Schools, students and employers need to forge new relationships if dealers are to recruit the high calibre apprentices they need.
Vauxhall has appointed Alastair Cassels to the position of UK retail network development (RND) director, effective immediately.
Loyal employee Colin Massey has been appointed as general manager at Jennings Group’s multi-franchise Stockton site as he landed his fourth promotion in 27 years with the business.
Stricter data protection rules have been adopted by the European Parliament to protect the privacy of drivers.
A new study by Accident Exchange has highlighted that nearly 10% of all collisions last year involved new 15 and 65-plate vehicles.
Nationwide Accident Repair Services has acquired DWS Automotive Repair Solutions.
Consumers have a misguided confidence in the reliability of German brand cars, according to research by WarrantyWise.
Caffyns has completed the disposal of its Lewes Land Rover dealership to Harwoods.
The judges for Auto Trader’s Click Awards have been chosen from the UK’s most “progressive” blue chip digital retailers.
Swindon Mitsubishi has provided an Outlander PHEV to Alun Rossiter, the manager of Team GB and Swindon Robins speedway teams.
A YouGov poll has highlighted a generation gap amongst car buyers with 44% of respondents aged 55 and over not visiting classified websites when buying a car.
Vertu has acquired a Jaguar centre in Leeds from Inchcape Retail.
With the recent introduction of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) legislation and the game-changing Consumer Rights Act 2015, the number of claims made by motorists against independent garages, franchise dealers and authorised repairers is on the rise.
Carmakers must consider digital needs as much as showroom demands, says Seat president Luca de Meo. They need to consider whether the investment they expect franchised dealers to put into expanding showrooms could be better spent on digital tools.
A severe fear of heights has not prevented the boss of AM100 group Marshall Motors from jumping out of a plane at 10,000 feet to launch a new motor industry charity initiative.
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UK Volkswagen dealers have expressed concerns that low-profit recall work related to the ‘dieselgate’ emissions scandal will run “for years”.
Manheim has launched the SureCheck pre-auction inspection service.
Around £10,000 worth of damage has been caused to vehicles which were targeted by a key-wielding vandal in a “reckless act of vandalism”.
Inchcape plc has opened the doors of Volkswagen’s new flagship UK showroom which sends “a very clear message” about the brand’s bid for continued growth, according to Volkswagen’s UK director.
Euro Car Parts (ECP) has opened its new Londonderry branch to strengthen its delivery service across Northern Ireland.
Fiat has turned to football to promote its entry into the burgeoning pick-up segment with the new Fullback – but the vehicles will only be sold by Fiat Professional commercial specialists.
Tributes have been paid to former Furrows Group chairman John Coward after he passed away at his Shropshire home aged 78.
Kia Motors (UK) Ltd is celebrating selling its 750,000 car in the UK since the brand first started trading here in 1991.
Manheim has seen three of its trainees graduate from its auctioneers’ academy to become ‘masters of the gavel’.
Toyota has injected some colour into its Aygo range with the launch of the x-cite - complete with Yellow Fizz paintwork.
Exchange and Mart has launched a bid to use the regional reach of its publisher, Newsquest, to achieve an audience twice the size of rival Auto Trader.
An AA poll canvassed 18,741 of its members and discovered that 33% respondents did not followed through with a purchase because the service history had gaps in it or revealed a lot of past repair work.
GardX International is pleased to announce that Ray Sommerville will be joining the team as non-executive chairman.
Angela Barrow is stepping down from the position of managing director of Emac after 12 years in the post.
