Just Car Clinics Group has gained the BSI Kitemark certification across its 24-site network over the North, East and central England.
Single site business purchase is expanding group’s second buy in just two months.
The UK roll-out of Infiniti, the Japanese performance automotive brand, is gathering pace with the opening of Infiniti Centre Glasgow, the country’s fourth Centre and the first in Scotland.
Ness Motors is taking over the Saab franchise in Inverness from County Saab.
Many UK households are still struggling financially, according to a poll for the Bank of England.
Marketing Delivery, the operational marketing company, is offering its top tips to dealers to improve customer relationship management (CRM) through better data capture and database management.
Customers are likely to continue downsizing as the cost of motoring increases next year.
Nationwide Accident Repair Services has this morning announced a major agreement for its recently launched mobile division.
Almost two thirds of motorists agree or partly agree that electric vehicles could replace their household's cars in future.
Pendragon has sold its BMW/Mini dealership in Maidenhead to Sytner Group.
BMW's network will get a £40k super-coupe in their showrooms from May 2011 - the 1 Series M Coupe.
Accident Exchange, the manufacturer and dealer accident management solutions provider, has renewed exclusive partnerships with a number of major retail groups.
AM can announce the guest presenter and caberet act for the 20th anniversary AM Awards in February.
Average used car values were flat in November with month on month values averaging exactly the same value as recorded in October.
Budget car brand Proton is inviting consumers to buy ahead of the VAT rise and benefit from its finance deposit contribution.
Chevrolet has appointed Jennie Chinn as its national aftersales manager UK, replacing Leon Caruso.
Extended warranty sales are expected to remain strong next year as used car buyer confidence looks unlikely to improve significantly in 2011, according to RAC Warranty.
The Goodwood’s Moving Motor Show (MMS) will be sponsored by Auto Trader on June 30 next year.
The Volkswagen Tiguan has retained the highest value over three years according to Glass’s residual value top 10.
Wayside Group has acquired single site business Milton Keynes Seat for an undisclosed sum.
Fiat Group Automobiles UK is to extend its family of alliance partners following the announcement of a new fleet deal with bodyshop Nationwide Accident Repair Services.
Thatcham, the motor insurance repair research centre, has named Peter Shaw, as its next chief executive.
The full-time gender pay gap has narrowed by two percentage points between 2009 and 2010 from 10.2%, down from 12.2% in 2009.
Neil Greig, IAM director of policy and research said: “With MoT failure rates of around 21% for three year old cars it is essential that the underlying reasons for so many relatively new cars failing are investigated before any changes are made to MoT test frequency.”
Subaru UK has held a competition to test the skills of its retailers in turning customers’ test drives into potential sales.
Kia has revealed the first design sketches of the next generation Picanto which will go on sale in the UK in spring next year.
Renault is simplifying its car range to reduce the number of versions by 30% for orders placed in 2011.
Automotive insolvencies in the automotive industry fell by 25% year-on-year from 43% to 32%, according to Experian’s latest October Insolvency and Late Payment indices.
The average price of new cars in the UK fell month-on-month in November for the first time since May - but only by a tiny margin.
Honda has improved its Insight hybrid with better trim levels and adjusted suspension to improve ride comfort.
