Dealers representing volume brands have been found to manage digital leads better than their premium-marque counterparts, in a new study.
Marshall Motor Holdings has opened a new Volkswagen Van Centre commercial vehicles dealership in Lincoln to complete a market territory which includes facilities in Grimsby and Scunthorpe.
New Toyota Yaris set for 2020 release.
Vansdirect win van leasing broker award for fourth year running.
Dealers have an opportunity to educate their customers on tyre safety, after a survey found two in five motorists don’t know what the minimum legal tread depth is and one in 10 didn’t understand what tread depth meant.
Faster load times, better SEO and functioning ecommerce are key to motor retailers’ success online, says first full analysis of UK dealer groups and carmakers
A management restructure at Aston Barclay is designed to support vendor and buyer customers in a turbulent used car market, the auction group says.
Click Dealer has appointed Ollie Moxham as its new chief executive as part of a senior team reshuffle which also sees managing director, Gerry Moxham, assume the role of chief visionary officer.
Lack of long-term incentives and infrastructure development may hold back uptake of electric vehicles in the UK, according to PSA Group's UK head of electric vehicles and connected services, Helen Lees.
Sponsor of the AM Best UK Dealerships To Work For awards, Car Benefit Solutions (CBS) will show how dealer groups can help boost staff retention and attract high calibre candidates with rewarding car benefit provision at Automotive Management Live 2019.
Ford has appointed former dealer zone and marketing manager Neil Wilson as its new director of Ford Fleet for Britain and Ireland.
Keith Brock announced today that he is leaving Wessex Garages after 24 years with the franchised dealer group. Its new managing director is Chris Wiseman.
Unseasonably low September used car stock levels drove “a super-heated wholesale market”, according to the latest Cox Automotive Market Tracker report.
Stoneacre Motor Group is carrying out a £1 million redevelopment of its iconic Mushroom Garage car retail operation in Rotherham as part of a process which will usher out its Honda and Mitsubishi franchises.
Gordon Lamb Chesterfield Land Rover has appointed former Rocar Moores and Sytner employee John Steele as its new head of business.
A third of UK automotive business are already cutting jobs ahead of Brexit and 79.6% have expressed concerns about the split’s effect on their future profitability, according to the findings of an SMMT survey.
The Financial Conduct Authority has considered whether to force car dealers to tell their customers about the way they earn commission from selling motor finance and the amounts they earn.
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has opened a consultation in a bid to ban car retailers’ discretionary finance commission model – saving UK car buyers an estimated £165 million a year.
Used cars are taking longer to sell at some dealerships due to the time spent reconditioning stock.
Sturgess Motor Group has completed the sale of its Volvo Car UK franchise in Leicester to TMS Motor Group after revealing a pre-tax loss of £1.26 million in its 2018 annual financial results.
The Trade Centre Group was among the big winners as car retailer operations scaled the latest Sunday Times Top Track to 250 - rising 66-places to 90th.
Porsche and Boeing have agreed a new partnership that could lead to the development of a flying electric car.
Santander Consumer Finance (SCF) has delivered an end-to-end online loan application solution for car dealers following a nine-month development programme.
The Mercedes-Benz E-Class was the fastest-selling used car in September with the highest average price recorded so far in 2019, according to Indicata.
Swedish electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer Uniti is set to side-step traditional car retailers when it delivers its £15,100 Unity One zero emissions urban hatchback to the first customers in mid-2020.
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The outlook for the used car market following post-Brexit currency fluctuations and likely new car price increases will be the subject of the used car masterclass at Automotive Management Live 2019, led by Glass's head of content and production Anthony Machin.
BEN is urging employers in the automotive sector to focus more resource to ensure the wellbeing of staff after finding that poor mental health could cost £1.2 billion-a-year.
Continued uncertainty over Brexit is holding back the UK’s motor industry from confidently investing in the technologies, business models and expertise it will need tomorrow.
Vertu Motors chief executive Robert Forrester has said that he wishes he could “ban the BBC” among the group’s employees as he bids to block out Brexit negativity to focus on sales process.
