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Timeline

• April 1998

  The UK’s leading independent car retailer opens for business in Derby

• January 1999

  Motorpoint launches Boomerang, its ground-breaking Personal Contract Purchase (PCP) plan

• April 2000

  Motorpoint opens its national call centre

• November 2001

  Motorpoint Burnley opens

• April 2003

  Motorpoint Glasgow opens

• August 2005

  Motorpoint Newport opens

• June 2006

  Motorpoint becomes the first car retailer to sell to every postal area in England

• December 2006

  Motorpoint Peterborough opens

• May 2007

  Motorpoint becomes first car retailer to sell to every postal area in Scotland

• April 2008

  Motorpoint celebrates its 10th anniversary

• April 2010

  Motorpoint becomes first major car retailer to gain Specialist Automotive Finance (SAF) approval

• February 2011

  Motorpoint earns Highly Approved Trader (HAT) status from consumer champion Honest John

• March 2011

  Motorpoint opens state-of-the-art training facility in Derby

• June 2012

  Motorpoint launches National Apprenticeship Scheme

• September 2012

  Motorpoint Chingford opens

• July 2013

  Motorpoint named Car Supermarket of the Year by Motor Trader magazine

• August 2013

  Motorpoint Birmingham opens

• October 2013

  Motorpoint achieves its highest ever ranking, 58, in the Sunday Times Grant Thornton Top Track 250

• November 2013

  Motorpoint is named the UK’s number one independent car retailer by Motor Trader magazine

• April 2014

  Film star Warwick Davis officially opens the newly refurbished Motorpoint site in Peterborough

• July 2014

  Motorpoint named the Ultimate Digital Car Supermarket by Auto Trader

• September 2014

  Motorpoint achieves highest ever ranking, 36, in Sunday Times Grant Thornton Top Track 250

• October 2014

  Motorpoint helps power Guinness World Record in Derby

• November 2014

  Motorpoint takes the naming rights for the new Motorpoint Stand at Peterborough United Football Club

• December 2014

  Motorpoint opens its eighth site in Widnes

• February 2015

  Motorpoint named one of the Sunday Times Top 100 Best Companies to Work For in the UK

• October 2015

  Motorpoint features in the Top 10 of the Sunday Times Grant Thornton Top Track 250

• November 2015

  Motorpoint Birtley opens

• April 2016

  Motorpoint Castleford opens

• May 2016

  Motorpoint is listed on the London Stock Exchange

• July 2016

  Motorpoint opens eleventh site in Oldbury

• August 2016

  Motorpoint becomes main sponsor of Motherwell Football Club

• April 2017

  Motopoint opens twelfth site in Sheffield

• January 2020

  Motorpoint Swansea opens

• December 2020

  Motorpoint Stockton-on-Tees opens on Teesside

• October 2021

  Motorpoint Manchester opens

• February 2022

  Motorpoint Maidstone opens

• March 2022

  Motorpoint Portsmouth opens

• September 2022

  Motorpoint opens its second Scottish store in Edinburgh

• October 2022

  Motorpoint Coventry opens

• May 2023

  Motorpoint Ipswich opens