A pyramid bonus play plan and spending time with your technicians are two of 20 ideas that some of the most successful dealerships in the USA have implemented.
Dealership bosses need to work harder to diversify their workforce and make their business female friendly, says IMI CEO Steve Nash.
Learning and development agency RTS Group is driving up its headcount and taking on four new staff members.
Schools, students and employers need to forge new relationships if dealers are to recruit the high calibre apprentices they need.
CarShop is committing £60,000 to improve the health, wellbeing and morale of its workforce as part of its reinvigorated 'people strategy'.
Marriott Motor Group has been working with the ICanBeA campaign to promote the importance of attracting young people to work within the automotive industry.
Arnold Clark is offering 250 new apprentices the opportunity to join the dealer group this summer.
Peugeot aims to have an apprentice in every dealership by the end of 2016 as part of the PSA Academy scheme which currently supports over 300 apprentices.
The new National Living Wage will not lead to a boost in productivity, according to 50% of bosses.
Uncertainty over access to funding could jeopardise government targets of delivering three million new apprentices to address an automotive industry skills gap over the next four years, according to Thatcham Research.
Former apprentice favourite Ruth Whiteley is aiming to eradicate “tired salesmanship” in UK dealerships as part of a husband-wife training team with her husband.
It is indicative of the steps to which dealers have to go to fill vacancies that Spire Automotive advertised in The Caterer when it needed a reception host.
An inquiry has been launched in the Government’s target to create three million apprenticeships by 2020.
Automotive industry employees are “confident in the prospects of their employer” but retailers offer lowest wages and fewer holidays, according to recruiters Copeland Select.
The latest government initiative to boost the number of apprenticeships has been welcomed by the Institute of the Motor Industry.
The RMI has welcomed the Government’s plans for a 0.5% apprenticeship level in April 2017 to raise funds for 3 million apprenticeships by 2020.
The IMI has signed up digital marketing agency Cyber Duck to run a six month consumer campaign about its Professional Register.
West Way Nissan has appointed 14 new apprentices to work across dealerships in the group’s network after embarking on a recruitment drive with Remit.
Mazda has held the first of its new Spirit@Mazda customer focused training programme for its dealer network designed to immerse staff in the brand’s culture.
Sturgess of Leicester apprentice Will Allen won Outstanding Student – Light Vehicle at this year’s IMI Outstanding Achievers Awards ceremony.
Automotive charity BEN is launching a series of new campaigns designed to raise awareness of key health and wellbeing issues in the automotive industry.
Independent garages and parts suppliers feature among the Government’s latest ‘name and shame’ list of employers who’ve failed to pay the national minimum wage.
The Government has been issued a stark warning about the critical skills shortage in the vehicle repair sector.
The Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI) is calling for Government to introduce a legal requirement for UK vehicle repair technicians to be qualified to work.
JCT600 has taken on 23 new apprentices as part of a drive to recruit new talent which will see a total of 100 working across the business by the end of 2015.
