Foxy Choice has signed up 250 dealerships and independent garages to its female-friendly consumer garage website, following its trade launch in August.
Whittal Williams, a Welsh vehicle body repair and hire company, has relocated its workshop in a move which will create 50 jobs.
General Motors UK is mounting a nationwide training campaign to reinforce the benefits of using an approved bodyshop.
Dealers need to rethink their stock policy to ensure a speedy turnover of vehicles.
AW Repair Group has added a third bodyshop, which will also be a customer contact centre for the whole group.
As writers for a trade mag, we sometimes get tip-offs from people in the industry. Often it is when dealers or the like are struggling, something we are seeing a lot of in recent times.
Alfa Romeo has appointed two new suppliers, Paragon Fleet Solution and JTK Remarketing, to support its dealer used vehicle remarketing programme.
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Vehicle Remarketing Solutions, part of the Manheim Group, has built a new photography studio at its Coventry centre to take high quality pictures of the cars it remarkets.
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Ford is investing £70 million at its Bridgend engine plant in Wales to produce next generation low carbon dioxide 1.6-litre, four-cylinder petrol engines.
UK Alfa Romeo dealers started to get static examples of the new Mito supermini two months before it goes on sale on January 24, 2009.
Capacity utilisation figures suggest problems for French carmakers.
Growing trend of vehicle identification theft can hit retailers hard in the pocket.
Accident Exchange has added Tim Eaves to its five-strong team of divisional managing directors, assuming the role for sales & commercial relationships.
Tony Sackett, sales & operations director for Unipart Automotive’s mechanical repair division, has been appointed as the Automotive Distribution Federation’s vice-president.
Car Care Plan Holdings, parent company of Car Care Plan and Motors Insurance Company has appointed Paul Newton as managing director.
PSA chief executive Christian Streiff has said he believes there will be more capital relationships between car companies as they look to pool costs.
SsangYong will miss its revised sales target of 2,000 registrations this year with Paul Williams, managing director of UK importer Koelliker, now forecasting half that total.
Porsche has announced that it has increased its stake in Volkswagen Group to nearly 75%, an amount which will allow the sportscar maker to gain full control of VW’s cash flow.
The French manufacturer is planning to have all electric vehicles on the roads in Europe by 2012.
The Government is planning to unveil a £100 million scheme to test electric cars and vans in three UK cities, with a view to expanding their use across the UK.
Although the company has expanded, it has stayed firmly rooted in the east of England.
In a market where new car sales are falling and chassis margins have been stripped away, why don’t more groups put greater resource and effort into the sales department that offers the best potential to make real money – used cars?
What benefit do dealers gain from manufacturers’ approved used vehicle programmes?
Deals with eight more repair centres are in the pipeline.
The Right to Repair Campaign (R2RC) will present its petition against the proposed scrapping of Block Exemption Regulation to the EU.
Workshops could be set to benefit after Parliament highlighted thousands of cars bearing illegal number plates.
Volkswagen’s new Golf has been given a five-star rating by Euro NCAP for its occupant protection.
