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Case Study: Facilities Management Support for Lithia UK

Client: Lithia UK (Pendragon Group & Jardine Motor Group)

Locations: 250 UK Sites

Service Offering: Comprehensive Facilities Support Services

Overview

Lithia UK, including subsidiary companies Jardine Motor Group and Pendragon Group, operates an extensive national portfolio of automotive retail and commercial sites. With approximately 250 locations across the UK, maintaining safe, compliant, and visually high quality properties is essential to supporting both customer experience and operational performance. Since 2020, PPVS has provided integrated facilities management support across the group portfolio.

PPVS implemented a national facilities helpdesk to support Group Properties, delivering coordinated building fabric and compliance services across all sites. In a large multi-site automotive environment, facilities management plays a critical role in maintaining brand standards, supporting operational uptime, and ensuring regulatory compliance.

The Role of Facilities Management in Automotive Retail

Across large automotive retail portfolios, facilities management supports:

  • Operational Continuity: Ensuring dealerships, workshops, and office spaces remain fully functional.

 

  • Compliance & Safety: Managing statutory requirements across fire, mechanical, electrical, and building systems.

 

  • Brand Presentation: Maintaining high standards across customer facing showroom environments.

 

  • Asset Protection: Prolonging asset life through proactive planned maintenance programmes.

 

PPVS delivers a comprehensive range of facilities management services across Lithia UK’s national estate, supporting Facilities, Engineering, and Divisional Facilities teams.

Our Facilities Support

Facilities Helpdesk & Reactive Maintenance
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PPVS operates a central helpdesk facility to coordinate national support, including:

 

  • General reactive maintenance and building fabric repairs
  • Internal decoration, refurbishment, and replacement works
  • Roofing and gutter maintenance and replacement projects
  • Civils, groundworks, plumbing, drainage, and electrical small works

Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM)
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To maintain compliance and asset reliability, PPVS delivers scheduled maintenance services covering:

 

  • CCTV and Solar PV systems
  • Electrical and water treatment services
  • HVAC and drainage systems
  • Lift servicing, fire alarm systems, and mechanical servicing

Fire Compliance & Remedial Works
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PPVS manages fire risk assessment remedial works across the UK portfolio, including:

 

  • Fire compartmentation works
  • Fire door inspections and maintenance
  • Project management of compliance driven remedial programmes

Interior Works & Large Scale Projects
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PPVS supports refurbishment and capital improvement works nationwide, including:

 

  • Interior fit outs for offices and warehouses
  • Grade A and Grade B refurbishments
  • Groundworks, civils, and roofing replacement projects
  • Full project management across multi trade disciplines

Project Scope & Delivery

Since 2020, PPVS has delivered coordinated national facilities management support across Lithia UK’s 250 site portfolio. Our objective has been to provide a structured, scalable solution that ensures all properties remain safe, compliant, and aligned with brand standards. Through the implementation of a central helpdesk facility, PPVS manages multiple specialist contractors across the UK, ensuring reactive works, planned maintenance, and large scale projects are delivered within agreed timeframes.

Works range from building fabric repairs to complex fire compliance programmes and full site refurbishments. Close collaboration with Facilities, Engineering, and Divisional teams ensures that projects are carefully planned to minimise disruption to trading activity. By combining proactive compliance management with responsive support, PPVS maintains consistent service delivery across a diverse and evolving property portfolio.

Results & Impact

PPVS continues to support Lithia UK in maintaining high standards of safety, compliance, and brand presentation across its national retail portfolio. As Lithia UK continues to grow and strengthen its position within the automotive sector, PPVS remains a trusted facilities partner supporting group property requirements across the UK.

As Next continues to evolve and grow, PPVS remains a strategic partner, delivering reliable, scalable, and proactive facilities management solutions to support its success.

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