Aston Barclay has seen a senior team reshuffle as Adrian Dunbar moves to the newly created role of group governance manager.
Volkswagen Financial Services UK (VWFS) will take over Aston Barclay’s Donington Park Mega Centre auction facility for a series of ‘Centre-For-A-Day’ sales before the end of the year.
Aston Barclay sold 76 of 150 Mercedes-Benz cars offered in two auction events which marked the official launch of its new Virtual Auction app.
Aston Barclay is celebrating winning a bronze award for its mobile marketing strategy at the UK Digital Experience Awards 2018.
Vantage Motor Group will remarket 6,000 used cars through auction houses in Donington Park, Prees Heath and a planned Wakefield ‘Mega Centre’ as part of a new solus remarketing deal with Aston Barclay.
Aston Barclay’s plan to “revolutionise the UK remarketing sector” could move a step closer to realisation with the creation of a new 70,000sq-ft car auction Mega Centre in Wakefield.
Aston Barclay has launched a new Virtual Auction platform which allows used vehicles to be sold from any location through an online auction.
Group 1 Automotive has signed a 5,000 unit deal with Aston Barclay to remarket its vehicles across the South East and East Anglia.
Aston Barclay has seen used car purchases completed via its Buyer App hit the £5m mark just eight months after the smartphone buying platform’s launch.
Dealer part exchanges saw a “healthy rise in prices” on the back of strong consumer demand and restricted supplies of older used cars caused by industry scrappage deals, according to Aston Barclay.
Aston Barclay’s SAS training partner company Break-Point has taken the remarketing firm’s marketing efforts to the ‘top of the world’ by planting a branded flag at the North Pole.
Prees Heath announces 6.5 acre expansion following a three-year remarketing contract from Santander Consumer Finance
Aston Barclay has unveiled plans to expand its Westbury auction facility with the creation of a second hall after Wessex Garages and MotoNovo became new vendor customers at the site.
Aston Barclay has confirmed a £1 million investment into its Chelmsford auction site to increase its capacity and to install a twin turntable inspection bay.
Aston Barclay has reported that sales of diesel-powered ex-fleet cars have reached a two-year high value at its UK auction sites – indicating the fuel still holds appeal to traders and consumers.
CarGiant and Aston Barclay have entered into a two-year remarketing contract which will see the independent auction specialist sell over 24,000 of the car supermarket group’s unwanted part-exchange vehicles.
Santander Consumer Finance will make its debut at Aston Barclay’s Prees Heath fleet sale after adopting a second remarketing provider for the first time in a decade.
Aston Barclay has credited the success of its new Buyer App with soaring online traffic from mobile devices.
Aston Barclay has made itself EV-ready with the installation of twin electric vehicle chargers across its network.
Two teams from Aston Barclay will get their teeth into an epic Alpine road trip in a brace of 13-year-old Nissan X-trails taking inspiration from roar-away movie success Jurassic Park.