BMW Group Financial Services general manager for digital, sales channels and insurance, Preston Rogers, has been appointed as the new head of Alphera Financial Services.
A survey of over 2,100 in-market car buyers conducted by What Car? heard that 66% felt their purchasing decision had been completely unaffected by the impact of the COVID-19 coronavirus crisis.
BuyaCar has announced the appointment of Mark Hamilton as its new national account director.
Car retail DMS giant CDK Global has been sold to leading global investment firm Francisco Partners in a deal worth $1.45 billion (£1.08bn).
Cap HPI has said that the leadership of its UK car valuations team will remain “in exclennt hands” following the retirement of its head of forecast, Andrew Mee.
Codeweavers has appointed Andrew Gill as its head of lender products to help automotive sector lenders identify new opportunities to support their business.
40% of UK drivers say they are now less likely to visit a showroom while researching the purchase of a car, as a direct result of the COVID-19 pandemic, research by Marketing Delivery, has found.
Vehicle Vision has formed a partnership with Auto Service Finance (ASF) to offer motorists interest-free instalment payment option for repairs.
Autotech Recruit is announcing the launch of a new electric vehicle (EV) training initiative, Autotech Training, to support the transition to electric vehicles (EVs).
Motors.co.uk is supporting its dealer partners with a new series of videos aimed at helping consumers planning their next used car purchase.
Alphera Financial Services is partnering with BuyaCar to launch Alphera Zero, a finance product that allows consumers to offset carbon emissions from used hybrids and plug-in hybrids.
The average price of a used Land Rover has increased by 2% in the last month, with values up 4% year on year according to new data from Motorway.
Today, Capgemini have published a report advocating the transition to an agency model for distribution networks, supported by consumer and dealer surveys in Europe and China.
Electric vehicle (EV) enquiries soared by 500% after this week’s UK Government announcement that it plans to ban the sale of cars and vans powered wholly by petrol or diesel engines in 2030.
COVID-19 ‘Lockdown 2’ has sparked a rapid rise in the volume of digital car finance deals being forwarded to dealership customers, according to iVendi.
Marshall has pledged a £10,000 donation to Ben as part of a ‘Xmas Do-nation’ charity campaign launched by MotorVise to plug the charity’s £1m 2020 funding shortfall.
Used car values declined by 2.1% during October and have seen a 2% dip so far in November but there is "no cause for alarm", according to Cap HPI.
Heycar has vowed to foot the bill for vehicle deliveries to customers until the end of 2020 as part of a bid to support car dealers’ online retail efforts during the ongoing COVID-19 crisis.
As we entered lockdown back in March, many dealers would have feared the worst for 2020 but a strong bounce back in both new and used sales through the summer will have gone some way to mitigating the impact of the pandemic.
Auto Trader has claimed that interest in commercial vehicles (CV) has been “unaffected” by the latest COVID-19 lockdown restrictions – with online enquiries up 38%.
Dealer Auction will supply digital auction services to Volkswagen Group UK's franchised car retail networks after signing a preferred supplier agreement with the German OEM.
Startline Motor Finance has secured a £375 million credit facility from J.P.Morgan in what is the third renewal and upsize of the facility between the two companies.
BCA has announced plans to develop a new 65-acre remarketing ‘mega centre’ in Bristol, with the capacity to handle over 120,000 vehicles each year.
HMRC has opened its claims period for the newly-extended Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) as officials “grapple with its regulatory control” to prevent erroneous and fraudulent claims.
The Retail Automotive Alliance (RAA) is celebrating the largest membership base in its history after welcoming franchised car dealers SG Petch and Clive Brook Volvo joined its ranks.
