Car retailers must rethink their customer propositions to offer greater financial security to cash-strapped customers, according to RAC Dealer Network.
Verex Group has appointed ex-Volvo manager Tony Grice as a senior key account manager.
JBR Capital has marked a record month-long period since its establishment in 2015, lending £27m to customers.
Police are pursuing a pair of teenager joyriders who caused £9,000 of damage when they took a Mercedes-Benz for an illegal joyride around a Sytner dealership forecourt.
Subaru delivered a shock by surging to a second-placed ranking in Dealer Auction’s Retail Margin Monitor.
CitNOW has continued a drive to broaden the reach of its automotive retail software platforms with the acquisition of workflow management specialist Real Time Communications (RTC).
Former ASE chief commercial officer Mike Fazal has left the automotive retail advisory business to go “all-in” with his car subscription business Karzoom.
US-based Lithia Motors is said to have been identified as the “large international corporate” which launched a £460 million takeover bid of Pendragon.
Car retail businesses have been told to focus on gross profit and cutting expenditure as a period of ‘stagflation’ is ushered in by sustained inflation and rising unemployment.
Humphries & Parks has become the latest former Mitsubishi Motors in the UK car retailer to join the Mitsubishi Motors UK franchised car retail network.
NextGear Capital has appointed Chris Stakes as commercial director and Victoria Gardner as director of NextGear Development.
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Holidays in the sun are being prioritised above car purchases ahead of a tough winter which is expected to see the UK slide into recession amid ongoing inflation, Cap HPI's Derren Martin has suggested.
Mercedes-Benz registered the most significant increase in ad awareness, in July, of all car makers, according to data from YouGov BrandIndex.
A shortage of used electric vehicles (EVs) could push prices so high that a new vehicle makes more financial sense to buyers, warns Indicata.
The criteria valued by consumers looking to purchase a new vehicle is changing, now they’re asking how the vehicle can improve their experience for commutes.
The Taxi Centre, part of Vertu Motors, has agreed a new partnership with London Electric Vehicle Company (LEVC) to sell its electric-powered black cabs.
AM columnist professor Jim Saker highlights a challenge for many looking at motor retail careers if that they don't see themselves reflected in the people employed already.
Agustín Martín, president and managing director of Toyota GB, has become a patron of the Automotive 30% Club.
Used car dealership in Plymouth, Turners of Roborough, is facing a demolition and rebuild to allow for major road improvements in the city.
The new MG4 from MG Motor UK will arrive in showroooms this autumn, priced from £25,995.
Dealerships have been warned against unduly increasing their workshop labour rate as electric cars and vans become commonplace or risk losing major customers.
VW Group specialist Pulman is the shirt sponsor for both women’s and men’s teams for South Shields FC.
Riverside Volvo Doncaster is celebrating 40 years in business by hosting a series of special events.
Ennis & Co, the global automotive and mobility executive search specialists, has appointed Natalie Stacey as its new managing director.
Volvo Car UK has announced a partnership with Fearne Cotton, broadcaster and founder of the multi-faceted wellbeing brand, Happy Place.
Lookers has appointed John-Paul Jones as its new head of talent acquisition.
Motor finance firms need to respond to consumer pressures. OEMs look to reduce tactical marketing spend, but need to support their new car sales networks in retaining customers.
The Department for Transport (DfT) is considering legal changes that might help to speed the adoption of larger electric vans
Waylands is opening its first multi-marque dedicated electric vehicle sales centre, Waylands E, at Newbury in Berkshire.
