This question crops up many many times and the answer is often not at all clear. In a recent case (James v Redcats (Brands) Ltd), a person set up a business as a courier for a company.
An Oldham trader, Vince Miller, has been required to withdraw 500 mini motors from sale on safety grounds.
JCT600 has boosted its Vauxhall representation in West Yorkshire to three sites after buying an Evans Halshaw dealership at Castleford, near Wakefield, from Pendragon in a £3m deal.
Administrators have been appointed to used car supermarket Cars 4U, based near Cardiff, which collapsed at the end of March, leaving 30 employees redundant and several customers out of pocket.
A Newbury retailer has begun a three-year jail sentence for fiddling car mileages at his £12m turnover independent dealership.
Saab’s Approved Used Car Scheme has been named best in Britain in the Auto Express Used Car Honours 2007 for the additional features on offer compared to other manufacturers.
Automotive logistics group AutoLogic has appointed Roger Putnam, former chairman of Ford Great Britain, and John Davies, previously MD of Lloyds TSB’s Asset Finance Division, as non-executive directors on its board.
Dealers are worried that manufacturers developing alternative engines will not be ready to cope with the rise in customer demand for green technology in the near future.
The Retail Automotive Alliance (RAA) has elected Marc Matthew as its new chairman.
Ford has cut its first quarter losses from $1.4 billion (£703m) to $282 million (£141.4m).
Businesses in the motor industry could win £300,000 as part of a training fund prize at the Edge Awards 2007.
Hodgson Toyota apprentice Michael Derham, has been named as Toyota’s European Apprentice of the Year, less than six months after winning the UK title.
Nissan’s net profits took an 11.1% drop in the year to March, forcing the Japanese manufacturer to extend its ‘2009 value-up’ plans to 2010.
A go-getting firm that encouraged a culture of long hours has been found liable for a road accident in which one of its workers was paralysed.
An Audi concept car unveiled in China points to a Land Rover Freelander rival due in 2010.
Thousands of employees could be jeopardising corporate security by divulging computer passwords to external sources.
Results from sales around the UK.
BMW is offering a five-year/60,000 miles service package for £190 when customers buy a 1-series.
Roelant de Waard, chairman and managing director of Ford of Britain believes the new Mondeo will shed its "Mondeo-man" moniker and tempt customers out of their Passats when it goes on sale in the UK in July.
Lamborghini Birmingham has officially opened its third UK dealership in Fort Dunlop this week, at a special showroom launch event.
Motor dealers unfairly issued with a HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) PAYE filing penalty notice for 2005/06 have until April 23 to appeal, or risk paying the fine.
Trying to unearth the profitability of carmaker-owned retail groups is nigh on impossible. For some, even disclosing turnover is a step too far.
Dealers are being offered direct marketing support from Mini to help promote the new Cooper D.
Windsors Motor Group has added a Nissan franchise to its 2.5 acre site in Wallasey, Wirral, replacing what had been the group’s MG Rover dealership since 1921.
A proposed merger between Automotive Skills and the Institute of the Motor Industry is still under discussion, despite initial hopes for a decision at the end of March.
Some of the top auto industry executives met in London this month to hear JD Power deliver its latest view of the global automotive economy up to 2014.
Nissan has delivered its 100,000 Note in Europe just over a year since its launch.
Land Rover dealerships across the UK will open their doors this weekend (April 28-29) to showcase the latest addition to the Freelander 2 range – the 2.2-litre diesel automatic.
Approved Car Finance (ACF), the Chester-based specialist car dealership, has opened a new branch in Livingston, west of Edinburgh, Scotland.
BMW’s M3 Coupé, the most powerful road-going M3 the marque has ever produced, will be priced at £50,625 on-the-road when it goes on sale in September.
