GL MOTOR FACTORS ACQUIRED BY AAG
Buying group’s 2018 Factor of the Year becomes wholly owned business
November 2018
NO ‘BREXIT DIVIDEND’ EXISTS, SAYS SMMT CHIEF
‘For us, Brexit is about damage limitation’ Mike Hawes tells audience at annual dinner
IRELAND’S J&S AUTOMOTIVE ACQUIRES ORIGO AUTOPARTS
Car parts division of tool supplier Origo to be transferred to Ireland-based factor chain.
THE GUARDIANS OF THE ARCHES
First published October 2018 Last year, National Rail announced that it had agreed to sell off every archway property in what would become a £1.5 billion deal with private equity and property management firms Telereal […]
HOW TO SELL A BUSINESS
By Adam Bernstein We’ve seen the sale of plenty of family businesses in the aftermarket over the last couple of years. It isn’t just down to the major buying groups stamping their feet either, for […]
DUTCH TRADE BODY TALK BREXIT WITH IGA
Dutch garage trade group BOVAG teams up with IGA on garage tour of the UK
DCS LEATHERHEAD BECOMES LATEST AAG ACQUISITION
Two-branch factor in Surrey is acquired by GroupAuto parent company
TENNECO ACQUIRES OHLINS FOR $160m
Swedish suspension manufacturer becomes latest brand to be snapped up by US-based giant
LLOYDS MOTOR SPARES SOLD TO AAG
Nine-branch IFA member becomes latest business to be snapped up by GroupAuto parent company
EVANS SOLD TO SPORTS DIRECT IN PRE-PACK DEAL
62-branch cycle retailer Evans appoints PwC as administrators, only to be acquired immediately by Mike Ashley’s firm
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