The Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI) has added a sustainability and diversity focus to its 2023 awards, which have been officially launched this week.
Dealerships need to use the quieter Q4 period to ensure staff are fully prepared to meet an expected Q1 upswing – which could signal a move towards the return of something approaching normality.
Jardine, JCT600, Lookers, Marshall and TrustFord employees have been recognised at the Automotive 30% Club’s annual Inspiring Automotive Women Awards.
Car retail businesses drove record pay rises in 2022 with bonuses and incentives to management soaring by 70% to deliver average remuneration of £407,000, the latest BDO Salary Survey has revealed.
Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI) policy manager Hayley Pells has called for Government to add the automotive sector on the UK’s Shortage Occupation List in an open letter to Secretary of State for Transport.
Almost 700 MoT testers have been disqualified in the last two years (2020/21 and 2021/22), a rise of 49% compared to the previous two years.
Mazda UK has opened a new bespoke training centre that will centralise training for staff from across the Mazda dealer network.
Almost 1.4 million automotive sector jobs in the UK will be eradicated by automation by 2030, according to the findings of a new study.
Motus Commercials has won the Motor Transport ‘Apprenticeship of the Year’ Award 2022.
Decreased immigration, an ageing population and policies driving us to zero emissions vehicles are creating a major skills challenge for the automotive labour market, according to a new report from the Institute of the Motor Industry.
Agustín Martín, president and managing director of Toyota GB, has become a patron of the Automotive 30% Club.
Automotive charity Ben is supporting workers in the automotive industry who are struggling with the cost of living crisis.
Car retail business have been advised to "flex" staff bonuses and salary sacrifice schemes to mitigate against the impact of the cost-of-living crisis as UK inflation continues to soar.
Used car remarketing giant BCA is consulting staff at its Derby, Peterborough and Sandwich facilities ahead of a planned restructure following a review of the “scale and capability” of its UK operations.
A combined 743 years of service from 40 staff has been recognised by the UK's largest used car supermarket group, Motorpoint.
An acceleration in the number of vehicle technicians training to become EV-ready has pushed back the expected shortfall in qualified aftersales staff from 2026 to 2028, the Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI) has said.
A Vertu Motors apprentice has won a week of work experience at the AMG Petronas Formula One team headquarters, in Brackley.
Bacon baps, Bran Flakes and baked treats will all be back on the menu as Ben’s Big Breakfast charity fund-raising event returns for 2022.
Volvo Car UK has doubled the number of contractors within its Temporary Technician Programme (TTP) with Autotech Recruit after the initiative provided over 30,000 hours of workshop support.
Technicians in the ATS Euromaster network of tyre and maintenance centres have undergone IMI accredited training to work on hybrid and electric vehicles (EVs) safely.
The chair of the House of Commons Education Select Committee Robert Halfon MP has visited Bristol Street Motors Harlow Peugeot Service Centre to hear about a £1m investment in the site.
In this Automotive Management guest opinion post Potentuel co-founder Matt Thompson explains why car retail staff will enter the 'trust economy' as part of automotive's rapid evolution.
Ben will visit small and medium-sized automotive businesses across the UK as it takes its health and wellbeing services on a UK roadshow to coincide with national Conversation Week (May 23 to 29).
Automotive has been ranked as the UK's second most attractive sector to work in by respondents to Randstad’s Employer Brand Research survey.
JCT600 apprentices have told the AM News Show how they overcame stigma about the automotive sector to find a new ‘home from home’ in Aston Martin and Mercedes-Benz franchised dealership roles.
