Regulations being introduced to govern the selling of general insurance will not limit competition in the marketplace or influence product pricing, says the independent body set up to monitor the industry.
Co-Op Motor Group in Littleover, part of the Ilkeston Consumer Co-Op, has completed a £120,000 refurbishment to its site.
Auctioneers Manheim Europe sold 75% of cars that went under the hammer at their recently refurbished Birmingham premises.
Unipart Demand Chain Management (DCM), the logistics division of the Unipart group, is launching a range of web-based inventory management services.
Motor finance provider Carlyle Finance has created a new post within its senior management team to oversee its southern regional offices.
The Honda Insight has been shortlisted for a design award. The hybrid car is one of six entries in the Design Sense Award, alongside such product innovations as the interlocking brick, the Motorola mobile phone and Eco Works office furniture.
Franchised dealers are staying away from auctions in order to prepare for the plate change, while overall the market is stable for this time of year, says Andrew Shepherd, of Manheim.
Experian's automotive division is offering its trade and manufacturer clients the chance to enhance their websites with a link to AA Car Data Check, allowing used car customers the chance to verify a vehicle's history.
Lookers has restructured its senior management team in order to operate 'more effectively with its strategic car manufacturer partners'.
Polar Motor Group, the joint venture between Ford and Lancaster, has reported record earnings for the first half of 2001.
Research into consumer attitudes towards buying used cars on-line suggests many are reluctant to switch from browsing to buying for fear of 'taking home a lemon'.
Nissan Motor's European sales have fallen by 10% year-on-year and vehicle production in the UK has slumped by 9.3%.
Mitsubishi Motors UK has admitted its franchised dealers will have serviced 'grey' imports stolen and imported to the UK by Japanese criminal gangs.
The latest European Commission report on pan-European new car pricing has been slammed as inaccurate and merely a veiled threat from competition commissioner Mario Monti that the days of Block Exemption as it stands now are numbered.
The AA has agreed to buy all 129 Halfords service centres in the UK from The Boots Company for £5.75m. Each of the sites will be rebranded as AA Service Centres.
Five-year warranty packages will be launched by Kia next week.
Insurance premiums are rising as NHS Trusts increasingly pursue guilty drivers for the cost of treating road accident casualties.
Honda is to use Isuzu diesel engines in a bid to boost European sales. Production of the 1.7-litre diesel engine will start in November at the Polish Isuzu plant.
Vauxhall has appointed Nigel Griggs as aftersales marketing manager.
Drivers in Scotland and Northern Ireland are paying the most for fuel with petrol finally breaking the 80 pence per litre barrier.
James Muir, aged 42, has been appointed as managing director of Mazda Motors UK, the Japanese manufacturer's new wholly-owned subsidiary. The new company takes over full responsibility for Mazda in the UK with effect from 1 August.
Two months from launch, Ecom Auto Auctions has announced that around 200 dealers have signed up to the business-to-business online vehicle auction service.
A new report by the European Commission has found that the price disparity between new car prices in the UK and the rest of Europe remains high.
PSA Peugeot Citroen and media group Vivendi Universal have abandoned their joint venture to equip cars with internet access, the French newspaper Liberation has reported.
A manufacturer liaison team has been created at Pinewood Computer Solutions aimed at increasing co-operation between the two parties.
Vehicle finance specialist Singer & Friedlander has gone into partnership with Matrix, the Stoke-based motor finance broker, to offer S&F dealer customers access to the sub-prime market with a 'one-stop-shop' offering.
Hyundai Car (UK) as appointed a new relationship marketing manager, former Nursing Times marketing manager, Lisa Hender.
Virgin Cars has criticised the SMMT for painting a “false doomsday scenario” on the future of Block Exemption, which, it says “adds nothing intellectually to the debate".
The SMMT is warning against pessimism as figures show a fall in car production in the UK in June.
