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Opinion
Mitsubishi: ‘Small and beautiful’ maybe, but not in Europe. Guest opinion
After recent dire results for Mitsubishi - notably a £1.3bn loss for the last quarter - the firm has decided to focus on faster growing, more profitable markets.
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Opinion
Government support can 'Kick-Start' car dealers' digital recruitment, opinion
As the motor retail sector emerges nervously from lockdown, dealers are reporting that the shift towards a digitally-led sales model for new and used cars is progressing far more quickly than many might have imagined even just a few months ago.
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Opinion
Is Cazoo’s Imperial Cars acquisition proof pure online retail isn’t viable?
I did consider picking this topic for my blog last week – the acquisition of Imperial Car Supermarkets in the UK by online used car start-up Cazoo last week.
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Opinion
Vertu CEO Robert Forrester: 'Get to work if you can' should be Government stance
The time has come for the Government to give a definitive bit of advice, to codify what the Prime Minister could only splutter when he said: “Instead of ‘stay at home if you can’ – I think we should now say, well, ‘go back to work if you can’.”
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Opinion
Saker: Put the relationship before the process
Professor Jim Saker suggests that some of the changes driven by the pandemic could be turned into a blessing rather than a curse.
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Opinion
Businesses risk creating 'self-inflicted recession', says MotorVise
A long-term recession is both unlikely and unnecessary if businesses ignore the "hard-line approach of financial directors", according to MotorVise Automotive's Fraser Brown.
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Opinion
Could data collaboration be the key to car retail's COVID-19 survival?
Like most retailers, the automotive industry has been heavily impacted by COVID-19.
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Opinion
Will McDonalds InstaVolt charge point partnership drive-thru EV attitudes shift?
McDonalds UK has announced far-reaching plans to install rapid electric vehicle (EV) charging points at drive-thru restaurants around the country.
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Opinion
How to make car retail's post-lockdown marketing comeback, opinion
COVID-19 has not defeated us, we are coming back. My wife is a professional epidemiologist, and an entrepreneur, and her rage at how this process was handled is a topic for another day.
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Opinion
Non-bank finance lenders left 'out in the cold' in COVID-19 crisis, opinion
Hardly a year goes by without the role of regulation in the economy being reconsidered. Even now, in the midst of a national crisis, the debate continues.