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Latest News 25 NovCar retail staffing crisis, inspiring women, used market insight – AM’s December issue
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.
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Market Insight 5 NovBDO Motor Salary Survey 2021 reveals 5% rise in average sector pay
BDO’s newly-published 2021 Motor Salary Survey has shown that vehicle technicians were the biggest wage increase winners in 2021 as the sector’s average pay rose 5% to almost £42,000.
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Market Insight 30 SepCar retailers recruiting after 2020’s furlough reliance facilitated recovery
Car retailers across the UK are recruiting staff after surviving the the COVID-19 lockdown of dealerships thanks to assistance from the Government’s Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS).
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Car Dealer News 20 AugCall for more context in HMRC’s minimum wage ‘name and shame’ listings
A call for “more context” has been issued after Harratts, Marshall Motor Group and Vertu Motors appeared in the HMRC’s ‘name and shame’ list of businesses who failed to pay the National Minimum Wage.
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Market Insight 17 AugCar 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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Car Dealer News 16 JulDevonshire Motors to create £30,000 ‘pot of gold’ to reward workforce
Devonshire Motors is creating a £30,000 “pot of gold” to reward staff for their hard work during the COVID-19 pandemic and deliver an added boost ahead of a period of expansion.
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Supplier News 21 May
BCA ‘confident’ of legality of commercial relationship with drivers
BCA has said that it is “confident” of the legality of its operating model and commercial relationship with its self-employed contractors – suggesting the model delivers mutually beneficial flexibility.
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Supplier News 20 May
BCA faces legal case over drivers’ hourly pay rates as low as £2.30
BCA could be set to face a legal case over hourly pay rates equating to as little as £2.30-per-hour for its delivery drivers.
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Car Dealer News 20 MayMarshall repays £4m in COVID support and forgoes leadership bonuses
Marshall Motor Holdings CEO Daksh Gupta has told AM “I can hold my head high” after the AM100 car retailer vowed to repay £4m in Government COVID support – and still match its 2019 financial performance in 2021.
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Car Dealer News 19 MayPendragon CEO’s ‘out of tune’ bonus payments approved despite AGM revolt
Pendragon chief executive Bill Berman will receive bonus payments criticised as being “out of tune” despite a 42.2% vote against the PLC’s director remuneration at today’s AGM.
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Market Insight 8 JanSix key employment issues demand car dealers' focus in 2021
Brexit and COVID-19 have combined to a create a variety of challenges for car dealers attempting to manage their workforce over the past ten months.
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Market Insight 9 NovHalf car retail employees 'facing pay cut or freeze'
Half the UK's car retail employees have been left facing a pay cut or freeze as wages “stagnate” amid changes accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic, BDO’s latest Motor Salary Survey has revealed.
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Market Insight 22 OctChancellor lowers Job Support Scheme criteria in updated COVID support
Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak has broadened the scope of the Government’s COVID-19 fiscal support to businesses in the face of more wide-spread regional lockdowns.
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Market Insight 24 Sep
Chancellor unveils Government’s new COVID-19 job support scheme
Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak has outlined details of a new COVID-19 job support scheme to replace the furlough option offered by the current Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS).
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Market Insight 17 Sep
HMRC clarifies CJRS furlough scheme ‘usual hours’ calculation
The HMRC has updated its guidance on how to perform usual hours calculations where employees come off furlough partway through a claim period.
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Supplier News 8 JunCOVID-19 impact on car retail salaries explored by BDO survey
The impact of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic will be central to the findings of the BDO Motor Retail Salary Survey 2020, which is now encouraging participation from across the sector.
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Car Dealer News 27 MayCaffyns to detail COVID-19’s ‘significant impact’ in annual results
Caffyns has praised its employees' response to the COVID-19 crisis as “outstanding” as it revealed the mitigation measures taken by the business in a trading update published this morning (May 27).
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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.
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Market Insight 12 May
Car dealers’ lockdown financial burden may grow with furlough cuts
Generous car retail businesses who promised to exceed the 80% salary funding cap of the Government’s Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) will face an increased financial burden if support is cut to 60%.
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Market Insight 20 Apr
HMRC opens online portal for Government Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme
The HMRC online portal allowing businesses to register employees for Government’s Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CRJS) is set to feel the strain when applications flood-in following its launch today (April 20).
