The RMI has welcomed the Government’s plans for a 0.5% apprenticeship level in April 2017 to raise funds for 3 million apprenticeships by 2020.
BCA Marketplace saw its revenues increase by 20% to £525.8 million, but profits were dulled by its acquisition of SMA Group for £42m this summer.
Driver training on the national curriculum could provide a welcome boost to the economy as well as road safety, campaigners have claimed.
Emissions Analytics is launching its own NOx accreditation initiative to show the emissions of vehicles in real-world driving conditions.
HR Owen has now launched its new Luxury Hire hire division, joining its new classic car sales, insurance and chauffeur businesses.
Infiniti has awarded one of its customers with a test drive in a race-specification Infiniti-branded Formula One car following a test drive marketing campaign.
The Vauxhall Astra has been named as the Scottish Car of the Year, while Mazda also took home a hat-trick of prizes.
BMW customers are now going to be able to choose, spec and buy their car entirely online in under 10 minutes, the manufacturer claims.
Wessex Garages as appointed Claire Andrews as its service manager for its new purpose-built Nissan dealership in Bristol.
Volkswagen has been fined almost £8.7 million and ordered to recall 125,000 cars in South Korea.
Tom Sharpe has joined the editorial team at motor industry publication AM in the newly created role of news & features editor.
Mitsubishi Motors in the UK has created a new department to take charge of residual values, following the growth of the brand.
The FCA is seeking views on whether the level of protection provided to SMEs in its handbook of rules and guidance is “broadly right”.
Rising operational costs and shrinking margins have been blamed for the closure of a car sales, service and parts operation run by Crawley Down Group for 80 years.
Hyundai Motor Company has celebrated reaching the milestone of one million UK car sales since it began importing vehicles to the UK back in 1982.
Caffyns has reported a profit before tax increase of 30% to £1.5 million, with increases across all areas of the business for its half year ended September 30.
How Vertu handles data, the AM100 financial update and how to read your customers' minds in this month's issue of AM - Automotive Magememnt magazine.
Tribute was paid to the “energy and resilience” of the car finance sector when Stephen Sklaroff addressed the FLA’s 12th annual Motor Finance Convention.
Autorola Group is poised to roll out its Business Intelligence platform INDICATA to Volvo’s UK dealer network as part of an effort to drive growth opportunities in the used car operations and maximise residual values.
CarWow is rumoured to be in detailed talks with early Facebook investor Accel Partners to inject over £10 million into the company.
Japanese vehicle manufacturers heavily represent the automotive sector in the latest Thomson Reuters’ Top 100 Global Innovators report.
The SMMT has praised George Osborne’s support of innovation in transport solutions in his Autumn Statement.
Volkswagen is the subject of a tax evasion probe by German prosecutors over 800,000 vehicles with understated CO2 figures.
The Financial Conduct Authority has begun consultation on a raft of changes to PPI complaint handling rules.
Volvo has added a sport R-Design version of its XC90 to the range priced from £49,785.
Motor trade an insurance specialist David Allmark has taken up post as head of operations at GardX Assure Limited.
Used values dropped by 2.6% through November in a predicted seasonal slide, according to data from CAP.
Chancellor George Osborne pledged a further £600 million to boost the update of ULEVs, but there was no mention of the future of the plug-in grant.
Tesla Model S used values have been static for over a year, says CAP.
