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Sytner has acquired nine DaimlerChrysler and BMW car dealerships from Ryland Group for undisclosed terms, including sites in Carlisle, Newcastle, Stockton, Sunderland, Birmingham, Warley, Cardiff, Newport and Sutton Coldfield. 04-Sep-2006 Ryland Group has acquired the Jeep dealership in Sutton Coldfield from All Electric for undisclosed terms. 06-Jul-2005 Ryland is planning to re-enter the contract hire market by setting up a nationwide operation offering specialist and luxury cars. 25-Feb-2005 Ryland, the car dealership, is planning a £46m management buy-out with financial backing from Barclays. 14-Aug-2003 Ryland has sold its Peugeot dealership in Stoke-on-Trent to Greenhous Group for £2.3m. 20-May-2003 Ryland has sold its Mercedes-Benz van operations in Stockton-on-Tees and Spennymoor to Bell Truck Sales for £0.6m. 02-Apr-2003 Ryland has sold its Alfa Romeo car dealership in Knowle to Guest Motors for £0.3m. 07-Nov-2002 Ryland has sold its Fiat-Alfa Romeo dealerships in Oldbury and Stourbridge to Arnold Clark Automobiles for £1.3m. 23-Oct-2002 Pendragon has acquired a 30% stake in Ryland, the car dealership, from Guinness Peat for £11m. 30-Aug-2002 Ryland, the car dealer, has received a £36m takeover approach from investment group Guinness Peat. 09-Jul-2002 Ryland has reorganised its Mercedes-Benz business by acquiring a dealership in Sunderland from JA62 for £1.8m and a dealership in Carlisle from Eden Bridge Carriage for £1.4m, while its Oxford dealership has been sold to Gerard Mann for £2.7m. 03-Jul-2002 Ryland has sold its DAF/LDV operations in Preston and Edinburgh to Lawrence Vehicles for £4.2m. 04-Mar-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 Ryland is acquiring a Volvo dealership in Liverpool from Drayton Motors for £1.1m and a Mercedes-Benz dealership in Newcastle from Cragside for £1.5m. 04-Jan-2002 Ryland has sold the business and certain assets of its Mercedes-Benz Manchester dealership to DaimlerChrysler UK Retail for £3.9m. 31-Dec-2001 Ryland Group is planning a £0.5m expansion at its Rybrook Jaguar car dealership in Chester, with the creation of 20 jobs. 09-Nov-2001 Ryland Group has sold its Renault dealerships in Warwick, Rugby and Coventry to Sutton Park Motor for £1.6m. 14-Sep-2001 Ryland is looking to sell five Vauxhall dealerships in the West Midlands, including sites in Birmingham, Coventry, Warwick and Rugby. 02-Apr-2001 Ryland has acquired the E Ward Ford dealerships in Corby and Kettering for £1.4m. 06-Jan-2000 Ryland Group has acquired the Brooklyn Ford dealership in Rugby for undisclosed terms. 08-Apr-1999 Ryland Group is to sell a 75% stake in its car leasing operation to a subsidiary of Paribas, the French bank, for £19m, and is close to completing the £7.5m acquisition of Wyndham, the Welsh car dealership. 01-Apr-1999 Ryland Group is in discussions with an unnamed company to sell a majority stake in its vehicle leasing subsidiary Ryland Multifleet. 18-Mar-1999 Ryland is said to be in discussions to acquire Wyndham Motor, the operator of car dealerships in the Cardiff and Newport areas. 27-Jan-1999 Ryland is selling Toyota car dealerships in Stoke and Solihull to a management buyout for about £1.2m. 30-Dec-1998 Ryland Group has become the sole Ford dealer in Northampton and Daventry following the acquisition of assets from Airflow Streamlines for £1.4m. 05-Aug-1997 Ryland Group, the vehicle distributor, has terminated talks which could have resulted in its takeover by an unnamed company thought to be Sanderson Bramall. 24-Jan-1997
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