A round up of the latest appointments in the automotive industry.
A law to be introduced later this year mean that automotive management will need to be more careful when it comes to sex, ethnic minority and age discrimination.
The rules for claiming back overpaid income tax and capital gains tax (CGT) is set to change.
Payroll systems must be updated to accommodate the new personal tax allowances due to start on September 7 this year.
Accident Exchange has recruited David Carter, the former group managing director of training firm Carter & Carter.
Inchcape’s new Honda dealership in Romford, Essex, will be a pilot site for the carmaker’s new European corporate identity.
UK inflation rose by 4.4% in July, up 3.8% in June and over twice the Government’s target of 2%.
The Institute of the Motor Industry is looking to appoint a chief operating officer.
In AM's August 8 issue, the article ‘Mercedes-Benz to expand its specialist AMG network’ stated incorrectly that dealers would not employ dedicated AMG specialists. In fact, dealers are required to have trained AMG specialists.
Mini sales are soaring, but that may not stop parent company BMW looking for cost cuts at its Oxford plant.
Lotus Engineering is teaming up with Jaguar and Queen’s University in Belfast to develop a new flex-fuel engine.
Motor finance firms need a new approach to underwriting because the historic “one size fits all” no longer works, professor of automotive management Peter Cooke.
Broughtons has opened its fifth dealership – a Spyker, Koenigsegg and Zagato showroom in Cheltenham.
No economic revival is predicted by experts until 2010 at the earliest.
Kwik-Fit Fleet’s new £10 million national distribution centre has had a specially installed machine to shred the six million tyres removed from company and privately-owned cars and vans.
BMW’s 6-series will now be offered with an optional sport pack on all non-M derivatives.
HM Revenue & Customs has set the deadline of March 31, 2009, for dealers' submissions of claims for overpaid VAT on demonstrators.
Workers at Ford's Southampton assembly plant, which makes the Transit, fear the next model due in 2010 could be built elsewhere.
Peugeot has introduced a standard to identify the greenest cars in its range.
Nissan has appointed Tony Lewis as its new LCV sales and marketing director to push its commercial vehicle operations.
Hyundai has reduced the price of its Gets supermini by £1,610 or 20%, which means the range now starts at £5,995.
The results of a road survey by the RAC gives even more weight to arguments for dealers to get involved in tyre fitting.
Audi’s refreshed A3 Cabriolet range can now be specified with Volkswagen Group’s park assist, the automatic parallel parking system.
Activist wants new management team to run company.
Vertu Motors has maintained double digit growth in like-for-like new retail and used car sales in the first four months of the year ending June 30.
Brian Carte has stepped down as chairman of Caffyns due to health reasons.
Goodyear Dunlop Tyres UK has admitted health and safety breaches which led to a Birmingham employee receiving a broken rib.
IFR Automotive is looking to sign up a network of international dealers to sell its Aspid supercar.
Dealership moves showroom to city centre location.
Tesco is dipping its toe in the new car retail business with a leasing service for its employees.
