Mini has partnered with the Electric Vehicle Experience Centre (EVEC) in Milton Keynes, ahead of the launch of its first fully-electric model.
A lubricant manufacturer’s innovative cardboard packaging solution that has saved an amazing 500 tonnes of plastic will be on display at Automotive Management Live next week.
Demand for used cars at auction has gained momentum in quarter three, with hybrid and electric vehicles (EVs) reaching their highest average prices on record.
The UK Automotive 30% Club, an organisation encouraging motor industry firms to put women in more key leadership positions, has welcomed software firm CDK Global as a new member.
Independent dealer Cartime says sales are off to a fast start at its new Rochdale dealership and it is continuing to recruit new staff members.
The Finance and Leasing Association (FLA) has appointed Stephen Hadrill as its new director general.
Seat's first production electric car, the Mii Electric, is now available to order in dealerships, priced from £19,300.
Retailers need to apply the same multi-channel thinking to communicating with customers as they do themselves when interacting with a High Street retailer or restaurant, according to RAPID RTC, sponsors of Automotive Management Live’s Future Dealership Zone.
An accounts assistant ripped off the Evans Halshaw Ford car dealership she worked for and was only caught after she went on maternity leave.
An aim to make car ownership "more affordable and more enjoyable" has led motoring association MotorEasy to partner with LeasePlan.
New service and repair comparison website AutoAdvisor.co.uk has received the backing of aftermarket supplier Banner Batteries.
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Volkswagen has revealed the all new eighth-generation Golf ahead of its arrival in UK showrooms next year.
Volkswagen and Tesla were among the European new car market’s biggest market share winners as registrations in the region rose by 14% during September, Jato Dynamics has reported.
The National Franchised Dealers Association (NFDA) Consumer Attitude Survey has revealed evidence of consumers increased interest in car dealership visits despite warnings that buyers intention is failing.
Donalds Group has opened the doors of a second MG Motor UK dealership in Stamford just a month after joining the franchise with the opening of a new showroom in Peterborough.
At some stage most of us have had someone in our car sales team who has many years of elapsed experience, but who truthfully has one year’s experience, repeated many times.
Thatcham Research has continued its commitment to improving road safety through the promotion of properly functioning ADAS on vehicles with the launch of a new repair course accredited by the Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI).
We bring you an update from just three of the many suppliers exhibiting at Automotive Management Live 2019 on November 7 at Birmingham NEC: RDS Global, Oracle and Reynolds And Reynolds.
The average dealer staff pay package, excluding management positions, fell by 3% to £40,000, according to the latest figures from the BDO Motor Salary Survey.
Cargiant owner Geoff Warren has spoken of plans to transform the business’s London headquarters into a specialist electric vehicle (EV) centre.
The Institute of the Motor Industry’s (IMI) TechSafe standards for car technicians working with electric vehicles (EV) have been officially endorsed by the Government’s Office for Low Emission Vehicles (OLEV).
Renault’s reigning Small Dealership of the Year has celebrated its 50th anniversary with the French car brand at an official celebration event attended by Groupe Renault UK managing director, Vincent Tourette.
TrustFord succeeded in raising over £160,000 for automotive sector benevolent charity Ben by travelling a combined distance of more than 20,000 miles in just 25 hours during the Breakout for Ben 2019 challenge.
Franchised car retail groups are choosing to exit the UK fleet sector as their leasing divisions attract big offers from banks and car manufacturers amid a squeeze on profits from their core retail operations.
Mercedes-Benz has teamed up with Hertfordshire franchisee L&L Automotive to open the German premium car brand’s latest pop-up store – at The Maltings Shopping Centre.
The Mayor of London Sadiq Khan will give low income and disabled Londoners the chance to swap into a lower emitting new vehicle with the extension of the capital’s £2,000 vehicle scrappage allowance scheme.
Former Perrys Motor Sales general manager David Walker Smith has been awarded £26,752 after successfully claiming unfair dismissal in an employment tribunal concluded in Manchester.
Sandicliffe Motor Group’s Sandicliffe Motor Contracts (SMC) is pulling out of the UK fleet market due to continued pressure on profits and “challenging trading conditions” in the sector.
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