KPMG administrators dealing with collapsed work provider Accident Repair Management Services (ARMS) are confident that its creditors will get all their claims settled in full.
Thatcham’s Apprentice Training Centre, launched last month to provide training for the body repair sector, has been awarded Centre of Vocational Excellence status by the Learning and Skills Council.
In Scotland everybody knows Sir Arnold Clark. Visit almost any town and you’ll pass one of his dealerships – they’re dotted everywhere.
Mazda is claiming an industry first with the imminent Europe-wide launch of a digital service record (DSR) that will come to its UK network this September.
Bridgestone has confirmed it has made a bid to buy workshop chain Kwik-Fit as part of its ambition to increase its market share in Europe.
Repairers linked with fleet service business FMG Support are being offered the chance to sign up to the company’s new initiative, which assures them guaranteed volumes of work.
A Cheshire-based valeting products importer wants to raise the profile of a Netherlands manufactured car care products range, to enable it to compete in the UK trade’s premium sector.
Xpart, the Cat Logistics subsidiary, has moved to reassure dealers and independent motor traders that supply of parts for MG Rover models will continue.
Mini has announced that it will be adding three new models to its existing hatchback range in September, the One Seven, the Cooper Park Lane and the Cooper S Checkmate.
Fiat Auto (UK) has finally revealed details of its Club Ricambi trade parts scheme, which will be launched at the end of this month.
Delegates receive credit for IMI Continuing Professional Development scheme.
Paul Nelson has left John Martin Group (JMG) after 17 years as finance director because, it is believed, the founder and chairman blocked his proposed management buy-out.
Here’s the proof that Mazda’s hot 6 MPS model isn’t a one-off – the 3 is also getting the Mazda Performance Series treatment.
Gateshead-based Priory Motor Group is preparing to quit the motor retail industry and has put its 11 franchised outlets and four bodyshops on the market.
The Gordon Lamb Group has sold its Nottingham Chevrolet and Mazda dealerships to family-run business Sandicliffe.
Hertfordshire and Essex-based Charvills Group is cutting 24 jobs in a company-wide streamlining exercise.
The sales of MG Rover assets have run into problems after the Patent Office records states that the TF sports car has already been sold by accident, according to the FT.
Mercedes-Benz has announced details for its new S-class.
Smart has unveiled a limited edition version of its Roadster-Coupe.
Nissan is developing a system that will eliminate blind spots from around the vehicle with a bird’s-eye view of the surrounding area displayed on a central monitor.
Kia’s smallest car, the Picanto, has become its biggest seller in Europe with almost 32,000 units delivered this year.
Toyota has created a new breed of virtual crash test dummies, to help design safer vehicles.
The fiercely competitive motor finance sector will have a major new player in August when Santander Consumer enters the market led by two former executives of the largely defunct First National Motor Finance operation.
BCA has launched a new loyalty programme, MyBCA, for trade customers, the first such scheme for car auctions in the UK.
Rogue operators who sell or repair vehicles on the roadside could be forced out of business by new environmental rules.
Speculation is mounting in the motor finance sector that troubled Yes Car Credit (YCC) could be planning further management changes and branch closures within its 27-retailer network.
Chippenham Motor Company has opened a four-brand multi-franchised site, using an open plan showroom layout.
The European Commission will not release its six-month study into the operation of block exemption regulation 1400/2002 until May 2008, but the initial views make for gloomy reading, according to former EU Commissioner (1989-1999) Karl Van Miert.
Virtual dealerships could become a reality thanks to broadband services, which can carry high quality video pictures.
Automotive consultancy Martec Europe is aiming to establish a foothold in the UK with its new mentor.net electronic sales management tool.
