Around 90% of world trade is carried by the international shipping industry, the importance of which becomes apparent if one considers that without shipping, the import or export of affordable food and goods would not be possible. Shipping is not only one of the first sectors that ever existed, but it is also the least environmentally damaging form of commercial transport. Talking Brands, a tasting event with Transform magazine.Brand Excellence in the Gulf States: A Middle East Brand Summit Event.2018 Transform Webinar: The art of brand differentiation.2017 Transform conference North America.2016 Transform conference North America.2015 Transform conference North America.Data, design systems and the digital user experience.In January this year Citygate Automotive confirmed its acquisition of Inchcape Retail’s Volkswagen dealerships in West London and Twickenham and September saw the sale of Inchcape’s Oldham Volkswagen car franchise to Swansway Garages, a month after AM revealed that Arden was poised to acquire its Cooper BMW and Mini car dealerships in Tunbridge Wells.īack in August 2019 Brearley denied that there were plans to cut the group’s UK retail portfolio by around a fifth, during an interview with AM, branding the suggestion as “speculation”. This was followed by its £100m sale of Inchcape Fleet Solutions (IFS) to Toyota, last October. The group, currently rolling out a global cost reduction exercise targeting £90m in annualised savings disposed of seven sites to Group 1 Automotive and Motorline for a combined sum of £21m in August last year. Inchcape has completed a string of car dealership disposals over the past 14 months. “Our priority for the UK retail business is to continue to maintain our strong performance for our OEM partners and to continue to provide our customers with excellent service both physically and digitally.” Today commenting on the sale of BMW Croydon to Marsh Wall its earlier acquisition of the group’s Thames Ditton franchise and the recent sale of the Tunbridge Wells BMW franchised to Arden Group, Brearley said: “The sale of our Croydon dealership forms the latter part of our structured withdrawal from greater London and the south east, and following on from the sale of the Thames Ditton site to Berry earlier this year, I know that this will be another positive acquisition for their business.”īrealey added: “BMW continues to be a long-term strategic partner for us and we are committed to our BMW businesses in East Anglia, Essex and the Thames Valley. Speaking to AM at the time, a spokesperson for Inchcape insisted that the PLC “does not comment on speculation”. Vertu Motors confirmed that it was in discussions over the acquisition of “a number of BMW dealerships” following speculation that Inchcape is set to sell a number of sites last month. “We are therefore confident that this transfer will be in the best interests of all parties especially those of the dedicated team of people that work within the business.” “Vertu Motors is the most obvious choice of high-quality operator to develop the business going forward in this area.

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Inchcape expects that transactions to be completed next month.īrearley said: “These sites form a standalone business for us in the far north east of England and whilst we are satisfied with the performance of this business unit, we are not able to grow adjacently. The sales in the north east will include BMW/MINI sites in Durham, Malton, Sunderland, Teesside and York, as well as the used car centre in York. The AM100 car retail PLC has revealed to AM that the process is underway to sell five of its Cooper BMW/MINI sites and a used car centre in the north east to Vertu Motors Group along with BMW/MINI Croydon to Marsh Wall, which trades as Berry BMW in Chiswick. Inchcape UK CEO James Brearley has asserted that his retail group remains “committed” to its BMW and Mini franchises after confirming it is in the latter stages of disposing of sites in the North East and Croydon. The ID50 2019 – the UK's 50 biggest independent dealers.Manufacturer insight - new car sales figures.Apprenticeship levy: car dealer resources.

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