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30% of UK Motor Dealers are Now in Financial Danger

DUBLIN, Ireland--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c52515) has announced the addition of Motor Dealers - Portfolio Analysis to their offering.

Motor Dealers - Portfolio Analysis is a comprehensive evaluation of the UK market. The revised and updated 2007 edition analyses the financial performance of the companies important to the success of your business. Using the most up to date information available, the analysis is ideal both as a tool to benchmark your own companys results and to study the market in more depth. Aimed at the busy manager, the Portfolio Analysis is both quick and easy to use thanks to the unique visual layout. The Analysis lays bare the performance of each company highlighting their strengths and weaknesses. Do you know which companies are best to do business with? Do you know which companies are selling at a loss and whose profit margins are plummeting? Find out the answers to all these questions and more with the newly published Portfolio Analysis.

The report is divided into two colour-coded sections for your ease of use, Sector Analysis and Individual Company Analysis.

Sector Analysis: Sales growth, market share and profitability are all analysed over a 10 year period giving you the fullest picture possible of the health of the market. Companies are ranked on these categories so you can see which companies are outshining the rest. Use the industry average tables to benchmark your own companys performance- how do you compare to the rest of the industry?

Industry Analysis: Each company receives a full page of analysis, evaluating their financial performance over the last five years so you get a full picture of the long term prospects of each company. Each company page of analysis is also packed with the following information: Full business name and address, Names and ages of directors, contact details and website address, seven unique charts showing at a glance the performance of each company, averages for the industry are also shown indicating the bare minimum each company should be looking to achieve, and five years of the latest accounts available,

Over the past 12 months in your industry:

-30% of companies are now in financial danger.

-441 companies are blatantly selling at a loss to capture market share.

-Average pre-tax profit was 0.7%

-Average sales growth was 2.0%

2000 companies are analysed including:

Pooles (Portsmouth) Ltd

Rybrook Vehicles Ltd

Stanway Brothers Ltd

Uk Vehicle Contracts Ltd

Wilsons Automobiles And Coachwo

Porritt Motor Holdings Plc

Rycliff Cars Ltd

Star Garages (Brighton) Ltd

Underwoods Garage (Tiptree) Ltd

Wilsons Of Rathkenny Ltd

Porsche Cars Great Britain Ltd

Rycroft Vehicles Ltd

Starkey Hire Ltd

Unipart International Holdings Wilsons (Epsom) Ltd

Porsche Retail Group Ltd

Rydale Cars Ltd

Startin Group Ltd

Ura Ventures Ltd

Winchester Motor Co Ltd

Portfield City Ltd

Ryders Autoservice (G B ) Ltd

Station Garage (Grampian) Ltd

Us Automotive Ltd

Windsors (Wallasey) Ltd

Portfield Sports Cars Ltd

Rye Mill Garage Ltd

Staysure Ltd

Userve Ltd

Wingrove Motor Co Ltd

Potteries Diesel (Staffs) Ltd

Ryedale Caravan & Leisure Ltd

Steels Westgate Ltd

Valehead Ltd

Wings Of Peterborough Ltd

Auto-Sleepers Group Ltd

Brook & Churches Bros Ltd

Clevedon Garages Ltd

Desira Group Plc

Fine Cars (Lee On Solent) Ltd

Autotrend Ltd

Brooklyn Motors Plc

Clist And Rattle Ltd

Desmond Motors Ltd

Fir Tree Ltd

Autotrend (Holdings) Ltd

Brookside (1998) Ltd

For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c52515