The Vehicle Remarketing Association (VRA) announced during its annual 'Challenges of 2019' conference that Sam Watkins will succeed Glen Sturley as its new chairman.
Fleets will continue to delay disposal of their vehicles until next spring as many await an end to the emissions taxation uncertainty surrounding WLTP, ADESA Remarketing has said.
Shoreham Vehicle Auctions (SVA) has called for south coast used vehicle dealers to donate any unwanted running vehicles or part-exchanges to its charity auction for The Chestnut Tree House.
BCA Marketplace’s executive chairman, Avril Palmer-Baunack, won the Outstanding Achievement as the remarketing specialist also claimed the Carrier of the Year awards at the seventh annual Automotive Global Awards.
Aston Barclay raised £1,400 for the Royal British Legion in a Remembrance Day sale at Donnington Park.
LSH Auto UK has renewed its relationship with BCA in a two-year deal that will see 6,000 vehicles remarketed annually through weekly sales in Brighouse and Nottingham.
A race for vehicle refurbishing services could be sparked by used car stock shortages which are leading car dealers to downgrade the condition of stock they are buying to fill their forecourts, according to the Vehicle Remarketing Association.
Aston Barclay announced the appointment of former Inchcape UK used car director, Cliff Deller to the position of group remarketing director.
Aston Barclay has completed a deal to open a new auction centre at Wakefield’s Photon Park, a 16-acre site set to sell 50,000 in the coming year
BCA has confirmed plans for an additional Glasgow-based remarketing facility amid “ambitious” Scottish operations expansion.
Used vehicle values are being artificially inflated as competition hots up amongst buyers for nearly new and ex-fleet stock amid WLTP-related new car shortages, according to Shoreham Vehicle Auctions (SVA).
Used LCV values rose to their second highest level in the history of BCA’s Pulse Report during September – with a month-on-month price rise of 5.4%.
Online motor auction operation CD Auction Group hopes to make it easier for dealers to buy stock now it has invested in higher quality imaging.
In-line with the recent prediction from the Met Office that the UK faces its coldest and harshest winter in a decade, buyer services manager – Alex Miles – at G3 Remarketing, offers his advice to dealers on how they can prepare their forecourts now.
Aston Barclay has seen a senior team reshuffle as Adrian Dunbar moves to the newly created role of group governance manager.
BCA will unveil a new back-to-back auction lane facility when it officially opens its redeveloped Nottingham site with a BMW Group remarketing event on October 4.
The BCA team has celebrated the successful completion of a 245-mile cycle challenge to Amsterdam’s Royal Palace, raising an estimated £100,000 for Action for A-T charity.
BCA Paddock Wood sold a record-breaking 620 vehicles during its one-day Motorline Mega sale.
Delegates at the Vehicle Remarketing Association’s The Challenges of 2019 seminar will be able to hear about the current state of the used car market and how it is likely to develop from Zeus Capital analyst Mike Allen.
Avis Car Rental UK will allow car dealers and trade buyers to purchase its de-fleeted vehicles via a new online sales portal developed in partnership with CD Auction Group.