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Salisbury-based Foray Motor Group expects to double the turnover of a dealership at Poole, its seventh Ford outlet and the second acquired within weeks from Pendragon. It bought a Dorchester site in January.

Arnold Clark has joined the RMIF’s National Franchised Dealers Association because its retail operations in England are becoming increasingly important.

Fiat UK has opened its flagship store in London's West End.

Manheim has consolidated its activities in the UK under three divisions – auctions & remarketing, defleet services and retail services – each with a separate business leader.

From the end of the month Proton dealers will have a new four-door saloon in their showrooms

The Thatcham BSI Kitemark has won best safety initiative of the year at the Fleet News Awards.

Mercedes-Benz CharterWay has announced the top performers of its Business Managers Academy

Peugeot has launched a range of sports accessories for its 207 van.

AM readers are being given exclusive entry to the 2008 Mobil 1 Fantasy Grand Prix game.

Two acquisitions have broadened the UK operation of vehicle salvage and recycling specialist Copart to 15 sites.

Skoda has made its two-millionth Octavia in the Czech Republic. The vehicle, AM Used Car of the Year award winner, was a silver Octavia Scout 2.0 TDI.

Volvo’s CitySafe system, which will be fitted as standard to its new XC60 crossover vehicles from the end of the year, will be rolled out across all new models in the future.

Indebted training company Carter & Carter is entering administration today following unsuccessful talks with its bankers.

Returning Chrysler UK managing director Simon Elliott has put dealer profitability at the top of his agenda.

Days after scooping the AM Award for Employer of the Year, Sytner Group has achieved fourth position in the Sunday Times ‘20 Best Big Companies to Work For’ 2008 guide.

The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) has called for a cut in corporation tax in order to attract more global businesses to the UK. The lobby group said high taxes on business are damaging the UK economy.

Significant fresh product launches provided dream debuts for Volkswagen Group’s two new UK market executives at the Geneva motor show.

Tensions are rising in the Toyota retail network after the carmaker announced a new bonus structure that seriously impacts on dealers’ ability to make money.

Cars that have high emissions of CO2 will be slapped with a large sales tax, according to reports. The measures in this Wednesday's Budget could increase their prices by £2,000.

Former Dutton Forshaw managing director Maurice Rourke is back in the automotive industry with two new ventures.

Condè Nast and Ferrari have reached an agreement to co-publish a magazine dedicated entirely to the high performance car brand.

An industry consortium is piloting a scheme which allows vehicle technicians to work on written-off vehicles during their college training.

Interestingly, latest industry figures suggest that credit reference searches for motor finance are on the increase, while personal loans searches are falling.

There are often hidden costs in developments that can provide an unpleasant surprise at the end of a building project.

THINK, the Norwegian electric car maker is to re-launch its two-seater city car in the UK at the end of the year.

Due to a printing error the front cover of AM has a picture of a Suzuki Splash with a quote about the Hyundai i10.

How will you prepare your business for the requirements of industry self-regulation and market leading customer service? This is a key issue which will be tackled at the AM Aftermarket Conference on March 14.

BMW will set the cat among the pigeons (again) next year when it slides the covers off a radical new crossover.

The most startling quote seen so far this year came from GM Europe’s chief marketing officer, Alain Visser, who said about the upper- medium (Mondeo) sector, “People will return from other sectors because the industry wrongly thought business drivers in particular don’t want sexy cars.”

Bolton Kia has installed interactive video screens in its showroom and aftersales facility in a £250,000 refurbishment.