Leading accident management company, Easi-Drive, has been appointed by Essex-based BMW and MINI dealer Fairfield, to provide a comprehensive accident management service for its customers.
Vertu Motors has expanded into Bristol with its acquisition of the Williams Automobile site in Avon Meads.
Motoring journalist Quentin Willson and the RAC will today call for the Government to suspend VAT on electric cars to stimulate consumer demand and encourage investment in the UK’s green automotive industry.
Vauxhall dealers have opened the order books for the Astra GTC 3-door, which arrives in showrooms near the end of this year.
Philips Automotive Lighting has signed up Hella UK as a distributor of Philips products across the UK vehicle aftermarket.
Alfa Romeo has joined forces with Dragons’ Den star Peter Jones CBE, to support his charitable foundation and his personal mission to ignite entrepreneurship among Britain’s young people.
Hyundai Motor Company has secured one of the world’s most iconic advertising spaces in London’s Piccadilly Circus.
Barely 3,000 fewer cars were registered in May than in the same month last year, in a positive sign that the new car market may be reaching a turning point.
New car registrations in Scotland in May totalled 13,115 units.
Benfield Motor Group has unveiled a new brand positioning which coincides with its biggest ever TV and marketing campaign.
Mini is continuing its range expansion with the launch of Mini Coupe.
Suzuki has signed up a new dealer in the North of Scotland who opened for business in Aberdeenshire at the beginning of June.
AM100 dealer group Lifestyle Europe marked its 10th birthday last month.
Automotive industry charity BEN has appointed Peter Cottle has its head of business development.
Harratts Group has received planning to build a £3 million Honda showroom and headquarters in Wakefield.
Caffyns saw its revenues rise by 6.4% to £201.5 million and its adjusted profit before tax increase by 68% to £1.44m for its preliminary results for the year ended March 31, 2011.
A franchised dealer whose business was targeted by thieves has hit out after the Crown Prosecution Service refused to prosecute.
Vertu Motors Group has injected £2 million into a new used car assessment and preparation centre in Darlington which is now operational.
Volvo Cars East London (VCEL) in Chigwell has undergone a £250,000 refurbishment and process overhaul culminating in the renaming of the business and the launch of a new website.
Ford will launch a new accident management programme in July to help steer customers towards its own accident repair centres.
Jardine Motors Group has acquired three Toyota dealerships in Ipswich, Colchester and Frinton-on-Sea and a Lexus dealership in Ipswich from Thorndale Investments for an undisclosed sum.
The tail-off in showroom property demand experienced over the last quarter of 2010 has continued into the first quarter of 2011.
In line with the Government’s drive to improve customer service through professional standards, the Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI) has opened its professional register for applications.
Mazda is launching a new ‘Business Line’ model of its Mazda6 in an attempt to broaden its appeal to the corporate market.
Nissan is now offering a three year servicing plan for £499 including three years RAC cover for the 2011 model year GT-R if the supercar is bought on a personal contract plan (PCP).
Skoda has created a Fabia vRS 2000 roadster concept to display at this year’s GTI-Treffen in Reifnitz Austria for the annual Volkswagen Group tuning meet.
Vauxhall has added three new factory-built derivatives to its Movano range with the addition of a 17-seater minibus and six and nine-seater Combis.
Honda UK is backing a series of 'Saturday Night at the Drive-In' events at its dealerships this summer.
Liberty Electric Cars has been able to secure the entire engineering team formerly employed at Modec – the Coventry based electric commercial vehicle manufacturer which entered administration in March of this year.
Simon Hetherington, currently Kia Motors (UK)’s marketing director, has been appointed to the newly created role of dealer development director and will take up the new position at the start of July.
