Car retail’s staffing crisis, a celebration of inspiring automotive women and in-depth insight into the soaring used car market all feature in a packed December edition of Automotive Management (AM) magazine.
Sytner Group’s CarShop used car supermarket division has launched a recruitment drive to find vehicle technicians, MOT testers, body shop technicians, SMART repairers and painters.
The future of Block Exemption in car retail, electric vehicle (EV) sillks and recruitment look set to be among the top subjects up for debate on the NFDA stand at AM Live 2021.
Fix Auto UK has appointed Rob Pugh as head of commercial for its eight owned sites with immediate effect.
MotorVise Automotive has recruited two new account managers Harry Potter and Philippa Hirst amid increasing demand for its consultancy services.
The percentage of dealers looking to recruit across all business areas is up from Q2 this year, according to the NFDA's latest HR survey.
Dealers need to offer staff a better work-life balance in order to compete in a challenging jobs market, according to MotorVise.
CarFinance 247 plans to hire more than 125 additional people to meet the growing needs of the company as it responds to significant consumer demand.
Car retailers ramped-up their recruitment demands by 400% ahead of the easing of COVID-19 trading restrictions in July, according to data from MotorVise.
The Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI) Diversity Task Force said it aims to take a ‘holistic approach’ to tackle gender diversity in the industry.
Drive Vauxhall Bristol has welcomed five new sales staff to help it deal with the “insane” level of demand for new cars.
The National Franchised Dealers Association (NFDA) has been celebrating the success of the third Drive My Career ‘Apprentice Takeover’ campaign run across social media.
The COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic has accelerated the diversity and inclusion agenda across businesses and highlighted the importance of brand perception, according to Ennis & Co founder Lynda Ennis.
A HR-themed survey of the UK’s franchised car retailers found that 59% intend to recruit in their sales departments and 63% plan to appoint new technicians over the next three months.
Vertu Motors has begun recruitment for a BMW division expected to be created from a multi-site acquisition to be completed during December.
Lookers has said that the launch of a recruitment drive to take on largest-ever intake of apprentices in 2021 is a sign of its “confidence and ambition for the future”.
Mission Motorsport is able to equip ex-services personnel for a new career in the automotive sector after gaining electric vehicle (EV) training centre approval from the Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI).
Autotech Recruit has highlighted the automotive sectors' aftersales skills shortage in celebrating the growth of its Manufacturer Led Programme (MLP) for temporary staffing.
Dealer groups and the valeting industry could face staff shortages next year as UK employers will not be able to hire non-UK residents for certain key roles.
Volvo Car UK retailers were among high-performing UK car dealers celebrating their “best September ever” after overcoming the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic to recover with record sales.
