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News 4 NovSaxton 4x4 sentenced over vehicle's repeated ‘deliberate mis-selling'
Saxton 4x4 have been fined £27,375 and ordered to pay £37,375 in costs after a Trading Standards investigation uncovered evidence of “deliberate mis-selling” and “very poor business practices”.
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Car Dealer News 23 OctTribunal awards Perrys Motor Sales general manager £26,752
Former Perrys Motor Sales general manager David Walker Smith has been awarded £26,752 after successfully claiming unfair dismissal in an employment tribunal concluded in Manchester.
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Manufacturer 25 SepVolkswagen brands dieselgate market manipulation charges ‘groundless’
Volkswagen Group has branded allegations that chief executive Herbert Deiss and chairman Dieter Poetsch were guilty of market manipulation in connection to the dieselgate scandal as “groundless”.
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News 23 Sep
Used car dealer threatened to ‘break legs’ of complaining customers
A team of fraudulent used car salesman who threatened to break the legs of one complaining customer and told another that it would “strangle” Trading Standards officers have avoided jail.
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Supplier News 20 SepEV charge point pioneer wins £1m BP Chargemaster employment tribunal
An employment tribunal has found that electric vehicle (EV) charge point pioneer Calvey Taylor-Haw missed out on a £1m share option when he was unfairly dismissed by BP Chargemaster.
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Technology 14 AugBP Chargemaster employee claims 'unfair dismissal' amid share option dispute
The founder of vehicle charging company Elektromotive is taking BP Chargemaster to an employment tribunal over an allegation of unfair dismissal and the resultant loss of over £1m in share options.
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People News 22 JulMcGurk Performance Cars MD John McGurk jailed for two months
McGurk Perfomance Cars managing director John McGurk has been jailed for two months following allegations that he had driven a Ferrari F40 supercar dangerously on the A44 near Enstone.
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Digital Marketing 19 Jul
Jailed garage worker to pay £33,500 after customer data theft
An accident repair centre worker who stole customer data from a previous employer has been ordered to pay £33,500 eight months after an Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) led prosecution saw him jailed for six months.
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News 17 Jul
Car dealer ordered to repay £1 after £769,210 fraud conviction
An Independent premium used car dealer convicted of 22 counts of fraud worth £769,210 has been ordered to pay back just £1 under the Proceeds of Crime Act.
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Car Dealer News 26 Jun
Car dealer banned for 11 years for withholding clients' £77,000 payments
The boss of independent dealer Karden (Europe) has been banned from running a company after misappropriating £77,000 of customer’s funds. Andrew John Austin ran the used car dealership in Sevenoaks.
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Car Dealer News 24 May
John Mulholland Motors to pay ‘racially harassed’ customers £2,500
A judge has ordered John Mulholland Motors to pay a couple £2,500 after he found that demands for them to confer in English during the sale of a car had "created a degrading and humiliating environment".
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News 3 MaySupercar retailer Motorhub fined over £50,000 by Trading Standards
Supercar retailer Motorhub has been fined £53,567 by National Trading Standards following a series of second-hand vehicle sales that misled consumers in “reckless” fashion.
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Opinion 18 AprEx-VW boss Winterkorn's charges see dieseIgate scandal rumble on, guest opinion
German prosecutors have charged the Volkswagen Group’s ex-chief executive Martin Winterkorn over his role in the Dieselgate scandal.
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Manufacturer 17 Apr
Former VW boss Martin Winterkorn charged over dieselgate
Former Volkswagen Group chief executive Martin Winterkorn has been charged alongside four other senior managers over his involvement in the company's diesel emissions scandal.
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News 15 AprCar dealer jailed after moving business amid customer's BMW complaints
A car dealer who moved his home and business after receiving complaints from the buyer of a “dangerous and unroadworthy” BMW X5 has been jailed for 12 months.
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People News 5 AprFerrari supercar dealer jailed after using speed camera ‘jamming device’
A Ferrari supercar dealer from Leeds has been jailed for two months after being arrested over the use of a laser jamming device to block speed cameras and avoid speeding fines.
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People News 29 Mar
‘Volvo’s most successful car salesman’ convicted of attack on ex-partner
A car salesman named as ‘Volvo’s most successful’ in 2018 has been convicted of attacking his ex-partner after she confronted him over a text from another woman.
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Car Dealer News 27 Mar
Pendragon overturns £134,000 conviction over ‘misleading’ used car advert
Pendragon has successfully appealed its £134,000 conviction for advertising an ex-rental car as having “one previous owner”.
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Car Dealer News 18 MarRenault Retail Group prosecuted by HSE over 'faulty' vehicle lifts
Renault Retail Group has been fined after health and safety inspectors discovered evidence of serious safety breaches relating to faulty vehicle lifts at its dealerships in Coulsdon and West London.
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News 12 Mar
Car dealer jailed for seven years after abuse of ‘power, trust and responsibility’
An Independent premium car dealer who took cash and part-exchange vehicles from customers before failing to deliver on deals has been jailed for seven years.
