Marshall Motor Group will develop a new dual-franchise Jaguar Land Rover dealership for Cheltenham and Gloucester after acquiring the franchise from Heritage Automotive.
Motorpoint has handed over a used car to the first person to benefit from Birmingham City Council’s new Clean Air Zone Vehicle Scrappage and Travel Scheme.
TrustFord has embarked on a nationwide tree-planting exercise and donated £10,000 to green community projects in response to a residents’ backlash over tree felling at its newly-acquired Wimbledon Ford dealership.
Motors.co.uk will run a series of adverts across Absolute Radio, Magic Radio, MotherBaby and Car, as part of its multi-million pound ‘Search Less. Live More.’ campaign.
MCS Group has completed the construction of a new Jaguar Land Rover dealership for Guy Salmon, part of the Sytner Group, in Northampton.
Rapidly-expanding used car supermarket group Trade Centre UK is set to follow-up this month’s opening of a new site in Rotherham with the transformation of a former cinema in Walsall.
Macklin Motors hedged its bets with football fans in Scotland’s capital by securing sponsorship deals with rival teams Heart of Midlothian FC and Hibernian FC.
The most recent Auto Trader Market Report (November 2020) which investigates the long-term trends in digital retailing, shows that consumer appetite towards buying online is increasing.
Carzam is poised to launch an online used car buying platform as retailers seek solutions to the stock shortage issues that are causing vehicle values to soar.
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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.
A free Automotive Management (AM) webinar is set to offer insight into the issue of service retention in a car retail sector driving to overcome the challenges posed by COVID-19.
Used car price growth has accelerated significantly, according to Auto Trader, following the reopening of showrooms last month.
Cinch has attracted £1 billion in new investment to continue its push to online car retail growth alongside the likes of start-up rivals Cazoo and Carzam.
Cazoo has appointed Veronica Sharma as its first group chief people officer, responsible for all leadership, culture, capability and talent management across the group.
Mercedes-Benz has confirmed that it is considering the sale of its London-centric, nine-dealership Mercedes-Benz Retail Group car retail operation in the UK.
The June 2021 Issue of AM magazine is here, free, in digital form, featuring Polestar, Keyloop, Cambria Automobiles, Waylands, Swansway Garages and many, many more automotive retail businesses.
Mercedes-Benz is consulting its retailers on agency model franchise contracts as Volkswagen Group revealed the switch is likely to be completed for its electric vehicle (EV) model sales by the start of 2023.
Vertu Motors has promoted Bill Taylor, general manager of Vertu Honda Sunderland and Vertu Honda Morpeth, to oversee the group’s key sites in the north east of England.
The vehicle subscription business Wagonex, said interest for car subscriptions has 'grown dramatically' in the last year, as it achieves two milestones.
Dr Graham Hoare OBE has left his role as chairman of Ford of Britain to join UK based elelctric vehicle (EV) battery producer Britishvolt as its president of global operations.
Vanarama has launched a leasing proposition with one year’s free fully comprehensive car insurance across its range of ‘hot offer’ cars on its website.
Motorpoint has teamed up with The Chris Moyles show on Radio X to give away a car worth over £20,000 in its latest marketing drive.
Used car prices are soaring as car retailers report demand so strong that the “can’t stock the forecourt fast enough” – and supply shortages look to continue the trend.
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.
Franchised and independent dealers now have extra time to complete their 2021 AM Awards entries, as we're extending the deadline for submissions to June 1.
Northridge Finance and Marshall Leasing’s head of strategy Greg McDowell has been promoted into the role of Marshall Leasing managing director following the retirement of Peter Cakebread.
Polestar UK has appointed former Volkswagen Group and Audi fleet and business specialist Matt Hawkins as its first head of sales.
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.
