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​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.

The National Franchised Dealers Association (NFDA) has said that it hopes the Conservative Party’s general election victory “will stimulate the motor retail industry”.

Ben’s Industry Leader Challenge has thrown down the gauntlet to 10 automotive companies including JCT600 and Endeavour Automotive to jointly raise a total of £500,000 for the motor industry charity in 2020.

More than three quarters (78%) of motor trade businesses located in the North East have revealed that they recruited under-qualified technicians in a bid to plug the sector’s skills shortage.

​Arnold Clark has handed a £100,000 donation to the Cash for Kids children’s charity in time for the cause’s gift giving annual Mission Christmas campaign.

​Drive Motor Retail Group issued a series of ‘Overdrive’ awards to its top performing employees as its celebrated its 2019 successes at its annual black tie gala dinner.

New Mitsubishi and Suzuki dealerships are set to open in Cardiff next year after franchisee Jenkins Garages went into administration and closed its sites with the loss of 30 jobs.

Car buyers browsing the heycar classified advertising portal will be able to sell their car completely online as a result of the website’s new partnership with fellow automotive sector start-up Motorway.

​A seasonal downturn in used car values as the holidays failed to impact sales at BCA and strong demand delivered a “strong month for used car activity”.

Car dealers may experience a used car sales performance blip after voters head to the polls for today’s General Election 2019 but the sector is “performing pretty well” in challenging times, according to Cazana.

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