Caffyns believes that the actions it has taken over the year can turn around its decline in profits.
Group raises £30m to increase number of dealerships from 41 to 100
Motor Vehicle Repairers Association bought for an undisclosed sum from Capita Group
BCA has bought online remarketing specialist JTK Automotive.
Dick Lovett has taken on the KTM X-Box franchise at its site Ferrari, Maserati and Porsche showroom in Swindon.
Richard Perriman, a technician at Martin Pilley Services in Hampshire has been crowned the UK’s top technician 2009.
Inchcape has appointed two new non-executive directors.
Fiat has finalised its global strategic alliance with Chrysler which will see the Italian carmaker’s chief executive become CEO of Chrysler too.
Due to typographical errors, on p67 of AM June 12 issue the caption states that the Bentley Continental GTC Speed costs £530,400. The car actually costs £153,400.
Accident repair centre AJC Wilson Bodyshop has been awarded Employer of the Year by the Learning and Skills Council.
The 75th Annual BEN Ball will be held at London’s Grosvenor House Hotel on December 16, 2009.
The UK's top 100 dealer groups by turnover revealed and analysed.
Independent workshops will be able to better compete on transmission replacements for premium brand cars following a development by ZF Great Britain.
On closer inspection the programme would appear to be a confidence trick in which any measure of success would actually benefit the Treasury.
The UK’s bodyshop sector has seen the collapse of a second major accident repair business this year.
Ford leads the way in cutting back on discounted fleet sales in favour of retail business
Lotus is to open a dealership at the Silverstone race circuit.
The UK’s light commercial vehicle market will be joined by its first 3.5-tonne electric light truck by the end of this year.
Following the remarkable surge in demand for trade stock and its impact on used car values, the market is now showing signs of settling.
A key advisory body within the European Union (EU) has warned that UK and other European dealers may have to import more cars in future from Asia, north America and elsewhere.
Sewells Research highlights the ups and downs of franchised networks during recession
Andrew Brameld, Motor Finance Director for Barclays Partner Finance in his fortnightly column.
Infiniti Europe has revealed that its first UK partner to sell its models in the UK will be Rymco UK, a wholly owned subsidiary of Rasamny Younis Motor Co and Infiniti’s partner in the Lebanon.
Weststar, the Malaysian company which couldn’t raise the money to buy LDV last week, is now launching another potential bid on the van maker now it has entered into administration.
Read all the facts and figures surrounding the Government’s £300m vehicle scrappage scheme.
Thatcham steps in after failure of security systems governing body
Our at-a-glance guide to see how carmakers have responded to the Government scheme
The Malaysian carmaker hopes a new model will help it attract more dealers to its network
AM is now on Twitter to allow readers to catch up on what’s happening in the office, including sneak previews of stories we’re working on before anyone else.
The Bosch Car Service network has appointed Network Automotive to drive improvements at its member garages.
