Tickets to the AM Aftersales Conference will be offered at the early bird rate for delegates until March 27.
Online auction company G3 Remarketing, which disposes vehicles direct from fleet companies, finance houses and leasing companies, is introducing a new online bidding portal in mid April.
Mitsubishi is to build on the workshop retention gains achieved under its service plan for new cars with a similar package for used vehicles.
Angela Barrow, EMaC chief executive, believes service receptions should be the first thing customers see when entering UK showrooms to reflect why the majority of customers are visiting.
The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, has just completed its largest ever analysis of vehicle ownership in the UK.
The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) and the National Franchised Dealer Association (NFDA) are launching a new MoT initiative that aims to help boost aftersales retention for franchised dealers.
Car supermarket chain Motorpoint is expanding and plans to chew further into the franchised dealer's traditional heartland.
New car lead generator Motoring.co.uk has partnered with price comparison site Confused.com to generate sales enquiries for car brands.
The supermini has been knocked off the top spot as the best selling used car type by a lower medium model for the first time since 2007.
UK national sales companies ordering cars priced in euros may have to ease off the throttle after the end of March due to the pressure on sterling.
Seat dealership Pulman, in Sunderland, has sold 240 recently launched Toledos to one of the UK’s largest specialist vehicle suppliers to the taxi trade.
Renault’s Zoe electric vehicle will be priced from £13,650 including Government subsidies and customers will have to pay at least £70 a month for the battery rental.
Reports coming out of the North West this week suggest that Vertu Motors has concluded a major refinance package with Barclays.
A TV motoring presenter has launched a business selling used cars.
Online auction company G3 Remarketing has taken a five-year lease on a former Warburton Bakeries distribution centre off junction 30 of the M62.
Rolls-Royce has broken sales records in the past two years but it will not be able to continue growing once capacity is reached at its factory at Goodwood.
Listers Group has invested almost £1m to give one of its dealerships a major extension and makeover.
BMW has made it clear it sees no future for electric cars without a petrol or diesel back-up.
For the first time ever Mitsubishi Motors’ coveted UK Dealer of the Year Award has been shared between two dealerships: Chris Variava Mitsubishi in Nottingham and Smithy Garage in Gwynedd.
UK car production fell by 0.7% in February to 137,458 units due to such a strong performance a year ago, according to the latest figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT).
George Osborne has delivered his Budget 2013 and announced that corporation tax will be cut from 28% to 24% next year and then down to 20% in 2015.
Motor trade accountancy firm ASE is warning that many dealers are unaware of important changes to PAYE due to take effect next month.
Jennings Motor Group’s Paul Beadling has transferred from its Ford Direct showroom in Middlesbrough to take on a new role as the group’s internet sales manager.
The Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI) has recognised ‘the leading lights in the automotive industry’ at its Annual Dinner.
In the run up to the launch of the all-electric Zoe, Renault is offering a free domestic charging point with each new sale.
An SUV is crucial if Bentley is to achieve its goal of 15,000 sales a year by 2018, says CEO Dr Wolfgang Schreiber.
Honda (UK) has appointed Phil Webb as its new head of dealer development, effective from April 1.
BMW recorded its most successful year ever in 2012 with new records in sales and revenues, board chairman Norbert Reithofer said.
The Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI) has secured additional funding from the UK Commission for Employment and Skills (UKCES) to develop an information and communications technology (ICT) teaching resource.
Last year Kwik-Fit Mobile announced it would be extending its service into the retail sector. In the last three months demand for the service tripled and Kwik-Fit is planning for a further tripling of business in the next 12 months.
