Former managing director of car dealer group Hillendale Lee Collins has joined the specialist automotive team at UHY Hacker Young.
South of England bodyshop chain Seward has been sold to Nationwide Accident Repair Services.
The UK's largest bodyshop group, Nationwide Accident Repair Services, is the target of a takeover bid by part of global asset manager The Carlyle Group.
Franchised dealers anticipate a slowdown in the new car market this year, but say manufacturers behave as if it will grow forever.
Consumers choosing a new car on a PCP will expect some equity to remain towards their next car when the motor finance term ends.
RAC Cars, the used car classified advertising service, has announced its listings are now free of charge to all dealers and consumers.
At auctions dealers are paying less for ex-fleet cars yet making more on their part-exchanges, according to information from Manheim, leaving them more margin in the used car sale since the recession.
Almost one in four car dealers responded to an online car enquiry within an hour in an exclusive response test conducted by Motors.co.uk for AM.
FPS, a national car parts distribution business owned by Lookers, has made UK history by delivering a part using a drone.
As used car finance grows in importance, independent dealers face greater demands to comply with the credit watchdog.
In the April issue of Automotive Management magazine, we ask if manufacturer targets for 2015 are too high and how turning carbuyers into customer advocates can help.
The advertising watchdog believes a zombie themed advertising campaign which IM Group used to promote the Isuzu D-Max Blade pick-up after Hallowe'en last year could have distressed children.
Pendragon, the UK's biggest car dealer, has bought a Lexus dealership in California, USA.
The practice of requiring consumers to opt-out of purchasing add-on products is to be outlawed by the Financial Conduct Authority.
Digital technology has given independent dealers the resources to turn their small size and relative lack of marketing resources to their advantage.
