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Opinion
Act now to adapt to FCA's motor finance regulation changes, opinion
Many will still need time to fully consider the content of the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) final ruling from its motor review and the impending ban on discretionary commission models, published earlier this week.
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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.
