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JCT600 has overcome setbacks caused by the COVID-19 crisis to start work on its new £9 million Ferrari supercar dealership and service centre in Leeds – the highest value project in its history.
Work on the eight-month project had been expected to get underway in January but ‘Lockdown 3’ stalled progress of the project which is now scheduled to open early next year.
Once completed, the Brad-ford-based AM100 retail group’s existing Ferrari Leeds showroom will move from its current home at JCT600 Brooklands, in Lower Wortley, to the prominent new site on City West Business Park, The Boulevard.
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Hendy Group s chief executive Paul Hendy and chief operating officer Simon Bottomley have become the latest additions to the Automotive 30% Club.
Hendy said that membership of the 30% Club represents Hendy’s commitment to supporting and actively engaging in creating a diverse, inclusive and gender balanced workforce.
The voluntary network of CEOs and MDs from across the UK-based automotive network has a target of filling at least 30% of key leadership positions within its organisations with women by 2030.
Hendy said: “Being a member of the Automotive 30% Club is just one part of our broader people agenda to create an inclusive workplace environment, ensuring that we are in a market-leading position to attract and retain the very best talent.”
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Cox Automotive International president Martin Forbes and Manheim Auction Services and NextGear Capital MD Liam Quegan have become the latest additons to the Automotive 30% Club.
Forbed said that he was delighted to be joining the network of CEOs and MDs which was created by founder Julia Muir in 2016, with the goal to improve the gender balance within the automotive industry - aiming for 30% of leadership roles to be filled by women by 2030.
“We are delighted to have become a patron of the Automotive 30% Club , he said.
“Cox Automotive is committed to improving gender diversity within leadership roles, in what is still a male-dominated industry.
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Jardine Motors Group will sell the £2m, 1,900PS Automobili Pininfarina Battista EV hypercar from a new London dealership after the Italian car maker ended its retailer agreement with HR Owen.
A spokesperson for Pininfarina confirmed to AM that its contract with AM100 luxury car retailer HR Owen had ended last year, before sales of its limited-run hypercar had started, and that Jardine had now stepped in to become its London and southern UK retailer.
HR Owen, meanwhile, revealed a franchise agreement with rival EV hypercar manufacturer Rimac seven months after initially signing with Pininfarina.
The Pininfarina spokesman told AM: “Automobili Pininfarina ended its retailer agreement with HR Owen last year and we then set about finding a new partner for the important southern UK area.