Stoneacre Motor Group has won the Treating Customers Fairly award at the 2014 F&I Conference.
Perrys Motor Sales has won the National Dealer Group of the Year accolade at Motability’s new Dealer Awards.
A burglar who ransacked a car dealership was arrested after he posted a selfie on Facebook showing him holding stolen car keys.
Expert advice and dealer case studies on search engine optimisation, consumer engagement, data handling, social media and reputation management – the crucial aspects of modern, digital, franchised motor retailing.
Expert advice on search engine optimisation, consumer engagement, data handling, social media and reputation management – the crucial aspects of modern, digital, franchised motor retailing.
The European Commission has fined two European and four Japanese car parts manufacturers 953 million euros (£794 million) in a settlement over price fixing.
Organisations within the automotive industry have responded to the Budget 2014 statement.
Bodyshop training specialist, AutoRaise, has announced the finalists in its inaugural Apprentice of the Year competition, with the winner to be announced at the British Bodyshop Awards in May.
Gordon Lamb Group has bought the property on which its Derby Skoda franchise has operated for the past two years.
Colbornes Volkswagen Guildford has run a ‘car confidence’ evening, attracting more than 120 women and quite a few men to its Moorfield Road showroom.
CAP's Philip Nothard looks at how breaking your stocking policy out of the mainstream can increase margins
A Chevrolet dealership is holding its third pet adoption event in 18 months.
Technology is an essential part of an automotive retailer's operations and while they believe it can give them a competitive advantage, the majority are finding it difficult to keep pace with change.
Jay Nagley on how Nissan’s Sunderland car plant played a pivotal part in re-making the UK car industry.
How did the washing machine manufacturer Whirlpool top the Apple iTunes charts for most downloaded podcasts and what can dealers learn from it?
Data is now enabling franchised dealers to better run their forecourts. The industry is working out how to combine information sources and distil it into useful metrics that help dealers make decisions in buying and selling cars.
Motorists had little joy in today's 2014 Budget announcement by Chancellor George Osborne, with VED charges due to rise next month.
ASE data shows franchised dealers averaged £9,400 profit in January 2014, with 12-month rolling return on sales of 1.49% compared to 1.17% in January 2013.
The full range of Subaru vehicles is now available to an even wider number of motorists in Dorset following the appointment of Dorset Sports Cars as a new Subaru-approved dealer.
Galashiels Volvo dealership Clelands of the Borders has been named as the UK’s top performing business for the brand.
Olympian Sir Chris Hoy has got the keys to a Nissan GTR for his new role as Nissan brand ambassador and figurehead for the carmaker’s #UniteAndExcite campaign.
Online recruitment specialist Jobco-op Automotive is advising dealers to watch out for ‘digital burnout’ among staff.
The founder of successful property marketing website Rightmove, Ed Williams, has become Auto Trader's chairman.
Motoring.co.uk is launching a new website in August which it claims will be "the only website of its kind" in the automotive market.
Benfield has had its own in-house website development team since 2011. Headed by Mark King, it consists of a web developer, senior digital marketing executive, and a digital marketing executive and is due to expand this year with another web developer and E-CRM specialist being recruited.
Dealers should make sure they focus on producing quality content on their websites in order to satisfy intelligent changes to the way Google ranks search results.
Lloyd Motor Group’s Carlisle Mini dealership put together a series of videos and competitions through its social media channels to launch the new Mini Hatch.
The winner of the £107.9 million EuroMillions jackpot has been revealed as a Surrey car mechanic.
Renault has revealed its new Trafic which will be available at the French brand’s commercial vehicle dealerships this summer.
New research from the iOpener Institute for People and Performance reveals significant differences between personal productivity levels in different countries and industry sectors.
