Visteon, the global car parts maker, has started a restructuring programme at its plant in Northern Ireland, offering at least £30,000 to staff who take voluntary redundancy.
Just a few spaces are left for retailers and their finance directors wishing to attend AM’s Financial control in motor retail conference at The Quadrangle, Oxford, on 17 November.
Audatex UK has invested £5m in developing an AudaNet platform with the aim of providing a central hub for all its package of software solutions used by bodyshops and insurers.
Jaguar is in a fight with insurers over who is best suited to repair its damaged vehicles.
Courtesy car provider Circle Leasing is offering its bodyshop clients a simple tool which will help determine minor damage at the end of their contracts.
Allianz Cornhill is planning to reduce the number of bodyshops in its national approved repairer network.
Kia has added a new SE+ trim to its Picanto range.
The list price of the average new car rose by 1.4%, year-on-year, to the end of last month, equivalent to a rise worth £182.
Hyundai will appoint Tony Whitehorn as its new UK managing director on November 21.
Lexus’s new IS 250 will have the world’s first dual chamber passenger airbag.
Volvo’s new C70 will be priced from £26,200 to £33,225 when it goes on sale in February.
Redditch based Johnsons Cars has acquired two Volvo dealerships from Asgard in Stourbridge and Solihull for an undisclosed sum.
Snetterton Race Circuit in Norfolk will become home to a cluster of prestigious new car dealerships within the next five years.
Kia Motors (UK) hopes in 2006 to add Lookers to the list of leading groups representing the brand, but initial talks have so far failed to reach agreement on locations.
A former Lotus manager is starting a two-year jail term having been convicted of committing more than £80,000 of fraud.
Peugeot has launched a dedicated business sales centre to strengthen its dealer network fleet sales support.
Norwich Union has taken the first steps towards a national roll-out of its ‘pay as you drive’ (PAYD) scheme.
The UK’s largest wholesale distributor of tyres is having a frantic end to a busy year.
Motor parts wholesaling chain Maccess has cleared up confusion caused by an ICC Credit statement that the £61m turnover business is in administration.
Uninsured drivers will have their cars seized and destroyed as from today.
Ford and Fiat have signed an agreement to cooperate on the joint development and production of vehicles in the European small car (sub-B) segment.
The Office of Fair Trading is being asked to look into whether actions by carmakers to stop grey imports into the UK are restriction of trade.
Motor dealers have long been the outcasts of the stock exchange. Up to a few years ago there were plenty of cheap shares about, or ‘value investments’ as they call companies with low valuations in comparison to their size.
The collapse of Capital Chrysler has led to ChryslerJeep UK rethinking its representation in London and an announcement is likely by the end of the year.
Shortage of good quality three-year-old stock handed company car fleets and leasing companies a Q3 bonus.
A quirky city car unveiled at October’s Tokyo motor show could go on sale in the UK next summer – and dealers will be given the choice whether or not to put it in showrooms.
Premier Motorauctions in Leeds held a send-off last month for its business development manager, Alan Rodgers, who has retired.
Speed bumps that flatten out for drivers who keep to the speed limit could soon be introduced by councils across the UK.
A prime-time Channel 5 documentary series this winter will follow the appointment and training of a sales consultant at a franchised dealership.
BP Lubricants is supporting a new aftermarket concept to be introduced into the UK next year which will offer motorists a drive-through mini-service service without booking.
