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Customer insight firm JudgeService has expanded its team with the appointment of a new Personal Home Page (PHP) developer and data support administrator.

Fix Auto UK has appointed Mark Hutchins as the new head of its commercial team.

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Imperial Cars has opened the doors at its 17th used car retail site with the completion of a new showroom facility in Birmingham.

Peter Vardy is offering free installation and use of his end-to-end online car retail platform SilverBullet in a bid to make the sector’s businesses more resilient to the impact of COVID-19 coronavirus.

The National Franchised Retailers Association (NFDA) has urged Government to introduce fiscal measures to protect the automotive retail sector from the impact of COVID-19 coronavirus.

Dealers could increase their search visibility thanks to a new update to Google’s free Google My Business service.

As the ‘social distancing’ measures introduced to help limit the spread of COVID-19 coronavirus start to bite, it is inevitable that those vehicle showroom and workshop facilities that remain fully open will experience a reduction in consumer footfall.

Belfast-based Northridge Finance increased its lending by 26% in 2019, to £1.3bn.

Big Motoring World chief executive Peter Waddell and former Cox Automotive president of international operations John Bailey are set to launch Carzam – a new "Amazon-style" online car retail platform.

​The PSA Group has outlined its plan for a series of temporary closures at its European plants in light of the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak.

Car dealers should open negotiations over potential rent arrears now as the COVID-19 coronavrius threatens to harm cashflow in the coming weeks and months.

Ford retailer Hills Automotive has expanded its used car and commercial vehicle operations into a new location with the acquisition of the Savilles Garage car dealership at Mustow Green, Kidderminster.

Vauxhall is offering its new Corsa model on PCP with 0% interest and no deposit.

Vertu Motors has completed the £5 million expansion and refurbishment of its Mercedes-Benz dealership in Reading.

Carsnip has appointed Dan Goodfellow as head of digital, responsible for supporting dealers to get the most from their Carsnip Premium Package.

Toyota Best Retailer in Town Awards - known as the BRITs -

​The 2016 Ford Ka city car has retained its status as Auto Trader’s fastest-selling used car in February as the online marketing platform recorded a speeding-up of stock turn ahead of the key number plate change month of March.

Pendragon has appointed Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE) divisional director and former chief operating officer of Opus Energy, Nikki Flanders, as a non-executive director.

MG Motor UK and Renault are both offering a temporary £500 discount on their electric vehicles (EV), following the reduction of the plug-in car grant (PCIG) in the Chancellor's 2020 Budget.

The Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI) recognised the contribution that both individuals and organisations continue to make in the development of the motor industry, at its annual Recognition Awards on March 11.

​The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and automotive sector analysts have expressed an inability to speculate over the economic impact of coronavirus as businesses grow increasingly “anxious over the duration” of the outbreak’s impact.

An independent used car dealership has been ordered to pay £14,000 after attempting to sell and Audi Q7 SUV having ‘clocked’ the vehicle to remove 30,000 miles from its mileage.

​Car dealers have until next month to forge digital links to the HMRC’s VAT returns systems as the Making Tax Digital (MTD) enters the next phase of its roll-out to UK businesses.

Fine Cars has joined the SsangYong Motor UK dealer network with the opening of a new showroom in Gosport.

Hawkins Motor Group’s St Austell Peugeot operation has been hailed as the French car brand’s top performing UK dealer at its annual Guild of Gold Lion programme awards.

The volume of cars passing through UK remarketing centres looks set to stabilise during March following a “few months of strong growth”, according to NAMA.

​The RAC Dealer Network is on track to meet its target of attracting 170 new car retail business members in 2020 having attracted 105 in the first 10 weeks of the year.

Marshall Leasing managing director Peter Cakebread has received the Freddie Aldous Outstanding Contribution Award by the British Vehicle Rental and Leasing Association (BVRLA).

Automotive retail sector analysts suggested that the limited eligibility of many business benefits announced in Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s Budget 2020 could limit the advantages for the automotive retail sector.