Lookers has appointed former Capital One chief operating officer Victoria Mitchell as a non-executive director and Phil Kenny as its new general counsel and company secretary.
John Highfield has joined Warranty Assist, the sister company of MotorEasy under the Intelligent Motoring group.
JCT600 Vauxhall Bradford dealership manager James Tordoff is half of a two-man team which is taking part in the 3,000 nautical mile Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge – known as the world’s toughest rowing race.
Mitsubishi Motors in the UK has awarded Park’s Motor Group technician Alan Williamson as its Master Technician of the Year 2019.
The first Ben Ball at its new home, the iconic Roundhouse in Camden, London, attracted hundreds of people from the automotive sector and raised more than £87,000 for the motor industry charity Ben.
UK Bentley apprentice Lewis Clarke has been to Germany to collect an award recognising him as an elite among Volkswagen Group's 19,000 apprentices globally.
Seat UK's Craig Cavanagh has moved from his sales operations manager role to become its head of fleet.
More than three quarters (78%) of motor trade businesses located in the North East have revealed that they recruited under-qualified technicians in a bid to plug the sector’s skills shortage.
Drive Motor Retail Group issued a series of ‘Overdrive’ awards to its top performing employees as its celebrated its 2019 successes at its annual black tie gala dinner.
Former Fiat head of brand FCA Group UK Kate McLaren has joined Kia Motor UK as the Korean brand’s new general manager of customer quality.
Brian Small, who retired as JD Sports Fashion's chief finance officer in 2018, has been appointed to Pendragon's board as an independent non-executive director.
Evolution Funding has appointed former Barclays Partner Finance (BPF) national accounts manager Keith Bell as its new sales director as part of a reshuffle of the motor finance provider’s sales team.
Increased economic uncertainty in the run up to the UK’s upcoming General Election has been blamed for a slow-down in recruitment for automotive sector job roles.
Ben is urging automotive sector employees to engage with it about their health and wellbeing after launching its latest 2019 Industry Survey.
Automotive industry leaders were told there is “no silver bullet” to increase female inclusivity in the sector’s key roles as the UK Automotive 30% Club hosted its fourth annual conference.
Pentagon Motor Group has announced the appointment of Sytner Group used car supermarket division head of business Alwyn Harris as a regional director.
Marshall Motor Holdings has appointed Jo Moxon as its new HR director from fellow AM100 retail group Pendragon.
Chorley Group chairman Andrew Turner received his MBE from Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge, at an official presentation event at Buckingham Palace this week.
The Motor Ombudsman has added a new search facility to its Garage Finder to allow owners of electric vehicles (EVs) to more easily find and identify accredited businesses to service and repair their car.
AutoProtect Group has appointed former Aviva managing director Matthew Briggs as its new chief executive after extending its portfolio of services with the acquisition of DealTrak.
Lookers has appointed former HBOS chief information officer Heather Jackson as a non-executive director of the company with effect from today (November 25).
Vertu Motors has recognised 82 of its longest-standing colleagues, who have a combined 2,100 years of service at the automotive retail group.
Group 1 Automotive has parted company with its managing director Darren Guiver after the Spire Automotive founder decided to "take time away from the business”.
Nissan Motor GB has confirmed the appointment of Peter McDonald as its new fleet director three months after he resigned from his post as head of fleet at Seat UK.
An automotive sector social club aiming to give the industry’s female employees an informal place to share ideas, experiences and key contacts is thriving three years after it was founded.
