Industry charity Ben expects to return a small surplus in its current financial year after losing £500,000 in the 12 months to March 31, 2007.
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Skoda will unveil its new Fabia estate at the Frankfurt Motor Show next month.
A consortium of investors has acquired Scottish Motor Auctions (SMA) in a multi-million pound deal.
Kia has released a preview image of its Sports Coupe concept car which will be unveiled at the Frankfurt International Motor Show on September 11.
Which?’s latest undercover attack on the motor industry has highlighted under- performing garages around the UK.
For example, when I was searching for my new car a few years ago, I was looking pretty much solely on the fact that the boot could hold a drumkit.
The Funding Corporation, launched by former Capital Bank Motor executives in 2001 to challenge major finance suppliers, has ceased to operate in several sectors and is focusing on sub prime lending.
The number of dealers joining a ‘class action’ for millions of pounds of compound interest on VAT repayments could total 1,500.
Martyn Beever has acquired FR Pulleyn’s Skoda franchise in York.
Sewells' Who Owns Who July 2007 edition, the retail group directory, is available now.
General Motors and A123Systems will co-develop a nanophosphate battery for use in GM’s electric drive E-Flex system.
The Hendy Group has supplied Salisbury City Football Club's manager, Nick Holmes, with a Mazda6.
It's one of those comments which has stuck with me, especially considering the Aygo is a car I've always for some reason been interested to try. And, as I stood outside a the rent-a-car shop in Madeira's capital, Funchal, on holiday last week I was curious as to how brave Toyota had been.
Inchcape half-year results showed a company making rapid progress overseas as a distributor and retailer, as well as outperforming as a retailer in the UK.
Dixon’s collapse was not a surprise, certainly not to those dealers who had already been offered sites a few weeks earlier.
Ford Motor Company began presenting the Jaguar/Land Rover business to six interested investors this week as it looks to secure a buyer for the two brands by the end of September.
Pendragon, Britain’s leading consolidator of auto retailers, has stumbled to a 25% drop in earnings compared with the first half of last year according to figures published on August 7.
After a successful 2006, Brian Collier, managing director of Proton Cars UK, explains to AM editor Stephen Briers how realistic growth expecations, ensuring dealer profitability and growing the sales network are cornerstones of his plans for 2007.
Thatcham has appointed Mike Paterson in the newly created role of business development manager.
Subaru will reveal its Impreza World Rally Car Concept at next month’s Frankfurt International Motor Show (IAA).
XPart is to support BEN’s fund raising efforts through title sponsorship of the charity’s longest running golf competition, the XPart Iliffe Cup.
Transport for London still intends to link the congestion charge to car carbon dioxide emissions.
Matt Khalili has sold his one thousandth Mini at Blue Bell Mini in Crewe.
Carter & Carter expect adjusted profit before tax for the year ended July 31 will be in line with its £15.5 million prediction.
The Retail Motor Industry Federation has come to the defence of the garage trade after Car Parts Direct suggested garages were creating additional work through MoT retests.
P&S Motors, an independent Mercedes-Benz specialist and Retail Motor Industry Federation member, has been banned from using the three-star logo by DaimlerChrysler.
Autodex has acquired three sites from the Whites Group from an undisclosed sum, taking the total number of repair centres owned by the company to 11.
TRW, the automotive parts supplier, has launched a brake disc scratch card loyalty campaign for distributors.
The European Commission is examining an emissions trading system that would see carmakers of high-polluting cars pay money towards those producing greener vehicles.
