Angry repairers have condemned Zurich Insurance for refusing to make labour rate improvements to approved contract terms following this year's assessment.
Euro Car Parts, a £45m turnover company based in Wembley, London, specialises in supplying niche parts to independent repairers and franchised dealers.
Dealers with a “do nothing attitude” are jeopardising their businesses by failing to integrate their IT systems, said Q.Bit Systems managing director Nigel Pates.
Hartwell Group claims its dealerships using the Integrated Showroom system from Ebbon-Dacs are seeing gross profits rising three times more rapidly than those that are not yet equipped.
The AA, which has paid Boots £5.75m for 129 Halfords service and repair outlets, will next year launch a car retailing operation.
Showroom4cars.com is offering £1000 discounts on full UK specification new righthand drive Mini One and Mini Cooper models.
Showroom4cars.com is offering £1,000 discounts on full UK specification new Right Hand Drive Mini One and Mini Cooper models.
Citroën has now introduced a brand new insurance scheme – 'Citroën Insurance'.
Showroom4cars.com is offering £1,000 discounts on full UK specification new righthand drive Mini One and Mini Cooper models.
The AA is planning to diversify into car retailing after acquiring the Halfords car service/repair network from Boots for £5.75m.
Citroën has now introduced a new insurance scheme – 'Citroën Insurance'.
MCC Smart is claiming a UK first - every car sold this year was purchased over the internet.
The Mayflower Corporation, the Coventry-based company producing bodyshells, most notably for the MGF sportscar, has issued its interim results showing a year-on-year profit fall.
UK drivers of 'grey' imports concerned their car may have been stolen in Japan for export are being offered a free conformity check by U-Save Automotive, the specialist supplier of Japanese parts for imported.
Carmakers and motor finance houses are predicting a huge increase in the number of company car drivers opting to take 'cash-for-cars' as a result of recent changes to the taxation system. The trend means sales staff and business managers will be faced by a new breed of customers buying privately but backed by company money.
Banks and other direct lenders are to step up their attack on the motor finance market after predictions of bumper sales in September.
Car delivery, roadside rescue and recovery group Jacobs Holdings has reported a return to profitability in the first six months of this financial year.
A new Mitsubishi dealership opens this week, called All Electric Mitsubishi in Sutton Coldfield aimed at providing the brand with a prominent profile in a territory covering north and east Birmingham, Walsall, Litchfield and Tamworth.
Honda Motors has announced group profits up an impressive 40% between April and June, year on year, to a quarterly record, boosted by the weak yen and higher motorcycle sales.
Redditch's MG Rover franchise is to change hands with Clarks Motor Services taking over from Startin on Friday, August 3.
Internet-based new car supplier Showroom4cars.com has moved into profit, after only sixteen months of trading.
Heavy promotion of low cost deals by manufacturer finance houses has brought private buyers back into dealers for car loans. But franchised and independent retailers are continuing to lose ground to direct lenders in used car finance.
Confusion surrounding legislation – some in force, some pending – was lifted at a conference staged jointly by Automotive Management and Sewells Information & Research. Full report here.
Dealers need to improve their retailing capabilities to offer experiences on a par with companies in other sectors, according to Prestons Group managing director Lee Collins. He wants the £40m turnover North-west Prestons Group to offer customers a multi-retailing experience by seeking partnerships with like-minded businesses to retail from the dealership.
Car makers and the European Commission have reached a voluntary agreement to ban rigid bull bars on vehicles.
Europe's largest fleet has established a new end-of-contract vehicle inspection service to protect its residual values.
Dixon Motors has teamed up with the AA to create the Dixon Accident Support Service.
The deadline by which dealers had agree to adopt new rules set by the General Insurance Standards Council on the selling of insurance policies has been extended indefinitely due to a dispute involving other industry bodies.
Enormous customer interest in the outgoing Jeep Cherokee has helped boost the sales of Chrysler and Jeep vehicles in the UK by 18% so far this year.
Sandcliffe Nottingham has been presented with the prestigious Ford Chairman's Award for the highest standards of excellence in customer service.
