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Latest News 21 SepSytner BMW parts manager avoids jail over £62,000 refund scam
A Sytner Group BMW parts manager has avoided jail after he admitted defrauding the top AM100 car retail group of £62,000 in a refund scam.
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Latest News 5 Aug‘Seismic’ High Court judgment leaves franchised car dealers vulnerable to 7-day termination
A ‘seismic’ High Court ruling over a landmark case involving RCI Financial Services and Mackie Motors has paved the way for a seven-day termination period for franchised car retailers, it has been claimed.
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Car Dealer News 23 JunBentley Bentayga £142,000 refund case could set ‘significant precedent’
A trial to determine whether to refund a woman who bought a £142,000 Bentley Bentayga luxury SUV only to find it could not tow her caravan could set a “significant precedent” for car retailers.
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Manufacturer 25 MayVolkswagen settles UK dieselgate litigation with £193m settlement
Volkswagen Group has settled a UK dieselgate litigation comprised of over 70,000 claimants with the payment of a £193 million out of court settlement.
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News 19 Apr
Jailed fraudster conned car retailers and customers out of almost £500,000
A fraudster who conned fellow motor traders and car buying customers out of almost £500,000 has been jailed for five years and seven months.
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Latest News 7 Mar
Former Evans Halshaw employee avoids jail over £10,000 DVLA cheques fraud
A former Evans Halshaw employee who diverted 73 DVLA cheques worth over £10,000 into his own bank account has avoided jail in a fraud hearing at York Crown Court.
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Supplier News 7 MarBCA charged £1.1m after Porsche crushed auction car buyer
Used car remarketing giant BCA has been fined £1.1 million and ordered to pay £97,000 after a car buyer was crushed by a Porsche at its Paddock Wood auction site in Kent.
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Latest News 13 Jan
Car buyer threatened to ‘execute’ car dealer over vehicle break-down
A car buyer threatened to “execute” a car dealer in a string of racist and threatening text messages after his Mini Cooper S broke down, leaving him stranded at the roadside on the day he bought it.
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Aftersales 9 DecWorkshop fined £28,000 for safety breaches that led to blaze
A Birmingham workshop has been prosecuted recently for safety failings after two workers used brake cleaning fluid to degrease walls and caused a flash fire.
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Latest News 22 Nov
Thief jailed for five years after repeated raids on JCT600 dealership
A thief who stole more than £40,000 of car parts in repeated raids on a JCT600 dealership in Bradford has been jailed for five years.
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Latest News 18 Oct
Inchcape CEO accused of 'untruths' as High Court JLR dealership case is dismissed
A High Court judge concluded that Inchcape UK CEO James Brearley appeared prepared to “tell untruths” after dismissing a case that a law firm’s negligence prevented him from opening a Jaguar Land Rover dealership in Wolverhampton.
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People News 8 OctInquest of auto executive James Davis told mental health stigma must end
Calls for “unashamed and informed conversations” to cut the stigma of mental illness have followed the tragic suicide of automotive industry executive James Davis.
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News 7 Oct
Car salesman stole £30,000 from employer after family expanded with quadruplets
A used car dealership’s sales manager claimed he stole up to £30,000 from his employer to “make ends meet” after his family expanded with the arrival of quadruplets.
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Latest News 17 SepDealership worker sped through village at 84mph in employer’s car
A car dealership employee has been banned from driving after being caught speeding through a Yorkshire village at 86mph in a new Ford Puma owned by his employer.
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Car Dealer News 23 AugUsed car dealer's stab threat in Range Rover theft
A used car dealer faced threats from the driver during an accompanied test drive before an accomplice dragged him out of the car.
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Car Dealer News 23 AugCar sales manager jailed for flashing female co-worker
A sales manager from Grimsby who made sexual comments to a female junior and exposed himself has been jailed after trying to defend a culture of banter.
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News 19 Aug
Thief stole BMW and Range Rover in two test drives within an hour
A car thief has been jailed after colliding a BMW into a motorcyclist then threatening to “shank” a car salesman as he stole a Range Rover during two test drive incidents in the space of an hour.
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Latest News 17 AugFormer Stoneacre car salesman jailed over racist Priti Patel social media rant
A former Stoneacre Motor Group car salesman whose racist social media rant about Home Secretary Priti Patel went viral has been jailed for 10 weeks.
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Latest News 27 JulCompetency of PwC’s JD Classics audits may be questioned in High Court
The competency of PwC’s audits of classic and racing car dealer JD Classics may be questioned in the High Court as administrators from Alvarez & Marsal sue the accountancy firm for failing to spot fraud.
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Latest News 19 Jul
Vandal slashed 100 tyres in 'revenge attack' on used car dealer’s forecourt
A vandal who slashed 100 tyres on a used car dealer’s forecourt has received a suspended jail sentence after admitting to the planned “revenge attack”.
