January new car registrations dropped by 2.1% to 162,097 units over 2007 volumes.
The UK's largest dealer group, Pendragon, is the subject of City rumours that link it with a possible bid approach from another organisation.
Land Rover will introduce a new 'HST' derivative to complete its Freelander 2 range in March.
Hyundai is hoping to draw customers into showrooms with a 20% deposit, 0% APR offer on all i30 models until the end of March.
Prestige accident management provider, Accident Exchange, has signed an exclusive contract with online motoring community PistonHeads.com to provide replacement vehicles in the event of a non-fault accident to its members.
Momentum is continuing to increase steadily for the PAS 125 Thatcham/BSI Kitemark for body repair, with 51 bodyshops now having gained accreditation in the year since its launch.
Vauxhall will reveal the concept for its Meriva replacement at the Geneva Motor Show on March 4.
Peugeot has appointed David Peel as its new fleet director and Steve Harris as its fleet operations manager for its Robins & Day retail network.
Consumer Direct the Government agency which now deals with the vast majority of consumer complaints previously taken by Trading Standards, recently reported 41,880 complaints during 2007 in relation to second hand car sales from independent retailers.
The Information Commissioners Office (ICO) established that Talk Talk and Carphone Warehouse had opened accounts in the wrong name and passed inaccurate information to credit reference agencies and debt collection agencies.
A lesbian soldier was harassed by text messages from her sergeant boss in which he suggested he could change her sexuality.
The European Court of Justice (ECT) has recommended that workers on sick leave should still accrue the statutory pay under the Working Time Regulations but should not be able to choose to take annual leave pay.
Employers can only make decisions based on evidence available at any point in time.
Lexus (GB) has appointed Iain McCall as its first national manager for network development.
The first registration fee for new car sales will rise by 10% on April 1 from £50 to £55.
Alfa Romeo has revised its 147 Collezione for 2008.
Renault has recruited cult TV show The Simpsons for its advertising campaign for the new Kangoo.
Ford and Tata are hoping to finalise the sale of the Jaguar and Land Rover brand by the middle of February, according to Roger Maddison, national officer of the Unite union.
From time to time we get involved in ’encouraging’ manufacturers to honour warranties when cars have been sold through independent dealers.
Most, if not all, service/repair clients will be familiar with Autodata the technical data source.
It was recently announced that Asda will be issuing a fine for the misuse of dedicated parking bays at store car parks.
Citroën has developed its special Code versions of its C1 and C3 Pluriel following the success of its C2 Code.
Mitsubishi will be giving away one Colt CZC every weekend from January to March 2008 to celebrate a 521% increase in sales since prices were aligned in November 2007.
The finalists for the prestigious 2008 AM Awards have been announced.
Gary Frigo has left his role as managing director for Nissan Motor GB in order to return to Nissan North America at the end of March.
Fast-fit chain HiQ buys 25 LDV Maxus vans as it begins a ramp-up of its mobile tyre service for fleet clients
The Institute for the Motor Industry has launched SkillMiles, an awards scheme that give points for supporting training.
UK car buyers will be able to choose from 7,000 different model derivatives this month which is 74% increase over the 4,000 available in eight years ago.
Kevin Johnson, corporate finance partner at Spofforths Chartered Accountants, points to an unclear tax position on the disposal of businesses
Nine companies listed on AIM have been fined for failures in their websites.
