Average wholesale used van values fell by 2.8% (£115) to £4,023 in February with average age up by two months to 52 months and average mileage up by 1,495 to 75,124 miles.
Dealers cutting best deals possible with oil companies as prices continue to increase
South Korean carmarker to spend around £15,000 per dealership on new network branding
The new car market is expected to be moderate this year with a 5% drop predicted, but it will bounce back in 2012.
Dealers can challenge their business rates if there is a material change in circumstances
BSkyB is to trial a scheme called AdSmart in which television ads will be streamed based on viewers supposed lifestyles.
Former operations manager will drive business at group's five Porsche Centres
Many high-earning Britons are now being declined by mainstream lenders - often due to just minor blemishes on their credit files.
Business confidence in the UK is at its highest point for four years.
Fuel could become the highest pence per mile cost of running a company car in less than five years.
Dealer group Caffyns is continuing its recovery plan which has seen market share gains in its region.
Andrew West, Vauxhall’s retail net-work development director, has become its aftersales director.
Carlyle Finance is giving car buyers the chance to save money at a range of high street stores and when paying for holidays to offset the cost of interest charges.
Ford has confirmed it is working on a counter offer to Vauxhall’s lifetime warranty.
Dealers will soon be able to bid on used cars at Manheim auctions through their smart phone following the launch of a new mobile phone website from the company.
Franchised dealers are being invited to a free AM Round Table discussion at the Hilton Coventry Hotel on April 14 for the chance to discuss major issues within the industry among their peers.
AM’s next aftersales conference will reveal to dealers how to secure more fleet business in their servicing departments and provide tips on customer relationship management (CRM) to help keep workshops busy.
Gary Dawkins, former sales manager for Fortis Lease, part of BNP Paribas banking group, has joined Capitas Finance to head up a new vehicle financing subsidiary called Capitas Vehicle Finance Ltd.
Car manufacturers in the UK will be opening their doors to school children and students in October as part of See Inside Manufacturing in order to attract young talent into the automotive industry.
Average used car values rose marginally in February by £11 compared to January’s figure to reach £5,985 and they are at the highest point recorded since December 2009.
Kia dealers across the UK are getting involved in charity fund raising for Red Nose Day as 28 dealerships look to “pimp” 32 part-exchange vehicles into something good enough to raise money at auction on March 18.
Harratts is getting involved with its local community by sponsoring Wakefield Hospice’s 10km charity running race for the 10th year running.
Chris Liddell, General Motors’ chief financial officer, has quit despite returning the US brand back to profit for the first time since 2004.
Honda is launching a Facebook marketing campaign to find the best creations made in Britain and to promote its car building engineers in Swindon.
Hatfield Peugeot has been sold to Spire Automotive Limited for an undisclosed sum.
A 20,000 order bank has given the manufacturer confidence in its growth plans for 2011
Marshall Motor Group has recruited Nigel Ward to be franchise director of its recently acquired Mercedes-Benz market area in the north-west of England.
Vauxhall dealer Thurlby Motors has taken on its first Nissan franchise, bringing the group to four sites in the Lincolnshire area.
Richard Hardie has acquired a lease for a property in Durham in order to relocate its Peugeot dealership.
