The Department for Transport (DfT) has officially announced the implementation of a Zero Emissions Vehicle (ZEV) mandate slated to take effect next year.
Industry veteran Suzuki GB director Dale Wyatt shared his thoughts and a direct plea for modern automotive retail leaders to rethink their plans in changing conditions.
Gap insurance experts are calling for the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to clarify its stance, citing its recent blanket warning as “irresponsible”.
The FCA has given insurers a three-month ultimatum after recent data revealed that guaranteed asset protection (GAP) products could be failing to provide fair value.
Carmakers are facing fines of more than £600m, if new Zero Emission Vehicles (ZEV) mandate rules, for selling non-electric cars and vans, go ahead.
TC Harrison Group is investing in systems and training to help its workforce identify and support vulnerable customers in line with Financial Conduct Authority demands.
Lack of clarity over consumer duty rules creating legacy risk
Chris Bond, head of motor retail at accountancy and advisory firm BDO, shares his thoughts on HM Revenue and Customs' interest in motor retail employers being compliant with the national minimum wage.
An Essex car dealer has been fined after admitting selling an unroadworthy Nissan Pathfinder described by magistrates as a 'death trap'.
Sohail Khan, a senior executive at a dealer group, has avoided being banned from driving because of the impact it would have on his ability to get across the north of England to his various dealerships.
Ben, the automotive industry charity, has launched a month-long campaign around suicide prevention, to raise awareness and highlight that it is there for those struggling
Following other countries' lead and giving vehicle manufacturers with UK production plants a financial helping hand to make their EVs affordable to more drivers makes sense, argues AM's regular columnist Professor Jim Saker, emeritus professor of Loughborough University's business school and president of the Institute of the Motor Industry. But he's not holding his breath waiting for it to happen.
An administration assistant who set up a fake client account and embezzled £1.5 million out of her employer, a scrap yard which processed old cars and other metals, is facing a jail sentence.
The theft of £12,350 from the Lloyds Land Rover dealership in Kelso which employed him has landed 54-year-old Gordon Thomson in court.
A young Mercedes-Benz qualified technician resorted to dismantling high value stolen cars for a drug gang after becoming addicted to cocaine.
Car dealer groups and their EV-buying customers have a month to give input to a House of Lords investigation into electric vehicles (EVs) and the UK Government's strategy to halt the sale of new internal combustion engine (ICE) cars and vans.
A workshop owner has been condemned for running an "amateurish, shambolic" vehicle repair garage after an employee was crushed while fixing a Ford Transit.
The Health and Safety Executive has urged motor repair workshops to ensure their processes and practices are fit for purpose as its data shows that 21 workers in the sector have been killed in incidents since 2017.
Almost three out of four dealers (73%) believe measures to meet the FCA’s Consumer Duty responsibilities will create new opportunities, according to iVendi.
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is proposing new rules to combat non-compliant financial promotions on social media platforms.
The NFDA is urging its motor retailer members to get in touch if they need additional support ahead of the new Consumer Duty regulations that launch on July 31.
Dealers’ awareness of new Consumer Duty regulations has increased from 28% to 91% over the last quarter, according to Close Brothers Motor Finance.
AM's regular columnist Professor Jim Saker, emeritus professor at Loughborough University's business school and president of the Institute of the Motor Industry, accuses the UK Government of being "in denial" of its EV policy's opening the floodgates to cheap Chinese imports.
Letting customers self-serve their motor finance needs is proving the most effective route to Consumer Duty compliance, iVendi is reporting.
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has found motor insurers need to improve how they treat vulnerable customers and handle claims, and end paying out low for write-offs
