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Car Dealer News 22 SepCar dealers don face masks under Prime Minister’s new COVID-19 restrictions
Car retailers across the UK will be donning face masks after Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced more stringent measures to keep the COVID-19 infection rate in check this lunch time.
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Market Insight 22 SepFLA calls on Government not to ‘prematurely end’ COVID-19 finance support
The Finance and Leasing Association (FLA) has urged Government to not ‘prematurely end’ its COVID-19 finance support for UK business in a co-signed letter to Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak.
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Market Insight 21 Sep
Automotive sector’s COVID-19 recovery UK's fastest in August
The UK’s automotive sector registered the fastest output growth of all sectors in August as it showed signs of strong recovery from the nation’s full COVID-19 lockdown earlier this year.
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Car Dealer News 18 SepJust 35% of franchised car dealerships fully staffed for September, NFDA finds
Just 35% of franchised car retailers have returned all their employees to into their dealership businesses in time for the crucial September 70-plate sales period, according to the NFDA.
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Market Insight 17 Sep
HMRC clarifies CJRS furlough scheme ‘usual hours’ calculation
The HMRC has updated its guidance on how to perform usual hours calculations where employees come off furlough partway through a claim period.
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News 17 SepMotorpoint travels 86,000 miles in five months of used car home deliveries
Motorpoint has said that its logistics staff have driven 86,000 miles to facilitate used car home deliveries since it launched the service during COVID-19 lockdown.
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Market Insight 17 SepHigh Court backs FCA’s COVID-19 business interruption insurance claim case
Insurers will have to pay out claims on business interruption insurance policies amounting to hundreds of millions of pounds after a High Court ruling this week.
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Opinion 11 SepCash is king: why now's the time for a property tax review, guest opinion
As the post COVID-19 lockdown period places ever more demand on automotive retail businesses being lean and efficient, Alun Oliver, managing director of E³ Consulting, explains why now might be the time for a thorough property tax review.
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Supplier News 11 SepManheim re-opens auctions for COVID-19 secure used car viewings
Manheim has confirmed that its auction sites will re-open for COVID-secure used car viewings from Monday (September 14).
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Market Insight 8 SepCar dealers recovered half Q2 COVID-19 lockdown losses in July, says ASE
The average UK car retailer recovered more than half of the losses suffered during a Q2 trading period devastated by the COVID-19 coronavirus lockdown, according to ASE Global.
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Market Insight 8 SepCar buyers aren’t stressing over Brexit, according to Buyacar
Almost half of all car buyers expect new car prices to rise when Britain’s transition out of the EU is complete, but many still intend to buy one according to research from Buyacar.
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Market Insight 7 SepCar finance market growth returned in July but recovery 'remains in doubt'
The new and used car finance markets returned to growth in July as showrooms across the UK re-opened their doors following the COVID-19 lockdown period, the Finance and Leasing Association (FLA) has confirmed.
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Car Dealer News 7 SepCar manufacturers’ COVID-19 response rated in Summer 2020 NFDA Dealer Attitude Survey
Car retailers flocked to respond to the National Franchised Dealers Association’s (NFDA) bi-annual dealer attitude survey in larger numbers than ever before following the COVID-19 lockdown.
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Car Dealer News 2 SepCambria embarks on 'significant reduction' in workforce following COVID-19
Cambria Automobiles is embarking on series of cost-cutting measures which will include a "significant reduction" in employee headcount due to the impact of COVID-19 lockdown.
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Used Cars 28 AugShoreham welcomes back traders to socially-distanced car auction halls
Shoreham Vehicle Auctions (SVA) has welcomed physical buyers back to socially-distanced auction halls after preparing its locations to limit COVID-19 transmission.
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Digital Marketing 27 AugMotorpoint TV adverts highlight online car sales and home delivery
Motorpoint will highlight its online retail and home delivery car buying process in a new ‘Your Car, Your Way’ TV advertising campaign.
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Car Dealer News 27 AugPerth Land Rover dealership closed after staff tested positive for COVID-19
Staff at John Clark Motor Group’s Pentland Land Rover dealership in Perth have been ordered to self-isolate and a deep clean of the premises carried out after three team members tested positive for COVID-19.
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Market Insight 27 AugEurope’s July car registrations spark ‘V-shaped’ COVID recovery hopes
Growing demand for green cars across Europe has been highlighted in July registrations data that prompted renewed hope for a ‘V-shaped’ COVID-19 recovery in the region.
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Market Insight 27 AugNo room for ‘no deal’ Brexit to stifle UK car manufacturing, says SMMT
The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) has warned that the car manufacturing sector must not endure the “further shock of a ‘no deal’ Brexit” as it fights back from COVID-19 lockdown.
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Used Cars 26 AugUsed car values ‘unseasonably strong’ in August, reports Cap HPI
Used car values showed little sign of an impending “market correction” as prices rose by an average of 0.2% across the sector during August, Cap HPI has reported.
