The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has upheld a complaint that an ad by RM Sotheby’s encouraged dangerous driving.
Lookers has raised its 2022 full-year profit expectations to over £80 million and revealed plans to add further to recent new car franchise additions Lotus Cars and Ora.
Richard Blumberger has left Marshall Motor Group seven months after the AM100 motor retailer's acquisition by Constellation Automotive Group and the exit of its chief executive Daksh Gupta.
Real estate services group Savills has ramped up its interest in motor retail property with its acquisition of Automotive Property Consultancy (APC) from its founder Bill Bexson.
After more than six years at iVendi Phil Harding has left to join Automotive Compliance as its national sales director, in a newly created role.
Professor Jim Saker ponders the risk to UK car supplies from "the weaponisation of resources" in his latest monthly article for AM.
Planning officials have approved Pendragon’s plans to develop a new Ford car dealership in Motherwell.
Lloyd Motor Group is expanding its York operation with 25 new jobs, to strengthen its long-term growth strategy.
Car dealers, manufacturers and suppliers are now able to enter the 2023 AM Awards ahead of the February 24 deadline. The AM Awards Dinner is on May 11 in London.
Car dealer group operation Inchcape Retail rebounded from £76.4 million pre-tax loss to deliver profitability in 2021 financial results.
Car retailers are expected to shrug off the key performance indicators (KPIs) of the past as they prepare for a 2023 economy which will see recessionary consumer spending habits layered on top of ongoing vehicle supply issues.
Car retailers are braced for a potential halving of Government support on their energy bills from the end of March.
Improved dealership experiences, more electric vehicle (EV) range and reduced prices and waiting times on new cars are features car buyers would like to see in 2023.
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Constellation Automotive’s cinch online used car retail operation has posted a £149 million pre-tax loss in annual financial results for 2021/22.
Waylands Automotive is poised to join the retail network of performance electric vehicle (EV) brand Polestar with the opening of a new store in Bristol.
Car retail brothers Harry and Neal Grainger have officially become business partners with the acquisition of Mantles Kia Royston – paving the way to the creation of a new dealer group.
Thatcham Research has shorlisted the safest new cars available in 2023.
Ford has emerged as the UK’s most popular van manufacturer in 2022, with more than a third of all new LCVs registered last year wearing a blue oval.
Mercedes-Benz has outlined its plans to build its own electric vehicle (EV) charging stations, similar to Tesla’s Supercharger network.
The average price of a used vehicle advertised for sale on Auto Trader rose for the 33rd consecutive month in December – reaching £18,030.
Swansway Group hopes to have scored a star signing for its digital marketing team with the recruitment of footballer Bradley Carrol.
Half of drivers now want to own a car as they are unable to rely on public transport, according to Auto Trader research.
The handover of a new car took an unexpected turn for one York woman, whose boyfriend proposed in the showroom of Bristol Street Motors York Renault Dacia.
Kia UK president and chief executive Paul Philpott has insisted that the Korean carmaker’s ambitions will not stop with after it delivered its 100,000 registrations landmark in 2022.
Apollo Tyres has appointed Shobhit Arora as its new country sales manager for the UK.
Used LCV prices increased in November, as demand grew steadily for vehicles to service the online shopping and home delivery sector in the run-up to Christmas.
A primary school has backed RMB Auto’s plan to expand its Leeds Renault car dealership onto part of its playing fields to expand vehicle storage and electric vehicle (EV) charge point provision.
Volkswagen retained its position as the UK’s best-selling new car brand after bumper December registrations accelerated its performance ahead of US rival Ford.
Nissan’s Qashqai SUV has become the first British-built vehicle to top the UK’s annual best-selling car rankings for 24 years.
