Santander Consumer Finance has signed a five year extension to its partnership with Volvo Car UK, through which SCF is the provider of both retail and wholesale funding.
Hyundai has launched ‘Made for Trade', a new programme supplying the UK's 35,000 independent motor traders with genuine Hyundai parts.
Unipart Automotive is expected to go into administration this morning after attempts to find a buyer for the whole business failed.
Vertu Motors says its new car sales are outperforming the national market but margins and gross profit per unit have suffered due to the strive to hit manufacturer targets.
Imperial Car Supermarkets is expanding by opening a fourth site, its first in the East Midlands.
Vertu Motors is set to open a Fiat brand centre in Newcastle.
South of England dealer group Caffyns is holding its AGM today where chairman Richard Wright will state the company has made "an encouraging start" to the current financial year.
Former Lookers CEO Peter Jones is to join the Vertu Motors board as non-executive chairman.
Hyundai has launched an online service booking facility across its network of 178 UK dealers and authorised repair centres.
Sales growth in the last financial year at Lifestyle Motor Group has paved the way for freehold acquisitions and a new purpose built Ford and Mazda dealership in Horsham.
An event at a Mitsubishi dealership in Crewe has raised some £3,000 to help send two teenage girls to the Special Olympics World Summer Games next year.
Renault and Fiat have signed an agreement under which Renault will supply Fiat with a light commercial vehicle based on a Renault platform.
Confidence has grown among independent used car retailers, after June saw the best sales growth since the start of the year, says CAP.
All branches of Andrew Page and Camberley Auto Factors (CAF), which was acquired in 2012, will be rebranded as Andrew Page, the Auto-parts People.
Graeme Grieve will be the new managing director of BMW Group UK and Ireland from October 1.
Talks are ongoing to secure new owners for Unipart Automotive after the company filed a notice to appoint administrators earlier this month.
Dealers need to learn how to become effective storytellers to increase web visits and maximise page rankings, according to Terry Hogan, managing director of new and used car buying advice and review website Motoring.co.uk.
Adam Hurren has been appointed to the position of commercial vehicle and business programmes manager at Citroën UK.
Event data recorders (EDRs), often known as ‘black boxes’, could become critical in further improving road safety.
Tyresafe is encouraging dealers to register for its campaign pack to promote October's Tyre Safety Month.
The Office for Low Emission vehicles has put a cap on its home charging point grant scheme, causing British Gas to withdraw its free charge point offer.
Andrew Grzesinski, managing director of AM100 group Macrae & Dick, shares his view of how the sales process is impacted by today's digital consumer.
MG, which is rapidly expanding its sales and retail network, has appointed Seward Group in Hampshire as a franchisee.
Two fresh cars could soon be helping Toyota exert a tighter grip on corporate hybrid transport.
The Institute of the Motor Industry has launched a new apprentice return on investment (ROI) calculator which will help employers and training providers make a strong business case for hiring an apprentice.
Volkswagen is reinforcing its commitment to the Motability scheme by attending a number of events this summer which are aimed at showcasing its most popular models to a wide audience at key locations across the UK.
Marlies Rogait, head of HR for sales and marketing at Volkswagen AG, will become board member for human resources at Bentley Motors from 1 October 2014.
More than 200 used vehicles went under the hammer earlier this month at a special Manheim Online sale for Nissan Vehicle Remarketing.
Nigel Jeremy, global head of learning, recruitment and organisation development for Marks and Spencer, will present his approach to an employee centric culture at the next AM Executive Breakfast Club on August 15, 2014.
A mother of two from Cranhill in Glasgow is celebrating after a winning a new car from Motorpoint.
