Jardine Motors Group has achieved a bronze award from the Armed Forces Covenant Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) in recognition of its efforts to recruit veterans into its retail sites.
Car retailers could find recruitment much tougher as UK employment reaches a record high, warns Coachwork Consulting.
BCA has prepared for the future by continuing to develop its apprenticeship scheme and national graduate recruitment and training programme.
JCT600 celebrated International Women’s Day (March 8) by talking to five women about working in a male dominated sector and promoting ‘gender balance’.
The Finance and Leasing Association (FLA) has promoted its motor finance apprenticeship standard through its network during National Apprenticeship Week.
A charitable partnership that helps armed forces veterans get jobs in the car industry has been launched with the help of Prince William and Prince Harry.
Arnold Clark has opened the application process to applicants keen to enter the automotive sector through one of 300 new apprentices vacancies with the group.
Kia is celebrating 14 years of operating an apprentice programme.
Ford retail group TrustFord has once again been listed as part of The Sunday Times Best Companies to Work For ranking of the UK's top employers.
Ferrari has announced that all 12 UK dealerships will host aftersales open days for apprentices to showcase opportunities.
Jardine Motors Group HR director Clare Martin, NFDA director Sue Robinson and JCT600 brand director Beryl Carney are among the six finalists in the UK automotive industry's inaugural Barbara Cox Woman of the Year Award.
Swansway Motor Group has selected Escalla to provide it with apprentices for its new Digital Marketing Apprenticeship initiative.
The Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI) has launched two new apprenticeship standards which have been designed to upskill those people working in car dealerships’ customer service, parts and sales roles.
TrustFord has opened applications for its 2019 apprentice intake, with 91 opportunities across the group representing a second year of growth in apprentice recruitment.
The Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI) has hosted a cross-industry group of experts at an Electric Vehicle Advisory Group meeting to discuss a new professional standard for workshop technicians.
Automotive graduates were among the hardest hit by pay declines in the automotive sector as demand for technicians and logistics workers delivered a salary shift in 2018.
JCT600 has announced that it has joined the UK Automotive 30% Club as part of its “ongoing commitment to attract more women into the automotive industry”.
The IMI has added F&I accredited salespeople to its professional register as part of an Alphera-supported scheme to improve transparency and satisfaction.
Inchcape Retail has announced that ten of its business managers have successfully received The IMI Accreditation for Finance and Insurance standards.
The MFG Group has announced the appointment of Gary Richardson as national account manager UK, as part of its continued global expansion in 2019.
Swansway Group Stafford Land Rover has announced that sales apprentice Molly Taylor has received a perfect 100% score in her final sales apprenticeship exam, and is the “only person to do so”.
The IMI has called for further development in EV skills training, following the Government’s response to the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) Committee's Electric vehicles: driving the transition report.
Lookers has welcomed another 150 apprentices to its programme and launched a brand-new traineeship program.
Jobs within franchised car dealerships emerged as the UK automotive sector’s most lucrative in an average salary survey conducted by InAutomotive.
JCT600 is set to launch its latest hunt for the future stars of the automotive retail sectors after recruiting a total of 40 new apprentices in 2018.
