If one of the fundamentals of a great used car programme is having stock in the right place, available to the right type of customer, at the right time then Essex Auto Group certainly has that in place.
Vauxhall dealers’ corporate identity will be given an overhaul in August with the launch of the new Griffin badge in July.
Nissan has hailed its huge increase in first quarter registrations. However some dealers revealed they have been self-registering cars in order to win significant bonuses.
Ridgeway Group, the Berkshire and Oxfordshire motor retailer, has appointed Daksh Gupta as group managing director.
Land Rover's Halewood factory has produced its 100,000th Freelander 2, just 17 months after production started.<P>
The Government is wielding the taxation stick like never before in order to push car buyers away from larger-engined and higher emission new cars.
The amount of automotive businesses that went out of businesses in the UK has dropped by 6.1% in the first quarter of this year.
Solus, the Norwich Union-owned group of accident repair centres, has announced that all of its 18 sites have achieved Thatcham BSI Kitemark status.
In a recent case (Sharma and others v Manchester City Council) Miss Sharma with colleagues had their hours of work reduced by the Manchester Adult Education Service as a cost saving exercise.
Sickness absence whether short or long term gives many problems to Lawgistics clients.
Freedom of choice was core to the 2002 Block Exemption Regulation.
Sarah Sillars, chief executive of the IMI, has officially opened the UK’s first dedicated training facility for vehicle damage assessors.
Lawgistics has always recommended the safest route to changing terms in an employment contract is to get signed agreement from the employee(s).
New rules were introduced from 29 February 2008 by the Home Office in regard to employment of immigrants from outside the EU.
At Lawgistics we get a steady stream of problems from clients who use manufacturers trademarks in various ways leading to an approach from some fairly aggressive law firms who want to extract quite serious amounts of money for the use of the trademark!
Before 6 April 2006 more than half a million small business should receive a letter and booklet from the Government giving basic guidance on the new regulations.
As from 6th April 2008, the requirement for a company secretary is abolished.
Conference addresses key issues facing automotive industry’s bid to increase profits.
Most Japanese car parts (Toyota in particular) have traditionally been more expensive than their European equivalents.
Are modern cars boring? Too homogenous, too samey? It’s an easy criticism to level at an industry obsessed with saving money and leveraging economies of scale.
Daihatsu has introduced a five-year warranty across its entire range of models.
The Exway Group, the UK independent collision repair specialist, has extended its chain of car accident repair centres in the South West by acquiring The Car Accident and Repair Centre (formerly Kessells) in Newquay, Cornwall.
Kia has added its range topping 138bhp 2.0 CRDi engine to the rest of its line-up for its Cee’d and Cee’d SW models.
Nissan received 700 customer deposits for its new GT-R supercar within 48 hours of the order books opening.
Sixty per cent of used car buyers state fraud as their biggest concern over buying a car online.
Hyundai had added a restyled and respecified limited edition version of its Coupe to the range, priced at £19,595.
SsangYong UK is rebuilding its network in the UK following the gradual reduction of dealers from 50 to 29.
Ford Retail Group has taken over Lindsay Cars, one of Ford's largest franchised dealer partners in Northern Ireland.
Alfa Romeo wants to double its UK sales by 2010 to 15,000 units.
Finance and insurance supplier Cardif Pinnacle has acquired a majority shareholding in web-based provider Warranty Direct for an undisclosed sum.