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Lookers is to close two Lexus car dealerships in Brighton and Southend by the end of the year, but some of the 35 staff will be redeployed. 24-Nov-2008 Lookers is to close its Dutton Forshaw Skoda and Chevrolet car dealership in Maidstone with the loss of up to 60 jobs. 17-Sep-2008 Lookers is to acquire Bramall & Jones VW, the Lincolnshire-based chain of two Volkswagen car dealerships and a contract hire business, for £2m. 16-Apr-2008 Lookers has closed the Essex Trade Centre car dealership in Witham, with the loss of most of the 17 jobs. 14-Nov-2007 Lookers is to acquire Dutton Forshaw, the chain of 31 car dealerships, from Lloyds TSB for £60m, taking its total network to about 140 outlets. 04-Oct-2007 Lookers has won approval to sell Ford cars and commercial vehicles, having bought some Sheffield-based assets of Dixon Motors out of administration. 30-Aug-2007 Lookers has acquired two Kia car dealerships in Macclesfield and Stockport. 06-Nov-2006 Lookers has acquired a further ten car dealerships in the South East from HR Owen for up to £25m, including Mercedes-Benz, Chrysler Jeep, Lexus and Land Rover sites. 14-Aug-2006 Lookers is to acquire six car dealerships from HR Owen, including Jaguar, Land Rover and Volvo sites in Colchester, Ipswich and Bury St Edmunds, for about £3.4m. 19-Dec-2005 Lookers has acquired APEC, the Bristol-based automotive braking parts distributor with 50 staff, for £9.2m. 13-Oct-2005 Lookers is to acquire Volvo car dealerships in Glasgow and Hamilton from John Martin Group, and will relocate them to its existing Premier Automotive Group sites in Glasgow and Motherwell next year. 09-Aug-2005 Lookers has acquired PLP Motors, the operator of Vauxhall and Chevrolet car dealerships in Warrington and Widnes, for £3.2m. 01-Aug-2005 Lookers has acquired IS Cars, the used car dealer in Burton-upon-Trent, for £12m. 13-May-2005 Lookers has acquired Bristol Trade Centre, the four-acre used car supermarket in Bristol, for £8.5m. 01-Feb-2005 Lookers has acquired Darlington Volkswagen from Mill Garages for £0.8m, in order to complement its existing VW dealership on Teesside. 02-Nov-2004 Lookers has acquired a Saab dealership in Chester for £0.9m and a Volkswagen dealership in Northallerton for £0.6m. 06-Oct-2004 Lookers has acquired FPS Distribution, the wholesale distributor of vehicle parts to the automotive aftermarket, for £31m. 02-Aug-2004 Lookers is to open a £4.5m Vauxhall car dealership at the Star City centre in Birmingham in May. 05-Feb-2004 Lookers has acquired the Lexus Hadleigh car dealership in Essex from E&H Hadleigh for £2m. 20-Oct-2003 Lookers has agreed terms to acquire two Vauxhall dealerships in Lisburn and Portadown. 17-Oct-2003 Lookers has acquired the Savoy Honda car dealership in Warrington from Mainland Investments for £2m. 05-Aug-2003 Lookers has acquired JN Holdings, the operator of Taggarts Jaguar and Land Rover franchises in Glasgow and Motherwell. 06-Feb-2003 Lookers has acquired three Renault dealerships and a car rental business from Jackson & Edwards, in order to expand its operations in south Manchester and central Cheshire. 10-Jan-2003 Lookers is to invest £6m refurbishing its recently-acquired Vauxhall garages in the Birmingham area, and a new site is expected to serve central Birmingham. 15-Nov-2002 Lookers has acquired Elt Brothers, the Birmingham-based Vauxhall car dealership for £0.9m. 13-Aug-2002 Morrisons is forming a joint venture with Lookers to sell cars in supermarkets, and computer terminals have been installed in three stores to enable customers to select a car. 07-May-2002 Lookers has acquired Picking Liverpool, the car dealership known as Spekehall Vauxhall, from Vauxhall Motors for £0.7m. 11-Apr-2002 Lookers has acquired 452 (Birmingham) from Vauxhall Motor and the Rystar Aston and Selly Oak Vauxhall outlets from Ryland Group for a total £2m. 21-Feb-2002 Lookers is selling its SMAC Continental Mercedes-Benz dealership in Southend for about £5m. 04-Jan-2002 Lookers has acquired the Broadfields Land Rover business in Bishops Stortford, in order to strengthen its network of car dealerships in the south east. 19-Jun-2001 Lookers has announced plans to invest £20m in new car showrooms in Oldham, Chester and Liverpool with the creation of 200 jobs. 15-Mar-2001 Lookers is planning to relocate its Vauxhall car dealership in Chester to a new site on Sealand Road in November. 02-Feb-2001 Lookers is to set up a £4.5m car dealership in Stretford with the creation of 40 jobs, and it will include franchises for Suzuki, Seat and Mazda. 18-Jun-1999 Lookers has paid £3.3m for the assets of the Toyota and Daihatsu business of Rylands, Belfast. 08-Jul-1998 John Hogg is acquiring the fuel oils division of Lookers' Charles Hurst subsidiary. 08-Apr-1997 Lookers has sold four freehold holiday parks to Flower of May Holiday Parks for £4.2m. 27-Feb-1997 Lookers, the motor distributor, is selling its caravan parks for a profit of £1.5m, and its 49% stake in its contract hire operation to Woodchester Investments. 24-Jan-1997 Lookers' Charles Hurst subsidiary has bought Baird Cars of Belfast for £2.7m, and will transfer the Peugeot franchise to its nearby Hurst business. 03-Oct-1996 Lookers is buying Charles Hurst, the Northern Ireland motor distributor with franchises for Rover, Renault and Nissan. 23-Jan-1996
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