HR Owen's senior independent director, Ramon Pajares, has resigned from the dealer group's board.
Ford is to carry out a series of advertising campagns on parenting community Mumsnet through 2010 to promote new family cars.
Accident Exchange has launched a free online marketing support service to help its dealers and bodyshops maximise revenue from customers involved in non-fault accidents.
The former shadow treasury secretary and Conservative MP Philip Hammond has been appointed as the new transport secretary.
Inchcape has revealed that its revenues have increased by 13% in the first quarter according to the group’s interim management statement.
Pre-tax profits at Vertu Motors have risen from £70,000 in 2009 to £4.6 million according to the group’s preliminary results for the year ended February 28, 2010.
A range of new features designed to weed out customer duplication and solve other common database issues have been added by Pinewood to its Pinnacle dealer management system.
Average wholesale values have fallen in April by 2.3% (£172) to £7,281, which follows three consecutive monthly rises which had seen values increase by 8% since December 2009.
The SMMT has forecast that European automotive production will hit pre-recession highs by 2014
Kia Motors enjoyed a 36% increase in sales last month after it sold 174,505 vehicles across the globe.
The current shortage in daily rental provision is providing a window of opportunity for franchise dealers to move into short term hire, believes motor industry consultancy Network Automotive.
Citroen is offering three year/35,000 mile servicing or £200 towards the first annual insurance premium on retail sales of its C1 and C3 models.
Nissan Motor's financial results for the fiscal year 2009, which ended on March 31, 2010, are better than expected.
Dealers are being offered an opportunity to sell misfuelling insurance to fleet customers which covers the cost of draining and flushing the fuel tank, as well as replenishing it.
A total of 388,540 new cars and 6,959 new LCVs were registered through the scrappage incentive scheme (SIS) by the end of April.
Dealer group creates new brand – Macklin Motors - to operate north of the border
Details of the new Volkswagen Polo GTI have been anounced.
The Retail Motor Industry Federation is “on track” to be profitable in 2010, according to the chief executive in its annual report published today.
The trading performance of Lookers for the four months ended 30 April 2010 is ahead of budget.
Peugeot is launching a new advertising campaign through a competition on Facebook to promote its new RCZ sports coupe.
Arnold Clark has posted pre-tax profits of £73.9 million for the year ending December 31, 2009, an increase of £37.7m in comparison to 2008.
Southern Finance has become a division of the private bank Raphaels Bank.
Vauxhall continues to be the second most popular make in the UK with a parc totalling 3,856,422 or 10.293% of all registered vehicles.
Today is the last chance for dealers to book their free place at AM's Round Table on May 12 which is being held at the De Vere Gorse Hill Hotel, Woking.
Moves to help dealers weather the storm of Britain’s economic downturn have resulted in dramatic bottom-line improvements across the BMW GB network.
Three UK Toyota dealers have been awarded with top honours at Toyota’s “Ichiban” European Customer Satisfaction Awards during a ceremony on the Champs Elysées in Paris.
Prestige dealers are being offered a new short term leasing service to help customers suffering from new car delivery delays.
Chris Sutton of Black Horse Consumer and Motor Finance has been elected chairman of the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA).
Skoda has revealed details for its second generation Fabia estate and Roomster Greenline II eco models.
Just 7% of leading dealer websites use video to promote their businesses, according to a new survey.
