{"id":43782,"date":"2023-10-20T02:39:07","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T02:39:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lethal-industry.com\/?p=43782"},"modified":"2023-10-20T02:39:07","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T02:39:07","slug":"major-car-dealership-closes-down-before-suffering-another-blow-as-cops-called-in-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lethal-industry.com\/world-news\/major-car-dealership-closes-down-before-suffering-another-blow-as-cops-called-in-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Major car dealership closes down before suffering ANOTHER blow as cops called in | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"

A FORMER car dealership that closed down earlier this year was dealt a second blow after having its windows smashed.<\/p>\n

Police were called to the industrial estate site of the now closed FG Barnes Vauxhall in Kent after it was struck by vandals.<\/p>\n

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At least four windows were smashed and glass was left scattered across the floor outside the site in Park Wood,\u00a0Maidstone.<\/p>\n

However, the culprits are yet to be caught and an investigation is still ongoing.<\/p>\n

As reported by Kent Online, a police spokesman said: \u201cKent Police was called at 9am on Monday, October 9, to a report of criminal damage at a business premises in Sutton Road.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is alleged that several windows to the building were deliberately smashed.\u201d<\/p>\n

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FG Barnes shut its doors to traders in Maidstone earlier this summer.<\/p>\n

However, its remaining branches in Shoreham and Guildford remain open to customers.<\/p>\n

Another major car dealership to have closed down one of its branches this year is Sytner Jaguar.<\/p>\n

The company's Coventry showroom has closed down and relocated from Earl Place Business Park to Northampton.<\/p>\n

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Major car dealership closes down showroom as it gears up to get new lease on life<\/h3>\n

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The business left its premises on Fletchamstead Highway due to "the expiration of its lease".<\/p>\n

Just last month, Autovogue closed down after 30 years of business\u00a0and blamed Jaguar's failures as the cause.<\/p>\n

The major car dealership said it spent \u00a3198,000 repairing Jaguar Land Rover motors last year.<\/p>\n

Elsewhere, a car firm serving 1,000s of drivers in the Midlands\u00a0is set to make a huge closing time change.<\/p>\n

The Brindley Group, which has 12 new and used car dealerships across the West Midlands, will cut their opening hours to six days a week.<\/p>\n

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