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Latest News 22 NovThief 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”.
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Manufacturer 9 JulBMW, Daimler and Volkswagen Group reach £751m emissions cartel settlement
BMW and the Volkswagen Group have been fined €875.2 million (£752.2m) by the European Commission after forming a cartel with Mercedes-Benz owner Daimler to limit the potential of emissions reducing technology.
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Manufacturer 11 JunStellantis follows Renault and VW into French courts over diesel emissions
Stellantis has joined Renault with a summons to court in France to answer allegations over allegations of consumer fraud in connection with the sale of Euro 5 diesel vehicles.
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People News 8 Jun
Car dealer sentenced for failing to keep company accounts
A used car salesman has been ordered to complete 250 hours of unpaid work after claiming ‘ill health’ had prevented him from keeping company records - when he had deliberately disposed of them.
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News 13 MayFive-year sales ban for Doncaster car dealer who mis-sold write-offs
A Doncaster car dealer who sold mis-sold a previously written-off Vauxhall Corsa and misrepresented 33 more cars has been handed and 18-month suspended prison sentence.
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Latest News 7 May
Hartwell service advisor awarded £23,000 in sexual discrimination tribunal
A Hartwell Group service advisor who was excluded from “Pizza Friday” staff meals and later made redundant due to her childcare commitments has been awarded £23,079 in a sexual discrimination tribunal.
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Latest News 1 Apr
Car dealer’s £23,000 fraud funded ‘significant mid-life crisis’
A car retailer has avoided jail after admitting a £23,000 fraud to meet debts built-up as the result of a “significant midlife crisis”.
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Car Manufacturer News 29 MarPeugeot violated competition law with franchisee, Austria court rules
The Austrian Supreme Cartel Court has banned Peugeot from tying dealers payments to customer satisfaction surveys and from subsidising vehicle prices sold at its manufacturer-owned sales outlets.
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News 5 Mar
Fraudulent car dealer clocked-up £190,000 in sales
A fraudulent car dealer who clocked-up £190,000 in sales has been issued with a suspended prison sentence and an order to repay over £33,000 in proceeds of crime.
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People News 5 Mar
Ford sales executive avoids jail after defrauding dealership of over £11,000
A car sales executive has been spared jail after he admitted diverting more than £11,000 of dealership sales proceeds into his personal bank account.
