Car supermarket group Available Car is aiming for further growth after turnover reached £120m in 2012.
Is a vehicle’s retail asking price influenced by geographical differences or its location in the UK?
What should dealers be doing if the plate change sales failed to live up to expectations?
How hard should dealers try to remind customers of an imminent service being due? How often and what point is most effective at generating service bookings?
North-West based Swansway Garages has seen a 68% increase in profits before tax for the first quarter of 2013.
The latest European Commission (EC) frequently asked questions (FAQs) on block exemption have uncovered the potential for manufacturers to lock customers in to franchised dealers for servicing if they have bought a car through a PCP (personal contract plan).
A dealer group specialising in Vauxhall has begun to diversify through acquisitions.
Pendragon, the UK's largest franchised dealer group, expects to complete a refinancing of its debt next week.
Ridgeway Group has used social media across its business for more than three years and has discovered a way to use it positively.
The automotive retail market has changed dramatically and dealers should make sure their marketing mix reflects how consumers are interacting with their brand.
Dealer new car loans 42% up.
Pentagon Group has completed its acquisition of Peugeot in Keighley, West Yorkshire from The Co-operative Motor Group for an undisclosed sum.
Dealers achieved 30,000 more private new car registrations year-on-year in Q1
New auditors have been appointed for the AM Awards. BDO has taken over from MSX International which fulfilled the role for five years.
Euro Car Parts, the UK car and van parts distributor, has agreed to merge with Netherlands-based Sator Holding following a £176 million deal.
New analysis from Experian, the global information services company, has revealed that of all the new and used cars bought through a motor finance deal during 2012, 54% cent changed registered keeper before the term was due to end.
Mazda UK is planning for growth from a base of 26,200 sales in 2012 and has set bold sales objectives on the back of introducing cars to new segments and entering new sales channels.
Cutting edge technology is being offered to dealers to put them ahead of the battle to win a greater slice of aftersales and accident repair business.
In an interactive workshop session SEO (search engine optimisation) expert Berian Reed shared some insight into how dealers’ and manufacturers’ marketing teams can ensure they maximise their web presence.
Reluctant consumers doing their research try to go to a place which is as pleasurable as possible so they can get as much from it as quickly as possible.
Digital is at the forefront of everything Kia is doing with its marketing globally and in the UK.
Vauxhall is partnering with digital specialist GForces to offer ‘an overhauled online presence’ to its entire UK retailer network.
British Car Auctions (BCA) has announced the acquisition of NKL Automotive Ltd, the Yorkshire-based vehicle logistics and storage specialist, for an undisclosed sum. NKL will become part of BCA Logistics.
Auction group Aston Barclay has secured a solus deal to handle the disposal and remarketing requirements of Chapelhouse Motor Group.
Nigel Fletcher is joining Manheim as group development director.
UK franchised dealers may face further competition from a campaign by the RMI's Independent Garage Association to raise awareness of its members.
Hyundai Motor Company has strengthened its commitment to a cleaner, low-carbon future by joining the London Hydrogen Partnership (LHP).
Ford has announced a £24 million investment, half of which is Welsh Government funds, in its Bridgend engine assembly plant.
Subaru expects the fourth-generation Forester to become its most popular model when it goes on sale next month.
The price of fuel remains by far the most pressing concern for motorists according to new research by vehicle remarketing company BCA.
