Dealer group Ford Retail, which operates 65 Ford sites in the UK, has redefined what makes a good sales executive after analysing the personality traits and abilities of its top salespeople.
Lookers’ Northern Irish division Charles Hurst has hired four new apprentices following a competition with four of Belfast’s biggest schools.
Family-owned Grovebury Cars has taken on the Mitsubishi franchise in Leighton Buzzard.
Jaguar has launched a network of 20 dealers which will specialise in selling the F-Type R Coupe, as well as all R and RS products.
Marshall Motor Group's focus is on the customer experience now its expansion drive is over, says chief exeutive Daksh Gupta.
Callow Marsh, part of Jenkins Group Holdings, has taken on the Citroen franchise in Hereford.
A used car dealer in Dublin has been fined a total of £5,875 for selling a ‘clocked' car.
Steve Bainbridge, Benfield Motor Group’s sales and development manager and former England and British Lions rugby player will be cycling 620 miles for charity in June.
Peter Vardy has opened a new Vauxhall dealership in the Edinburgh commuter town of Dalgety Bay.
Windsors Mazda in Wallasey, Merseyside has celebrated its 20th anniversary with an event attended by the brand's senior management team.
Paul Dillon has been appointed joint managing director of the Westover Group.
Construction of car dealer group Ridgeway's Audi centre in Oxford is underway - and on track for a mid/late 2014 opening.
Marshall Motor Group has been presented with the Barclays Award, which recognises successful, established businesses across all industry sectors which have transformed themselves amid strong competition.
Fed up with “ridiculous” volume demands, Williams Automobiles abandoned its franchised dealerships and is carving a future with Morgan sports cars.
The first Maserati dealership in Lancashire has been opened by the Bowker Motor Group.
The Office of Fair Trading has cleared the acquisition of Parkview Skoda, in Reading, by Ridgeway Group.
Norton Way Corporate Sales has won the fleet dealer of the year award from AM's sister title Fleet News.
Swansway's Peter Smyth has gone 'lipstick, powder and paint' in a twist on a viral charity fundraising campaign sweeping social networking sites.
ASE data shows franchised dealers averaged £9,400 profit in January 2014, with 12-month rolling return on sales of 1.49% compared to 1.17% in January 2013.
Lookers has acquired Colborne Garages for £33.6 million.
Company car drivers have voted Swansway as the best fleet dealer group for new vehicle sales this year.
Marshall Motor Group has been named 'Dealer group of the year' by Jaguar.
A car dealer who was reported to Derbyshire County Council trading standards has been fined for selling a car that was not roadworthy.
Marshall of Cambridge (Holdings), the parent company of Marshall Motor Group, has announced the appointment of Peter Johnson as a non-executive director, effective from the beginning of this month.
Lancaster Volkswagen part of the North West-based Cox Motor Group has been ranked the number one sales team in the country by Volkswagen UK.
