Used car dealer Michael Barry Adams, who traded as Rugby Road Car Sales in Rochdale, was fined £1,250 at Bolton Crown Court for two offences under the Trade Descriptions Act.
The Academy Group has been appointed to the national Good Garage Scheme as part of its drive to increase customer service.
General Motors Aftersales is offering MoT test insurance to owners of older Vauxhall, Saab or Chevrolets in order to get them back into the dealer network.
Research on 240 patients carried out by the Back Pain Research Group at the University of Sydney traced the progress of the patients from their first visit to the doctor through to recovery.
Fiat has developed a new diesel engine which will initially just be used for its new Bravo range.
A delegation of senior executives from Shanghai Automobile Industry Corporation is in the UK this week to discuss Longbridge operations with Nanjing Automobile (NAC).
Martin Jahn has been named the next general director of Volkswagen Group Russia, where he will be responsible for group sales.
The Kia Cee’d made its BCA auction debut on February 1.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) have recently published guidance on how to manage the delivery of Health and Safety in the workplace.
January new car registrations dropped by 2.1% to 162,097 units over 2007 volumes.
The UK's largest dealer group, Pendragon, is the subject of City rumours that link it with a possible bid approach from another organisation.
Land Rover will introduce a new 'HST' derivative to complete its Freelander 2 range in March.
Hyundai is hoping to draw customers into showrooms with a 20% deposit, 0% APR offer on all i30 models until the end of March.
Prestige accident management provider, Accident Exchange, has signed an exclusive contract with online motoring community PistonHeads.com to provide replacement vehicles in the event of a non-fault accident to its members.
Momentum is continuing to increase steadily for the PAS 125 Thatcham/BSI Kitemark for body repair, with 51 bodyshops now having gained accreditation in the year since its launch.
Vauxhall will reveal the concept for its Meriva replacement at the Geneva Motor Show on March 4.
Peugeot has appointed David Peel as its new fleet director and Steve Harris as its fleet operations manager for its Robins & Day retail network.
Consumer Direct the Government agency which now deals with the vast majority of consumer complaints previously taken by Trading Standards, recently reported 41,880 complaints during 2007 in relation to second hand car sales from independent retailers.
The Information Commissioners Office (ICO) established that Talk Talk and Carphone Warehouse had opened accounts in the wrong name and passed inaccurate information to credit reference agencies and debt collection agencies.
A lesbian soldier was harassed by text messages from her sergeant boss in which he suggested he could change her sexuality.
The European Court of Justice (ECT) has recommended that workers on sick leave should still accrue the statutory pay under the Working Time Regulations but should not be able to choose to take annual leave pay.
Employers can only make decisions based on evidence available at any point in time.
Lexus (GB) has appointed Iain McCall as its first national manager for network development.
The first registration fee for new car sales will rise by 10% on April 1 from £50 to £55.
Alfa Romeo has revised its 147 Collezione for 2008.
Renault has recruited cult TV show The Simpsons for its advertising campaign for the new Kangoo.
Ford and Tata are hoping to finalise the sale of the Jaguar and Land Rover brand by the middle of February, according to Roger Maddison, national officer of the Unite union.
From time to time we get involved in ’encouraging’ manufacturers to honour warranties when cars have been sold through independent dealers.
Most, if not all, service/repair clients will be familiar with Autodata the technical data source.
It was recently announced that Asda will be issuing a fine for the misuse of dedicated parking bays at store car parks.
