Motorpoint chief executive Mark Carpenter has vowed to give-up his own income from the used car supermarket business in order to top-up the wages of ‘furloughed’ staff during the COVID-19 coronavirus lockdown.
Mitchell Group owner and AM Awards 2020’s Business Leader of the Year, Mark Mitchell, has given a temporary home to contagious diseases specialists who travelled from Africa to aid the UK’s fight against coronavirus.
Car retail staff will be among the UK employees whose commission-led monthly salaries will be detrimental to their income as “furloughed workers” as part of the Government’s Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme.
FCA Group UK managing director Arnaud Leclerc is set to assume the position of head of Alfa Romeo, for Europe, Middle East and Africa alongside his existing role.
Coronavirus-prompted car dealership closures resulting from Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s lock-down of non-essential retail businesses will see ‘80% of car dealership employees’ placed on Government salary support.
MHA MacIntyre Hudson is set to host a free webinar to offer guidance and support to car retailers who are battling to make their businesses resilient during the COVID-19 coronavirus lock-down period.
Government will only reimburse up to 80% of the monthly wage of car dealership employees if their jobs have been put “at risk” by the current COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak.
Autorola UK has been named as Employer of the Year and apprentice Billy Lloyd took the Apprentice of the Year Award at the Maxim Business Training Awards.
Independent leasing company UK Carline has appointed former Vertu Motors general manager Paul Lowdon as its new commercial director.
MFG has launched a new range of training programmes in partnership with digital specialist Brainstorm that can be delivered remotely.
Customer insight firm JudgeService has expanded its team with the appointment of a new Personal Home Page (PHP) developer and data support administrator.
Fix Auto UK has appointed Mark Hutchins as the new head of its commercial team.
Carsnip has appointed Dan Goodfellow as head of digital, responsible for supporting dealers to get the most from their Carsnip Premium Package.
Pendragon has appointed Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE) divisional director and former chief operating officer of Opus Energy, Nikki Flanders, as a non-executive director.
Marshall Leasing managing director Peter Cakebread has received the Freddie Aldous Outstanding Contribution Award by the British Vehicle Rental and Leasing Association (BVRLA).
Lookers’ chief operating officer Cameron Wade has resigned his post with immediate effect as share prices at the AM100 car retail group declined to a record low.
BCA is offering the next generation of used car remarketing talent a grounding in the sector through its in-house Graduate Development Programme.
Mann Island Finance has promoted Andy Muir to the role of head of sales, as current incumbent Paul Power retires from the business.
PSA Group’s UK managing director and senior vice-president Alison Jones has been named as the latest winner of Cox Automotive’s Barbara Cox Woman of the Year Award.
Vauxhall retailer Drive Motor Retail Group has appointed James Godley as its new group aftersales director.
James Stuart, an apprentice at Bristol Street Motors Ford Wigan, has been named as 2nd Year Apprentice of the Year by Ford.
Hyundai Motor UK has appointed Andrew Tracey as its new sales director and James Snowden as product and planning director as it embarks on a year of multiple product launches in 2020.
Spanish performance car brand Cupra has named its current Seat executive vice-president for sales and marketing and Cupra chief executive Wayne Griffiths as chairman of the board.
Vertu Motors celebrated the achievements of its top performing employees at the company’s CEO Awards, recognising the “depth of talent” within the AM100 car retail group.
The former owner of Bolton’s IGW car dealership group has won a £310,000 VAT battle with the HMRC from his jail cell while serving a life sentence for the 2011 murder of his wife.
