9:00 am, October 19, 2024
Evans Halshaw has closed one of its long-standing Ford dealerships in the north of England as the dealer group continues to restructure after its takeover by the US-based Lithia Motors.
The American giant completed its purchase of Pendragon – including Evans Halshaw – back in February and has been hard at work ever since.
In April, Car Dealer reported that Lithia had cut around 250 jobs by killing off the CarShop used car supermarket brand, but so far the Evans Halshaw network has remained largely unaffected by the takeover.
Now however, the firm has closed its Northwich Ford site in Cheshire, with immediate effect.
CheshireLive is reporting that the dealership ceased trading on Tuesday (Oct 15) and calls to the business are now being rerouted to the dealer group’s nearby premises in Altrincham.
Meanwhile, customers attempting to visit the Northwich site’s website are being met with a page with ‘dealership closure FAQs’.
Both the business’s Facebook page and Google are also now listing the site as ‘permanently closed’ but no official statement has been posted to either.
It therefore remains unclear why the decision to shut the operation down was taken, or what it means for staff.
A spokesperson for Evans Halshaw told Car Dealer: ‘This decision is aligned to the wider UK Ford dealer network plans.’
