A used car dealer who failed to pass on £174,450 of proceeds from five cars sold as part of ‘sale or return’ agreements has been disqualified from acting as a director for ten years.
Independent Motor Auctions will boost the quantity of its used car stock at its recently acquired Blackpool facility as part of a new agreement with Arnold Clark.
Post-Brexit tariffs and trade barriers could add 10% to UK car servicing bills, costing car owners an extra £70 per service, according to research carried out by the SMMT.
Vertu Motors has announced the launch of a pioneering apprentice scheme offering the chance for participants to gain a free degree and the promise of an £18,000-a-year base salary.
Car buyers using PCP car finance deals are safe, say motor retailers, but questions remain over clarity and transparency.
Eye-catching headlines led to confusion over the detail of the government’s 2040 ban on new “conventional petrol and diesel” vehicles as many mainstream media outlets initially overlooked the omission of hybrid vehicles from the proposal.
Used car prices “bucked the trend” for a July decline to remain at their most stable rate since 2012, according to Cap HPI.
A 13.7% decline in the number of cars being manufactured in the UK in June has caused the SMMT to revise its target of producing two million cars a year by H2 of 2020.
Inchcape has reported that its UK trading profit was “broadly flat” as its global distribution operation helped the business bolstered revenue growth in the first half of 2017.
Peter Vardy Group has opened a new Mini showroom in Edinburgh – complete with a new café and accessories shop.
The government has outlined plans for an outright ban on the sale of conventional petrol and diesel vehicles from 2040 as part of its Air Quality Plan for Nitrogen Dioxide.
Germany’s premium car manufacturers are allegedly under investigation for collusion over the technology implemented in their vehicles - including emissons-filtering AdBlue.
The chairman of the government's Treasury Select Committee described a visit to Inchcape’s Loughborough Mercedes-Benz facility as “an eye-opener” after accepting an invite to visit from the NFDA.
Mercedes-Benz’s decision to complete upgrades to hundreds of thousands of UK-owned diesel vehicles could prompt a push to prevent the “death of diesel”, it has been claimed.
Robins and Day has taken on the Peugeot and Citroen Dealerships in Newport from Lookers.
