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Pendragon has Invested £3m in a new FordStore in Chester. It has space for 200 used vehicles and a workshop with 17 bays, increasing aftersales capacity two-fold. The new facility sees Ford Chester become one of Ford’s flagship dealers in the area. Martin Marsh, Dealer Principal at Evans Halshaw Ford Chester, said: “We are delighted to open the doors to ...

Hendy Group has appointed Simon Bottomley its new chief operating officer. Bottomley will take over from Andy Stevenson, who retires later this year after 25 years with the group. He joins the group from Cambridgeshire-based Thurlow Nunn, an automotive and agricultural supply company, where he was group managing director for 15 years following an early career in engineering. The group ...

Ford has launched its new retail experience in the Next store at Arndale shopping centre, Manchester. The FordStore is part of a £12m refurbishment and refit of the Next store at Arndale, which attracts 42 million visitors a year. Developed with specialist supplier Rockar, Ford’s online sales website allows customers to specify, finance and order a new vehicle for delivery ...

Hendy Group has opened a FordStore and Transit centre in Portsmouth in an event attended by Ford UK director of sales Kevin Griffin. In January Hendy announced it was investing in Portsmouth, building a new Kia showroom and the FordStore on site. The Portsmouth FordStore is the second in the Hendy portfolio following Eastleigh. Hendy Holdings is rated 41 in ...

Vertu Motors is investing £3m in its Ford dealership in Bolton to create a FordStore. The dealership will sell the Ford Vignale range, Ford Mustang along with the full range of Ford vehicles. The transformation of the Higher Bridge dealership into a FordStore will include the demolition of the existing showroom and the construction of a dealership, including a Vignale ...

Evans Halshaw is pushing ahead with the roll-out of FordStores with the official launch of an outlet in Hull this month. The dealership in Priory Park will be opened on Wednesday 8 June by Andy Barratt, chairman and managing director of Ford of Britain and Stuart Foulds, Evans Halshaw national franchise director. In common with other FordStores opened in late ...

To celebrate the opening of its new fleet and commercial vehicle centre in Dagenham, TrustFord invited motorbike racer and TV personality Guy Martin to inspect the premises and meet the site’s technicians. The TrustFord Dagenham Transit Centre is the first of its kind to be built from scratch in the UK. Based on a two-acre site, it features a new showroom ...

On paper Ford’s Vignale premium sub-brand seemed an unnecessary move for a marque that excels at delivering mass market cars. However, with designated Vignale areas popping up in 58 FordStores across the UK and the first Mondeo variant now on sale, it looks like the Blue Oval might have added a useful niche to its portfolio. Launching with the well-received ...

A behind the scenes look at Lookers’ £4m FordStore in Chelmsford, Essex. The site was one of the first to open in the UK with the Blue Oval’s new FordStore design and retails the brand’s complete car and van line-up. It also represents Mustang and Ford’s upmarket Vignale brand. “Alongside the best range of products Ford has ever had in ...

Sandicliffe is the latest dealer group to open a FordStore, Ford’s latest generation supersites for major conurbations. The Leicester showroom has opened following a £1.5m investment and in common with all FordStores displays the brand’s full car and commercial line-up as well as the Vignale sub-brand and forthcoming Mustang. This is the first FordStore to open in the Midlands and ...