It’s a tough time to be a boss in the motor retail industry, sales are drying up and buyers are disappearing as fast as Labour supporters in Glasgow East.
Mitsubishi has slashed its prices until October, with up to £5,000 off a new car.
Tougher lending conditions from high street banks has driven an increase in dealers successfully selling motor finance at point of sale.
MG dealers will receive replacement parts for the new MG TF cars from XPart.
Vauxhall’s Insignia estate, Sports Tourer, will go on UK sale in the second quarter of 2009.
Birmingham van maker LDV has supplied a 15-seat Maxus minibus to the Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Families Association.
Car sharing club Whizzgo went into administration earlier this month but has relaunched as Whizzgo Europe thanks to a new cash injection.
A 'Simple Switch' promotion at Astle BMW dealerships in Grimsby and Scunthorpe notched up 36 sales during the four-day event.
Boxclever, the loyalty scheme operated by NGK Spark Plugs, has successfully been established online.
Soundproofing ditched for lighter Renaultsport.
Ze-O adds up to low running costs.
July saw more serious declines in UK automotive retail businesses, according to the latest Stockwatch from corporate finance specialist Houlihan Lokey.
Volvo Car UK has its strongest order book for four years and expects to sell more than 36,000 cars this year, reversing two years of decline.
Pinewood has revealed that 57% of its dealer management system sales this year have come through Vauxhall and Saab dealers.
Electric vehicle company Nice Car Company says around one in five serious leads at the recent Motor Show were from visitors interested in buying light commercial vehicles.
Ayaz Khalid has won Nationwide Autocentre’s inaugural Apprentice of the Year competition.
Online used car trading network Autotrade-Mail is about to launch a new version of its web portal, and needs dealers to test it.
Peter Cox (48), National sales manager, Company Motaquip.
Mazda has put 600 dealer staff through the initial stages of its new training initiative Share the Passion.
A round up of the latest appointments in the automotive industry.
A law to be introduced later this year mean that automotive management will need to be more careful when it comes to sex, ethnic minority and age discrimination.
The rules for claiming back overpaid income tax and capital gains tax (CGT) is set to change.
Payroll systems must be updated to accommodate the new personal tax allowances due to start on September 7 this year.
Accident Exchange has recruited David Carter, the former group managing director of training firm Carter & Carter.
Inchcape’s new Honda dealership in Romford, Essex, will be a pilot site for the carmaker’s new European corporate identity.
UK inflation rose by 4.4% in July, up 3.8% in June and over twice the Government’s target of 2%.
The Institute of the Motor Industry is looking to appoint a chief operating officer.
In AM's August 8 issue, the article ‘Mercedes-Benz to expand its specialist AMG network’ stated incorrectly that dealers would not employ dedicated AMG specialists. In fact, dealers are required to have trained AMG specialists.
Mini sales are soaring, but that may not stop parent company BMW looking for cost cuts at its Oxford plant.
Lotus Engineering is teaming up with Jaguar and Queen’s University in Belfast to develop a new flex-fuel engine.
