Volvo Car UK will focus on school and college leavers in a bid to fill 60 apprenticeship programme spaces as part of an ongoing recruitment drive in 2018.
Close Brothers Motor Finance has appointed Jaco Wilsenach as its chief operating officer to support its “business transformation programme”.
Tributes have been paid to Vertu Motors’ project general manager and “number one Alfista” Dax Pearce following his death earlier this month.
Manheim has appointed former Jaguar Land Rover director Peter Bell to lead the remarketing business through its “next phase of growth and development” as its new managing director.
Sytner Group’s top technicians showcased their speed and skill in the workshop as they took on the car retail group’s Elite Technician Challenge to win a VIP trip to Indy Car’s Detroit Grand Prix.
With less than a month until the gender pay gap (GPG) reporting deadline, less than 15% of eligible organisations have published their results, with some experts predicting that a sizeable proportion will fail to make the early-April cut-off.
Coachworks Consulting has promoted Martin Riddell to account director with immediate effect.
An intrepid team of fund-raisers from Lings Honda set to take on the ‘Only the Brave’ charity obstacle course run in support of the East Anglian Air Ambulance.
Aston Martin has promoted its director of brand strategy Gerhard Fourie to be director of marketing and brand strategy role in a restructure which also sees Kevin Watters become director of communications.
BCA has appointed Greg Taylor as commercial director (corporate) and Matt Bristow as commercial director (OEM) to “strengthen our senior sales team”.
Jardine Motors Group HR director Clare Martin has warned that the issue of automotive skills shortage “will widen” with the increasing demands of technical expertise in dealership workshops.
Former Alan Day apprentice Nick Wells has been awarded with Volkswagen's prestigious Gold Pin after working his way up from 16-year-old new starter to the post of general manager.
Arnold Clark will attempt to use a newly-launched promotional vehicle to attract young automotive talent to fill the company's 300 vacancies for new apprentices.
Vertu Motors has delivered recognition to its “huge amount of talented game changers” at its annual CEO Awards.
New epyx managing director Aditya Varadpande has said that he will “build on the company’s achievements” to drive growth for the motor industry e-commerce specialist.
Two automotive retailers were named in the Government’s latest list to name and shame employers that failed to pay the legal minimum wage.
Effective from April 3, Henrik Wilhelmsmeyer will become director of sales and marketing at Rolls-Royce Motor Cars
The Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) has launched a Motor Finance Specialist apprenticeship.
There have been an increasing number of dealer groups employing former military personnel to take advantage of ‘transferrable skills’.
The team at Stratstone BMW appealed to a customer's love of football to score extra brownie points and lift his spirits after a car accident delayed the handover of his BMW 120.
Following the release of its Gender Pay Gap Report, Auto Trader has pledged its commitment to attracting women to higher paid technology roles.
Dame Judith Hackitt has called the Apprenticeship Levy a ‘lose-lose’ and urged the Government to rethink its strategy, ahead of National Apprenticeship Week.
The Institute of the Motor Industry has presented Citroen’s global chief executive Linda Jackson with the Sue Brownson Award for Outstanding Leadership in Automotive at its annual dinner.
The Kia apprenticeship programme has placed at least one apprentice in 95% of its dealer network, after 13 years of running.
Cap HPI has appointed Jeremy Yea as the new Black Book editor, following recent restructure announcement.
