed a £30m production contract with DRB-HICOM of Malaysia.
09-Mar-2011
Trifords is to acquire certain trading assets and the brand name of Chesterfield-based Auto Windscreens out of administration, saving 250 jobs.
07-Mar-2011
Brindley Garages has acquired a Volvo car dealership in Stourbridge from Johnson Group for undisclosed terms, with the transfer of 15 staff.
07-Mar-2011
Jaguar Land Rover is to create about 1,500 jobs at its Halewood plant on Merseyside, in order to produce the new Evoque model.
03-Mar-2011
Kwik-Fit, the car repair chain with 4,600 staff at 673 branches, is to be acquired by Itochu Corporation of Japan for £637m.
03-Mar-2011
Vertu Motors has acquired the Patricks of Durham car dealership for £1.5m.
03-Mar-2011
Icona Solutions of Manchester is looking to set up a prototype design consultancy office in County Durham or Teesside, in order to supply Nissan in Sunderland.
03-Mar-2011
Michelin is planning a multi-million pound investment in new machinery at its tyre factory in Dundee, with the creation of 140 jobs over the next 18 months.
28-Feb-2011
Spyker Cars is in negotiations to sell its sports car business to CPP Global Holdings of Coventry for about £27m, which could lead to new jobs being created in Coventry.
28-Feb-2011
County Coachbuilders Automotive, the Barrow-based vehicle repair firm with 27 staff, has been acquired by the owner of Lancashire Bodyshop.
23-Feb-2011
Prodrive is looking to recruit a further 30 automotive technicians at its motorsports business in Kenilworth, in order to start producing a limited-edition luxury car.
21-Feb-2011
Teradyne Diagnostics Solutions, the vehicle testing firm with 200 staff in Manchester, Belgium, Germany, Japan and the US, has been acquired by SPX Corporation of the US for undisclosed terms.
21-Feb-2011
Inova Power is linking up with the University of Sunderland to commercialise its new electric vehicle technology, and expects to create about 50 jobs over the next 18 months.
17-Feb-2011
RH Commercial Vehicles of Nottingham is looking to open three additional truck dealerships across the Midlands.
10-Feb-2011
Stadco is to set up a new car parts factory on the 18-acre former Ogihara site in Telford, with the creation of up to 80 jobs.
08-Feb-2011
Guest Trucks has acquired Sherwood Truck & Van, the chain of truck dealerships in Alfreton, Nottingham, Sheffield and Stoke, for undisclosed terms.
07-Feb-2011
Burnt Tree Vehicle Rental is to invest more than £60m in new vehicles for its nationwide network this year.
03-Feb-2011
British School of Motoring, the Bristol-based driving school with 280 staff and 2,100 franchised instructors at 71 centres, has been bought out of administration by Acromas, the private equity firm that owns the AA.
01-Feb-2011
Lotus has submitted plans to build a new 61,000 sq ft motorsports centre and 16,000 sq ft engineering facility at its Hethel site in Norfolk, as part of an expansion programme that will create up to 500 jobs.
31-Jan-2011
Burrows Recovery is to set up a new vehicle recovery depot on a 1.5-acre site on Lenton Lane in Nottingham.
31-Jan-2011
MIRA has won permission to build a new control tower at its vehicle testing site in Warwickshire, with the creation of up to 70 jobs this year.
26-Jan-2011
Nifco UK is seeking permission to build a new £7m car parts factory at its site in Stockton, with the creation of up to 80 jobs.
25-Jan-2011
Gilder Group has acquired the Heron Volkswagen cars and commercial vehicles dealership in Newark for undisclosed terms, with the transfer of 50 staff.
25-Jan-2011
Unipres UK is planning to set up a £3m automotive metal stampings plant at Tyseley Park in Birmingham, with the creation of up to 80 jobs.
24-Jan-2011
Bracknell Forest Council is to consider plans for the development of a Honda car dealership at Brants Bridge.
17-Jan-2011
Quartix is to expand the workforce at its Powys-based vehicle tracking devices business from ten to 37.
17-Jan-2011
John McGavigan has secured an undisclosed funding package from Maven Capital Partners to expand its automotive parts manufacturing business, including a new factory in China and increased production in Glasgow.
13-Jan-2011
Remit is looking to expand the workforce at its Nottingham-based automotive training business from 140 to about 400 over the next three years.
12-Jan-2011
Williams Group has secured funding of £20m to expand its chain of ten car showrooms with new sites in the Greater Manchester area.
12-Jan-2011
National Autoparts is to relocate from Nottingham to an 81,000 sq ft distribution centre in Alfreton over the next few months.
11-Jan-2011
Radical Sportcars is looking to expand the 120-strong workforce at its Peterborough-based car manufacturing business, with vacancies for mechanics and assemblers.
10-Jan-2011
Lookers has sold three Honda dealerships in Liverpool, Southport and Warrington to Clare James Automotive for undisclosed terms.
10-Jan-2011
Keltruck has acquired Silurian Scania, the Cardiff-based Scania truck dealership, taking its network of depots to 21.
10-Jan-2011
Arnold Clark has acquired Delmore Cars, the Inverness-based Skoda car dealership.
04-Jan-2011
Tanfield Group has sold its Smith Electric Vehicles division to its US partner Sevus, in a £9.7m deal that will see Tanfield retain a stake in the enlarged group.
04-Jan-2011