Martin Boagey is Bristol Street Motor’s new general manager for its Sunderland Vauxhall dealership.
Carter & Carter has adjusted its estimates for annual profits after poor take up with its Government-backed Train to Gain scheme.
Mazda will offer three petrol engines with its Mazda2 supermini when it goes on sale in the UK on September 8.
BEN, the automotive charity, wants support from dealers to help celebrate its birthday celebrations with its ‘National BEN Week’ campaign.
Sytner Group has bought two Audi dealerships to raise its representation with the manufacturer to ten, giving it the same number as Inchcape Retail in the UK.
The London Group, with a Lotus outlet in Park Lane, is the first dealer appointed by Lifestyle Automotive to sell French PGO Automobile sports cars in the UK.
The British Standards Institute has launched a media campaign aimed at increasing consumer awareness of its Kitemark for garage services scheme, which it hopes will boost its appeal.
Dealers can now offer customers the option of paying for their car’s servicing in monthly direct debit instalments.
Nanjing Automobile is planning to develop a Healey sports car following its acquisition of rights to use the brand name.
The AA has merged with Saga, the insurance and service provider for the over-50s.
But seriously, the British summer is absolute bobbins I tell you. Even Kia’s new C’eed advert is set in a downpour. It’s instantly recognisable that the people in the advert are driving in the UK.
Today Fiat Auto (UK) Limited has changed its name to Fiat Group Automobiles UK Ltd.
Vertu Motors has acquired four Honda car dealerships and one Honda motorcycle dealership in the East Midlands, through the purchase of the entire share capital of Grantham Motor Company Limited for £4.6m in cash.
Volkswagen has revealed the first official images of its Tiguan, which will go on sale in the UK in February.
Ford Retail, the car sales division of Ford Motor Company, has sold its dealership site in Dagenham, Essex, to London Thames Gateway Development Corporation for £6.4 million.
Euro NCAP has appointed Michiel van Ratingen as its next secretary general.
Pendragon is predicting a £20m hit on its profitability this year, and a further £10m hit in 2008. It blames a downturn in consumer spending and over-supply in the new car market.
Major delays in registration for VAT are causing many businesses significant cashflow problems.
Employers and their staff could be leaving themselves open to fines from the Revenue & Customs for failing to report non-cash incentive and award schemes.
Government changes to holiday entitlement could put huge pressure on motor trade businesses in the run-up to Christmas.
UK companies employing workers through overseas agencies need to be aware that they are responsible for their employees’ PAYE contributions.
Fiat is in the middle of its UK journey to 100,000 sales a year, according to Fiat Auto UK managing director Giulio Salomone.
Volvo is introducing a Sport R-Design specification for its Volvo C30, S40 and V50 models.
Charles Davis has joined BEN as director of fundraising and communications.
Marcus Reynolds, sales manager for Perry's in Milton Keynes has been named as the winner of a Sony Playstation 3 given away at AM’s Autoretailing 2007.
New materials, an ever-increasing mass of wiring and technology and wilder designs with lots of glass present all sorts of challenges for garages to contend with. Even 10 years ago most small cars would be fairly basic by today’s standards; no air conditioning in most, and fairly common repair methods all round.
On the back of its best-ever first-quarter sales, Seat is bullishly predicting doubling its new car market share from 1.5% to 3% within a few years.
Camden Motors has a strategy for sustainable growth across its businesses.
Since launching lotsof.net one year ago some 380 franchised dealers have signed up to the website, which provides leasing companies with a search and buy facility to find the most competitive deals.
Inchcape’s results for the first six months of the year, ending June 30, are in line with its expectations.
