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Car Dealer News 7 Dec
FJ Chalke profit-share scheme gives staff cost-of-living boost
FJ Chalke has handed its workforce a total of up to £3,600 in cost-of-living payments as part of a profit-share scheme designed to ease the burden of inflation of its staff.
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Car Dealer News 3 Nov
Pentagon Group trials Sunday closing at all 30 car dealerships
Pentagon Group has become the latest AM100 car retailer to implement Sunday closing at its dealerships, implementing a three-month trial of the new working pattern.
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Talent & People 10 May
Automotive retail still has work to do to address diversity issues
An Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI) report aiming to be the catalyst of a shift to greater diversity, inclusion and equity in automotive has revealed that gender remains the source of the sector’s most significant representation imbalance.
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Latest News 30 Mar
Ben Ball returns for 2022 ‘bigger and better than ever’
Automotive charity, Ben, has announced its annual flagship black tie event – Ben Ball – will be held on December 7 and supported by Auto Trader.
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Latest News 7 Jan
A quarter of car dealers report COVID-related staff absence over 15%
A quarter (25%) of UK car dealers have emerged from the festive break with staff absence of over 15% as the Omicron variant of COVID-19 continued to grow cases, an AM poll has shown.
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Latest News 13 Dec
Ben Ball 2021 succeeds in raising £96,500 for automotive charity
The Ben automotive benevolent charity looks set to be handed a £500,000 Christmas gift after the Ben Ball 2021 succeeded in delivering a £96,500 festive fund-raising boost.
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Opinion 30 Nov
People power will propel car retail businesses to success, opinion
People are the automotive retail sector’s biggest asset.
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Opinion 18 Oct
Managing change for a tomorrow that is ‘never what it’s supposed to be’
The way we buy cars has undertaken a fundamental transformation over the last 18 months.
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Latest News 24 Sep
Awards-winning car retailers on AM motivation webinar panel - register now
An award-winning panel of top car retail sector leaders are set to share their staff management and motivation advice in the latest ‘AM General Managers' Guide to…’ webinar.
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Market Insight 17 Aug
Car retailers reassured over staffing and wage pressures
August 16’s change to the UK’s COVID-19 self-isolation rules have helped to ease car retailers staffing headaches as “slack” in the labour market eases concern of significant pay growth.
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People News 12 Aug
Vertu Motors boss donned Benny Hill wig on ITV’s Undercover Big Boss
Vertu Motors chief executive Robert Forester has revealed that he wore a 35-year-old wig worn by Benny Hill in Cagney and Lacey as part of his disguise for ITV’s Undercover Big Boss.
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Car Dealer News 6 Aug
Dealers need to boost financial knowledge among employees
Dealers are being urged to address the lack of financial education among their youngest employees, as a new study reveals its impact on mental wellbeing.
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Latest News 9 Jul
Car retailers want urgent solution to COVID-19 isolation absences
Car retailers are keen to see Government deliver an “urgent solution” to the issue of staff absences due to COVID-19 self-isolation regulations.
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Car Dealer News 1 Feb
Sytner's CarShop named in Glassdoor’s Top 50 Best Places to Work 2021
CarShop, has been named as one of Glassdoor’s Top 50 Best Places to Work in 2021, ranking at number 35.
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Aftersales 25 Nov
Autotech Recruit announce investment plans to increase EV training
Autotech Recruit is announcing the launch of a new electric vehicle (EV) training initiative, Autotech Training, to support the transition to electric vehicles (EVs).
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Aftersales 19 Oct
Temporary vehicle technicians bridge the skills gap for dealerships
Autotech Recruit has highlighted the automotive sectors' aftersales skills shortage in celebrating the growth of its Manufacturer Led Programme (MLP) for temporary staffing.
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People News 15 Oct
Brexit immigration rules to cause staff shortages in vehicle prep sector
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.
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Car Dealer News 18 Sep
Just 35% of franchised car dealerships fully staffed for September, NFDA finds
Just 35% of franchised car retailers have returned all their employees to into their dealership businesses in time for the crucial September 70-plate sales period, according to the NFDA.
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Car Dealer News 19 May
Two-thirds of automotive sector employees fear COVID-19 job losses
Over two-thirds of automotive industry professionals fear that the impact of COVID-19 coronavirus could cause them to lose their job.
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Car Dealer News 12 May
Government salary support scheme extended to October at 80% rate
The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, has confirmed that the Government Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) will be extended to October – at its current 80% rate of salary support.