Car retailers are being urged to refocus their online marketing efforts as Google prepares to update its policies on customer data – removing cookies and making customer behaviour harder to track.
A 36% April surge in online traffic from used car buyers was accompanied by a 7.1% year-on-year rise in advertised vehicle values on Auto Trader.
The automotive sector benevolent charity Ben will aim to raise cash with a new Move4Ben campaign in June, challenging participants to get fit and raise vital funds at the same time.
ASE Automotive Solutions has been acquired by Canadian software investment firm Valsoft.
Cambria Automobiles chief executive Mark Lavery has said that the group has experienced “tension” from certain OEM partners over COVID safety measures which have seen customers turned away from its car showrooms.
Inchcape UK chief executive James Brearley has revealed the AM100 PLC’s plan to open up to 20 used car retail locations, each with an adjoining fast-fit aftersales offering, by the end of next year.
The Light Commercial Vehicle (LCV) market delivered record registrations in April as businesses expressed their confidence in the COVID-19 recovery in new vehicle acquisitions.
Car retailers across the UK should be working to ensure that organising a test drive is as easy as ordering an Uber, according to automotive eCommerce specialist drivvn.
Kia Motors UK retailers Ken Jervis, Gravells and Drayton Motors have scored a hat-trick of Institute of Customer Service (ICS) accreditation – each achieving a ‘ServiceMark with Distinction’.
What Car? has teamed up with valuations experts at Cap HPI to rank the UK’s slowest and fastest depreciating cars.
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The sale of Mitsubishi Motors in the UK’s heritage fleet has concluded with a world-record price achieved for its Lancer Evolution VI Tommi Mäkinen Edition.
Tributes have been paid to MG Motor UK head of sales and marketing Daniel Gregorious after he lost an ongoing battle with Prostate cancer.
Cox Automotive has acquired German dealer-to-dealer online auction business pkwNOW.
The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) has said that April’s 13.9% rise in new car registrations show that there is “light at the end of the tunnel” after COVID-19.
Cambria Automobiles has set out its roadmap to car retail recovery in a trading updated for a six-month period which saw the majority of its dealerships closed for more than 100 days due to COVID-19 restrictions.
AM contributor, Professor Jim Saker of the Centre for Automotive Management at Loughborough University, shares his opinion on the moral and economic arguments for diversity.
Seat and Cupra UK have appointed Skoda head of sales operations John French as its new head of product planning operations.
Vertu Motors has doubled-up its 2021 season support for British Touring Cars Championship (BTCC) racer Tom Ingram with sponsorship from its Bristol Street Motors Hyundai Nottingham dealership.
UK Government’s surprise decision to cut the plug-in car grant came out of the blue in March, but there are a strong set of incentives in place for electric vehicle (EV) buyers for Q2.
Car retailers and manufacturers are urging the Government to establish a roadmap to 2030 to help drive electric vehicle (EV) sales after “overnight” changes cut the plug-in car grant (PiCG) purchase incentive from £3,000 to £2,500 and capped at £35,000.
Waylands Automotive ensured that the COVID-19 pandemic was no barrier to ongoing growth as it delivered a 4% increase in revenues and 150% rise in pre-tax profits from its network of Volvo dealerships.
Rainworth Motor Group doubled its franchised car retail footprint with a Hyundai and Isuzu dealership acquisition after its directors went from the AM cover to expansion talks in the space of three days.
Former Liberal Democrat MP Luciana Berger will join the Cazoo board as non-executive director and Environment, Social, and Corporate Governance (ESG) Committee chair.
Kia Motors UK has confirmed the pricing and specification for its new all-electric EV6 ahead of orders being accepted on May 18.
Hyundai’s Genesis Motor Europe premium subsidiary will forgo partnerships with traditional franchised car retailers entirely when it enters the UK market this summer.
Steven Eagell hit the Toyota Brit Awards for six in 2020, capping an overall Retailer of the Year accolade with five other category wins.
As we come out of the pandemic and motor retailers start to think about the road ahead, Making Tax Digital (MTD) should definitely be on your agenda.
SW Car Supermarket has become the latest car retailer to celebrate a record sales week after reopening its showroom doors following COVID-19 'Lockdown 3'.
Caffyns has joined the London Electric Vehicle Company (LEVC) dealer network with the opening of a new franchised retail location in Eastbourne, Sussex.
