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Opinion
Chinese EV brands will 'shake-up' aftersales with independent service partners, opinion
Independent garages and service providers set to challenge the SMR norm as China bolsters the UK electric vehicle (EV) market.
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Opinion
Agile approach needed as new car orders ‘drop off a cliff’, opinion
After the “pressure cooker” of the post-pandemic automotive retail sector, MotoVise managing director Fraser Brown says car dealers need to ensure 2023 is a year of opportunity rather than excuses.
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Opinion
Objectives aren't going to take motor retail forward - Saker's opinion
Regular contributor professor Jim Saker, director of the Centre for Automotive Management at Loughborough University and president of the Institute of the Motor Industry, muses on motor retailers' need to spend as much time on communicating strategy as they do communicating objectives in his test monthly article for AM.
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Opinion
Stability will be key as EV revolution accelerates in 2023, opinion
Much has been made of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s recent pledge to boost the economy, with commentators analysing how his priorities for 2023 will impact various sectors.
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Opinion
Opinion: 2023 will be the year to wake up from electric cars dream
Carmakers' scepticism about the mass adoption of electric vehicles (EV) will grow this year, clashing with lofty political ideals of zero-emission motoring, says carwow consumer editor Hugo Griffiths.
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Opinion
The security of supply - Saker's opinion
Professor Jim Saker ponders the risk to UK car supplies from "the weaponisation of resources" in his latest monthly article for AM.
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Opinion
Skills gap and cost-cutting risk stalling automotive progress in 2023
The UK automotive sector’s skills gap and recession-prompted cost-cutting measures could stall progress in 2023, according to the Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI).
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Opinion
Car retail needs to treat job applicants as it treats its customers, opinion
The car retail sector needs to start treating job applicants as it does its customers in order to connect with its future stars, according to Fraser Brown of automotive consultancy MotorVise.
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Opinion
Interviews with aspiring leaders often leave a ‘sense of dread’, opinion
There has been a lot of talk about leadership over the past few months and if one looks at the management bookshelves even more has been written.
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Opinion
Marginal gains should top car retailers' business agenda in 2023, opinion
Former car retail group leader explains why marginal gains are more important than ever in as the sector heads into a period of reduced demand, poor supply and increased costs.
