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Precruitment is continuing to build on its client base by offering targeted aftersales recruitment alongside its original sales staff recruitment service.

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CV questions to industry high flyers.

Speaking at the Frankfurt Motor Show today, Land Rover managing director Phil Popham said the business was in excellent shape with sales continuing to grow and profits “never better”.

Vertu Motors has appointed a new managing director to develop its Motor Nation used car supermarkets.

Bristol Street Motors has relocated its Ford dealership in the west midlands to a new location at Kings Norton.

Gordon Lamb has appointed Tim Pearson as general manager of its Renault and Nissan business in Chesterfield.

South London based Nissan and Fiat dealer group Ancaster has completed a £2 million of redevelopment work on its Bromley Nissan dealership.

Citroën UK has appointed Ian Hughes as its new marketing director.

In 2001, Microsoft was making a big noise about entering the automotive sector after launching its Carview system and spoke about extending its influence into dealerships’ IT systems. Then it all went quiet.

Proton Cars UK managing director Brian Collier has grown more cautious about making bullish sales predictions.

Dealers have been reminded of the importance of questioning their business rates, due to complexities in valuations of their dealerships leading to possible over-ratings.

Autodex has acquired three sites from the Whites Group, bringing the total number of bodyshops owned by the company to 11.

Dealers have until April 2008 to submit new capital allowance claims on any current and past expenditure on acquisitions, new builds or refurbishments.

Northern Ireland reported a 6.28% rise in new car registrations in August to 5,277 units, compared to a drop in England, Scotland and Wales.

Toyota has launched a new parts supply initiative, Same Day Service (SDS), enabling its dealers to order components before midday and get them by 3pm that afternoon.

Copart, which bought Universal Vehicle Services in April, has continued its UK expansion by acquiring Basildon-based Century Salvage Sales and its three sites.

Credit hire firm Helphire is piloting a number of initiatives that will pull it further into claims management.

Renault dealer Gravells is building a new £3m workshop and showroom in Kidwelly, Wales.

Lifestyle Europe aims to open a seven-car Mazda showroom in Horsham next month.

LogicaCMG, the international IT and business services company, has extended its project with Ford Motor Company to provide an emissions management solution throughout the organisation.

The manufacturer-car dealer relationship is stable and largely positive, despite 2007’s variable trading climate, according to the latest Dealer Attitude Survey from the RMI National Franchised Dealers Association (NFDA).

North-west car retailer Halliwell Jones Group has acquired Premier Cars for an undisclosed sum.

HR Owen is close to agreeing a deal to sell its BMW and Mini dealerships in London and south-east England.

Dealers have been criticised by another Which? survey which shows sales executives’ lack of knowledge about the cars they are selling.

Ford has named its apprentices of the year during a ceremony at Henry Ford College.

Lookers pushed aside all the concern that the City has developed about car retailing over the last few weeks, and announced results that were better than analysts were forecasting.

Motorpoint has finished the £100,000 refurbishment of its Newport site in South Wales.

HR Owen has confirmed that it has received an indicative offer for the company from an external party.

Trade-to-trade stock exchange site stockemails.co.uk has introduced a free service aimed at generating sales leads for its subscribed dealers.