Prestige car sales specialist VR Group has taken a shareholding in Manchester-headquartered rival MVP Vehicle Solutions to create a £50m turnover company.

MVP has a presence in Bury, Manchester, Stoke and Leeds while VR Group has sites in Warrington, Chester and Leigh, near Wigan, and has expanded thanks to £6m of funding from Energise Capital, Alphera Financial Services and VR directors.

MVP is a specialist in vehicle funding and social media lead generation and recently moved into a new multi-million pound head office.

It currently has 80,000 customers having undergone rapid growth in 2017.

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