The Women Automotive Summit has confirmed Peugeot's global chief executive Linda Jackson among its roll-call of high-profile speakers.

Members of the AM team are joining Ben's new fundraising campaign Move4Ben, with a pledge that we will walk, cycle or run 1,000 miles during June.

Vertu Motors' Bristol Street Motors Silverlink Hyundai car dealership has welcomed Neil Bianchi as its new general manager.

Car retail valuations and insight specialist Cazana has rolled-out a rebranded logo and new website as part of its drive towards “global expansion”.

Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles has announced senior role changes with the brand 'poised to begin a new era of electrification and retail focus', it said.

Audi UK has appointed Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles’ Claire English as its new head of fleet.

Perrys Motor Sales has opened a new MG Motor UK dealership in Aylesbury, taking the brand’s network growth to 28th locations in just 12 months.

A pair of former Vines Group colleagues have partnered with GForces to launch a dedicated used electric vehicle (EV) marketing platform called JustGoEV.

Motorpoint has emerged as the UK’s best automotive business for employees in Best Companies’ annual Top 100 Company to Work for in the UK awards rankings.

Lookers will return to “normalised reporting” of its annual financial results after renewing its banking facility and reporting continued strong trading momentum the first four months of 2021.

Marshall Motor Group will develop a new dual-franchise Jaguar Land Rover dealership for Cheltenham and Gloucester after acquiring the franchise from Heritage Automotive.

Motorpoint has handed over a used car to the first person to benefit from Birmingham City Council’s new Clean Air Zone Vehicle Scrappage and Travel Scheme.

TrustFord has embarked on a nationwide tree-planting exercise and donated £10,000 to green community projects in response to a residents’ backlash over tree felling at its newly-acquired Wimbledon Ford dealership.

Motors.co.uk will run a series of adverts across Absolute Radio, Magic Radio, MotherBaby and Car, as part of its multi-million pound ‘Search Less. Live More.’ campaign.

MCS Group has completed the construction of a new Jaguar Land Rover dealership for Guy Salmon, part of the Sytner Group, in Northampton.

Rapidly-expanding used car supermarket group Trade Centre UK is set to follow-up this month’s opening of a new site in Rotherham with the transformation of a former cinema in Walsall.

Macklin Motors hedged its bets with football fans in Scotland’s capital by securing sponsorship deals with rival teams Heart of Midlothian FC and Hibernian FC.

The most recent Auto Trader Market Report (November 2020) which investigates the long-term trends in digital retailing, shows that consumer appetite towards buying​ online is increasing.

Carzam is poised to launch an online used car buying platform as retailers seek solutions to the stock shortage issues that are causing vehicle values to soar.

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BCA has said that it is “confident” of the legality of its operating model and commercial relationship with its self-employed contractors – suggesting the model delivers mutually beneficial flexibility.

A free Automotive Management (AM) webinar is set to offer insight into the issue of service retention in a car retail sector driving to overcome the challenges posed by COVID-19.  

Used car price growth has accelerated significantly, according to Auto Trader,  following the reopening of showrooms last month.

Cinch has attracted £1 billion in new investment to continue its push to online car retail growth alongside the likes of start-up rivals Cazoo and Carzam.

Cazoo has appointed Veronica Sharma as its first group chief people officer, responsible for all leadership, culture, capability and talent management across the group.

Mercedes-Benz has confirmed that it is considering the sale of its London-centric, nine-dealership Mercedes-Benz Retail Group car retail operation in the UK.

The June 2021 Issue of AM magazine is here, free, in digital form, featuring Polestar, Keyloop, Cambria Automobiles, Waylands, Swansway Garages and many, many more automotive retail businesses.

Mercedes-Benz is consulting its retailers on agency model franchise contracts as Volkswagen Group revealed the switch is likely to be completed for its electric vehicle (EV) model sales by the start of 2023.

Vertu Motors has promoted Bill Taylor, general manager of Vertu Honda Sunderland and Vertu Honda Morpeth, to oversee the group’s key sites in the north east of England.