Inchcape’s UK business has grown half-year operating profits by 4.8% against the first half of 2011, despite revenues remaining flat at £1.085bn.
The early bird truly does catch the worm as dealers can achieve a whopping 77% increase in email open rates by sending marketing emails earlier in the week, rather than later.
Auto Trader says its Market Tracker online analysis tool is one of the systems dealer group Peter Vardy is using to boost its used car operations this year.
Manheim-owned Motors.co.uk has signed a new partnership agreement with Scotland’s best-read newspaper, The Daily Record.
CAP has moved to clarify the situation regarding next March’s plate change following rumours that superstitious drivers could choose a ‘62’ rather than a ‘13’.
Harratts has confirmed it will be Dacia’s sole dealer in Wakefield, with a dealership on Denby Dale Road near to its existing Renault site.
David Lyon, Vauxhall and Opel’s new head of European design, has left the company just days ahead of taking up his new position which was officially announced on June 18.
Mercedes-Benz says ‘significant upgrades’ to its 2013 C-Class range have been designed to appeal to both the corporate and retail markets.
Stockbrokers Panmure Gordon said it anticipates a strong set of first half results from Pendragon when the UK's biggest car dealer reports its results next month.
Saab Parts UK and its national network of 89 authorised service centres are now offering customers a free MoT in conjunction with an oil or annual service booked in August or September.
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French carmaker Renault is predicting a 7% fall in sales in Europe this year after it reported a 39% drop in first half profits.
Car manufacturer Honda is putting a third of the staff at its Swindon plant onto a four-day week from September.
A six monthly survey by the Institute of Customer Service has put car brand Volvo as the fifth highest of all UK organisations.
My dad went to buy his next car last weekend and in this blog he describes his experience.
Honda has been revealed as the most reliable used car brand in the UK for the seventh consecutive year.
Dealers can help to improve their natural search ranking on Google by performing monthly healthchecks using free tools and keeping track of the way the search giant continues to change the way it ranks websites.
Contract carmaker Valmet in Finland has secured an agreement to build more than 100,000 new A-Class cars for Mercedes-Benz.
Ford dealers are rolling out a series of measures within their dealerships to reduce its carbon footprint and cut emissions by up to 10%.
Car dealer group Caffyns reported today it has continued to trade profitably so far this year.
Fiat has secured an exit from its SevelNord joint venture with PSA Peugeot Citroen.
Preliminary data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) shows the UK economy shrank by 0.7% in the second quarter of 2012.
Jaguar Land Rover has said it will create another 1,100 jobs in the West Midlands.
Kia has revealed a first look at its new Carens which will debut at the Paris Motor Show on September 27.
Mazda will unveil its new Mazda6 D-segment car next month, but has just released teaser images of the car.
Chevrolet has signed up to be the official automotive partner of Liverpool FC.
The RMI’s National Association of Motor Auctions (NAMA), the trade body representing auction companies has launched its new Code of Practice.
At its Annual General Meeting (AGM) on 24 July, Vertu Motors outlined impressive growth in profits during the four-month period to 30 June 2012.
A new report shows that confidence in the UK economy’s prospects among small and mid-cap companies has stalled, sinking back to levels last seen in September 2011.
Fiat dealers have now sold more than 102,000 of the 500 supermini in the UK and the Italian brand has now added new colour and interior options for customers.
