The present statutory minimum entitlement to paid holiday is four weeks, which can include the 8 statutory bank holidays.
Inchcape, the automotive retail group, has donated a transporter full of cars to Uxbridge College Business School.
In 2000, Hatfields was a profitable £100m turnover business at No53 in the AM100. Then Mercedes-Benz decided to restructure its UK network, sacking existing franchised holders and putting the contracts out to tender.
Caterham has added a new 150bhp engine its Seven range.
New legislation concerning low emissions refinish paints introduced this month will result in the biggest shake-up the bodyshop market has ever seen.
Drivers of SUVs are five times less likely to hit a crash barrier than other types of cars, according to the latest figures from the Transport Research Laboratory.
Citroën has expanded its wholly-owned retail network to seven dealerships after this week purchasing a former MG Rover site in Coventry from the Phoenix Venture Holdings administrator.
Bedfordia Motor Holdings has bought a third BMW dealership. It has acquired the £44m turnover Sewell dealership at Bishop’s Stortford, near Stansted airport in Hertfordshire.
The internet opens up limit-less opportunities to attract customers and to reduce dealers’ costs, particularly with use of imagery, according to an AM/eBay round table meeting.
After a string of acquisitions since flotation two years ago, Carter & Carter has set its sights on buying Thatcham, the accident repair research and training organization.
Senior executives from Nanjing Automotive Corporation are to take part in an online Q&A regarding the resumption of production and product plans at Longbridge later this year of MG cars.
The growth of Lexus has been one of the industry’s success stories in recent years.
Skoda has added the Roomster to its collection of Scout models.
Ford is offering a new high specification version of its Fiesta Zetec S to mark the car’s 30th anniversary.
Honda will show off its new sports hybrid concept at the Geneva Motor Show in March.
Chevrolet dealer, PNG of Waltham Cross, has unveiled the new Captiva SUV at its Hertfordshire showroom.
The chairman of Hyundai Motor Company, the South Korean manufacturer, has been sentenced to three years in jail for embezzlement and breach of trust.
Luxury French designer, LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton has won a bidding war for Ford’s Aston Martin brand, according to Autobild, the German car magazine.
Universal Salvage, the vehicle salvage specialist, has received a 200 pence per share offer from an undisclosed bidder, valuing the company at £57 million.
Subaru has added a new limited edition to its Outback range, boasting £1,000 worth of extra equipment.
Two 34-year-old former motor industry managers, both with Toyota connections, have teamed up to buy a Ford dealership in South Wales and plan to build a regional group.
A Somerset farmer has converted his Jaguar XJ6 to run on rotting apple fumes.
Crystal of Grantham has moved its Nissan franchise to a £1.8m purpose-built showroom in the centre of the town.
The Summit Auto Group has purchased three Volvo dealerships at Croydon, Gatwick and Horsham, bringing its network to 12.
Volvo will launch its new V70 in the UK in October.
Seat has designed a special Leon Cupra with pop star Shakira for charity.
Hardie Motor Group, which has three Peugeot sites in Scotland, has opened a specialist used car centre that opens late and makes online sales a priority.
Benfield Motors has opened its first Kia dealership, which is duelled with Škoda in the centre of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and fills an eight-year open point.
Chrysler Group is considering adding corporate sales requirements to its dealer standards as it continues a drive for sales growth.
The RMIF has dismissed speculation published in the last issue of AM (January 12) that it intends to move out of its central London headquarters at Great Portland Street, and adds that it has no plans to close its Rugby NFDA office in Warwickshire, either.
