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  Vauxhall Finance Contract Extension 2021

  20th June 2019

  We are delighted to announce the extension to the current contract for the supply of defleet and vehicle remarketing services for Vauxhall Finance until May 2021.  CEO Michael Tomalin states ‘Another great contract win for the group to further extend our long term partnership with Vauxhall Finance’. 

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  AFBI TENDER AWARD WIN

  10th June 2019

  We are delighted to announce that we have been awarded the sale of assets on behalf of the Agri-Food and BioSciences Institute.  CEO Michael Tomalin stated ‘We have a proven track record with the sale of plant and machinery at our flagship Belfast centre and we are expanding the LCV, HGV and Plant operations across the group introducing Rockingham to the sector. The growth wil..[read more].

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  New Board Appointments

  3rd April 2019

  City Auction Group has strengthened its senior management team with the appointment of three new directors, a new Chairman and CEO.   Helena O’Neill has been appointed the new Group Finance Director; David Scott is now the Group Sales Director and Lynne Girvan has been appointed as Corporate Fleet Director.    In addition, Raymond Hill, who was formerly chief executive, is n..[read more].

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  Rockingham IT Fleet Technical Services Partnership

  18th March 2019

  City Auction Group has just signed a new partnership with IT Fleet Automotive to provide a range of defleet services to existing and potential new customers at the Group’s Rockingham facility. IT Fleet Automotive has successfully partnered with City Auction Group in Belfast over the past 12 months and is now taking 8-10 acres at Rockingham to service major corporates, such as ..[read more].

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  Mental Health Partnership with Irish FA

  4th March 2019

  City Auction Group announces five figure deal to sponsor the Irish FA for the mental health awareness initiative ‘Ahead of the Game’.  Raymond Hill CEO stated ‘Our business has a great relationship with the Irish FA and this cause is very close to my heart for personal reasons which touched my close family in the past few months. We are keen to expand our collaboration wi..[read more].

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  New Vendor 100% Conversion

  14th February 2019

    TCH Leasing joined the established corporate vendors at Rockingham this week and achieved a 100% sale conversion at the inaugural corporate fleet event.    Jon Lee, Head Auctioneer stated ‘We have a long term partnership with TCH Leasing at our flagship Belfast centre and we are delighted to offer a selection of end of term contract hire vehicles at Rockingham in our new d..[read more].

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  City Auction Group records most successful year!

  13th February 2019

      City Auction Group has recorded an all-time high in vehicle sales, up 11% year-on-year in 2018, making it the firm’s most successful year since its launch in 2010. More than 60,000 vehicles were offered across the Group’s Rockingham and Belfast sites last year, where more than £60 million worth of vehicles were sold. There was also a 17% increase in vehicles offered ..[read more].

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  Record Sale Recorded!

  8th February 2019

  The automotive used vehicle sector continues to witness steady growth during Q1 2019 as new car sales continue to encounter challenging trading conditions.  Michael Tomalin MD states ‘The current demand for quality used vehicles across the UK remains extremely high as we have recorded only yesterday in Belfast a 275 vehicle sale on behalf of major corporate vendors LeasePlan ..[read more].

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  National Press Coverage

  20th January 2019

  Great to see some nice coverage reference the major expansion across the group in Northern Ireland’s leading weekend press publication the Sunday Life.   

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  Rockingham Dual Lane Launch Triumph!

  17th January 2019

  We are delighted to report that the opening corporate sale event introducing the dual lane auction halls at our refurbished Rockingham centre was a great success with over £2.75 million of end of term contract and lease vehicles being sold for major FN50 listed vendors both in the hall and live online with vehicles being purchased nationwide across the UK and Ireland.  MD Mich..[read more].