Škoda UK has appointed Volkswagen UK head of aftersales Kevin Rendall as its new head of sales operations.
Volkswagen has launched a new All-in car care package which provides owners of VWs aged three to five-year-old two services, two MOTs, a two-year warranty and two years roadside assistance.
The Department for Transport’s Office for Zero Emission Vehicles (OZEV) has confirmed there wil be more "overnight" changes to plug-in car grant (PiCG) EV incentives as part of a "managed exit" from Government.
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is set to focus its efforts on clarifying the terms and conditions of finance agreements and making it easier for customers to complain in a new Customer Duty.
The automotive industry is experiencing change at a pace never seen before and across more than one vertical.
Inchcape was named Group of the Year and Pinkstone Cars’ Stoke franchise Centre of the Year at Lexus UK’s 2020 ‘Centre of Excellence’ awards.
The board of directors at Cambria Automobiles has confirmed that chief executive Mark Lavery has been given more time to negotiate a management buy-out (MBO) of the AM100 car retail PLC.
Franchised and independent car retailers across the UK are being urged to celebrate their successes in a COVID-impacted 2020 and boost the morale of their workforce by entering the AM Awards 2021.
The health and wellbeing of automotive apprentices will be at the heart of a “Supercharged” free online event hosted by the National Franchised Dealers Association’s (NFDA) Drive My Career campaign.
Drive Motor Retail has further expanded its previously Vauxhall-dominated franchise portfolio with the addition of three new MG Motor UK dealerships in Leicester, Bristol and Darlington.
TrustFord has continued the consolidation of the Ford's car retail network in London through the acquisition of Cambria Automobiles’ franchises in Croydon and Wimbledon.
Ben has launched its Annual Industry Survey 2021 and is urging people in automotive to take part and share the health and wellbeing issues affecting them.
MOT bookings rose 160% year-on-year last month as the aftermarket sector performed "ahead of expectations" in a lockdown-hit Q1.
Hendy Group's chief executive Paul Hendy and chief operating officer Simon Bottomley have become the latest additions to the Automotive 30% Club.
Motorpoint is the sole car retail partner of a newly-launched £10 million Clean Air Zone vehicle scrappage scheme launched by Birmingham City Council to combat CO2 emissions in the city.
A Doncaster car dealer who sold mis-sold a previously written-off Vauxhall Corsa and misrepresented 33 more cars has been handed and 18-month suspended prison sentence.
Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI), chief executive Steve Nash has highlighted £2bn in lost Apprenticeship Levy funds as a demonstration of “inconsistencies” in Government’s approach to upskilling the UK workforce.
A dog and a set of false teeth feature among Motorpoint’s top ten ranking of the most unusual things to be left inside vehicles by customers trading-in a car as a part-exchange.
Polestar UK plans to get up to 30,000 car buyers behind the wheel of its Polestar 2 performance electric vehicle (EV) with the help of a new ‘test drive hub’ in Milton Keynes.
MHA have teamed-up with other automotive sector suppliers to create an EV Alliance and help car retailers and manufacturers transition to a zero emissions future.
Johnsons Cars has revealed a 14.1% rise in turnover and a 410% rise in profit before tax in a COVID-impacted 2020 annual financial results statement.
More than two-thirds of motorists disagree with the UK Government’s assertion that self-driving cars should be allowed on UK roads later this year.
Aston Barclay’s decision to allow car buyers to return to its auction halls when COVID-19 ‘Lockdown 3’ ended in April has delivered a 17% uplift in attendances.
Vertu Motors chief executive Robert Forrester has said the AM100 PLC will continue to drive a “big brand” profile through high-profile marketing after adding 30 car retail outlets in 15 months.
Geely’s London Electric Vehicle Company (LEVC) has appointed former Inchcape BMW/Mini division director and BMW Group sales and marketing director Richard Hudson as its new commercial director.
Subaru has announced that its first fully electric vehicle (EV) will be named Solterra.
Jeep UK has named Slough's Thames Jeep dealership as its Retailer of the Year 2021 as it rewarded its top performing retailers with its annual awards.
Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) chief executive Mike Hawes has said the used car retail sector can look forward with “renewed optimism” after an 8.9% decline in sales during Q1.
Groupe Renault’s Renault Sport line-up will now operate under an Alpine Cars business unit as the OEM targets a future of fully electric performance cars.
Arnold Clark will help its apprentices learn to drive and give candidates the ability to boost their wages through performance as part of a ‘ground-breaking’ new benefits package.
