Groupe Renault UK has highlighted the success of Mitchells of Lowestoft, Renault Retail Group in Swansea and Mackie Motors in Brechin at its Dealers of the Year 2020 awards event.
PSA Group and its in-house leasing firm Free2Move Lease has expanded its remarketing deal with Mhaeim to 30,000 vehicles.
TrustFord has appointed 12 trainees from The Prince’s Trust after successfully completing its After Sales Training programme.
Electric vehicles (EV) are the UK’s fastest-selling used cars, according to market data analysed by Cap HPI – taking an average of just 39 days to leave car dealers’ forecourts.
BMW and Daimler have withdrawn their ShareNow car sharing scheme from the UK amid a lack of appetite from consumers.
The Finance and Leasing Association (FLA) has suggested that consumer confidence “should improve” in the automotive retail sector as uncertainty about the UK's economic outlook reduces in 2020.
Hendy Group has opened its new Renault and Dacia showroom in Salisbury in a move which brings the two brands together with its existing Nissan and Toyota outlets.
Nissan has reduced the price of the Leaf by £1,650 across all grades and secured additional supply for 2020.
Euro NCAP handed five star safety ratings to the Ford Puma, MG ZS EV, MG HS, Nissan Juke, VW Golf and Audi Q8 in its final round of crash tests of 2019.
PSA Group and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) have signed a binding “combination agreement” to begin the process of merging to create the world’s fourth largest car manufacturer by volume.
Marshall Motor Holdings has completed the £22.3 million acquisition of eight Volkswagen Group franchised car dealerships from Jardine Motors.
John Highfield has joined Warranty Assist, the sister company of MotorEasy under the Intelligent Motoring group.
Hendy Group’s heavy truck division has become the first UK Iveco dealer to be included in the Top 20 leading service providers in 2019.
Renault dealers have started today to provide a five-year warranty as standard on all its new cars registered from December 18.
TrustFord has become the biggest occupier of Warwickshire’s Meon Vale Business Park after acquiring a further 5.5 acres to expand its Fleet and National Logistics Centre.
Vantage Motor Group has been sold by founder Mark Robinson in a management buyout involving the AM100 operation’s chairman, finance director and operations director.
Douglas Stafford, the 30-year-old mystery shopping company that has counted Ford, Honda, Suzuki and Volkswagen among its clients, will cease trading in January with the loss of 50 jobs.
With economic uncertainty expected to continue into 2020, dealers are being advised to adapt to changing used car buyer attitudes in order to stay ahead.
Car buyers are increasingly searching for ULEZ-compliant cars ahead of the zone’s planned expansion in 2021.
Car sales marketplace Auto Trader is restarting its Squawk new car advertising offensive on Christmas Day and will run it throughout Q1 2020.
The Conservative Party’s overwhelming General Election win means that the UK will leave the EU on January 31, 2020, and enter into a transition phase. That much we know.
JCT600 Vauxhall Bradford dealership manager James Tordoff is half of a two-man team which is taking part in the 3,000 nautical mile Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge – known as the world’s toughest rowing race.
Mitsubishi Motors in the UK has awarded Park’s Motor Group technician Alan Williamson as its Master Technician of the Year 2019.
Car salesman Christopher Michael was caught after he pinched £2,200 from the Cardiff Ford dealership where he worked.
A trader who handled stolen luxury cars and keys pinched from Jaguar Land Rover's plant in Solihull has been ordered to repay £1.3 million in proceeds of crime or face an extra 10 years in jail.
The first Ben Ball at its new home, the iconic Roundhouse in Camden, London, attracted hundreds of people from the automotive sector and raised more than £87,000 for the motor industry charity Ben.
UK Bentley apprentice Lewis Clarke has been to Germany to collect an award recognising him as an elite among Volkswagen Group's 19,000 apprentices globally.
Seat UK's Craig Cavanagh has moved from his sales operations manager role to become its head of fleet.
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JCT600 has received planning permission for a new two-storey Ferrari retail centre to replace its existing Brooklands supercar dealership in Leeds.
