Bodyshop franchise Fix Auto UK has appointed Mark Hutchins as business development manager.
Vauxhall chairman and managing director Tim Tozer has quit the Luton-based carmaker, which has announced Rory Harvey as his replacement.
CJ Automotive have moved to “sharpen up” its operations at its multi-franchise site in Wales, with the appointment of Adam Parrott.
Peter Watts has left Auto Trader and joined its rival automotive classifieds company Motors.co.uk as director of dealer insight at the Manheim owned firm.
BMW Group UK has taken on 43 new apprentices at its UK Mini and BMW production sites in Oxford, Swindon and Hams Hall near Birmingham.
Close Brothers Motor Finance has expanded its sales team in England with nine new appointments.
Mitsubishi Motors UK has has a record number of apprenticeship requests from the dealer network for training at its headquarters in Cirencester.
Jaguar Land Rover has welcomed nearly 600 new graduates and apprentices to the business this week, the company’s highest intake to date.
Car Care Plan Group has appointed Ben Russell as its sales director, responsible for overseeing the group’s sales activities in Europe, China and Brazil.
Andy Coulthurst is to step down as managing director of Motors.co.uk to be replaced by its commercial director Phill Jones.
Car leasing advertising portal ContractHireandLeasing.com has appointed Craig Moran as manufacturer and dealer relationship manager
James Brearley, managing director of Pendragon’s premium Stratstone division and Chatfield’s Trucks, is leaving at the end of August after 24 years with the company.
Former Jardine Motors Group executive Stuart Coleman has joined John Caney’s Endeavour Automotive car dealer group.
Vantage Motor Group may roll out a network wide sign language workshop to help communicate with customers with hearing problems.
Mark Harrison, finance director at car dealer group Caffyns, has given the firm his notice of retirement.
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles UK has appointed Glenn McCulley as its new national fleet sales manager.
Motor retail group Swansway believes in encouraging and growing young talent and plans to increase its apprentice intake 50%, by 2017.
BMW Group Financial Services has appointed Preston Rogers as general manager of group brands in the UK.
Following three years of business growth which has seen the business double in size since 2011, Hitachi Capital Vehicle Solutions is looking to attract new talent in the coming months.
The Retail Automotive Alliance has appointed Paul Knight as its new chairman and John Matthews as its new business development director.
Favourable market conditions, dealership acquisition and disposal requests have led dealer profitability specialists ASE to expand its Dealermatch team.
Peoples Group has appointed Nicola Gilda as strategy and operations director.
IT software provider Cooper Solutions has made four new appointments to support ongoing growth.
Infiniti has strengthened its fleet team ahead of the launch of the Infiniti Q30 this autumn by recruiting Miles Cooke and Mark Sheedy.
Paragon Automotive has appointed Ian Carlisle as its new group chief executive officer.
