For the first time AM looks beyond the biggest groups to the AM200.
The original AM100 contained only turnover and only slowly progressed to include profit and return on capital and a number of other performance measures. This review, for the first time, includes groups beyond the AM100.
Tom Sharpe has joined the editorial team at motor industry publication AM in the newly created role of news & features editor.
AM’s recent poll on the Volkswagen emission scandal revealed that 66% of respondents believe it will cause long term damage to the reputation of Volkswagen.
AM has made it even easier for you to view what’s happened in the motor trade in the past seven days, with a ‘The Week’ function.
Here is our gallery of this year's AM and IMI People Conference 2015.
AM is asking senior decision-makers in franchised dealer groups to look behind the headlines that have for more than three years championed the success in the new car market.
Last year saw the second consecutive year of growth for the top 100 franchised dealer groups in the UK.
May's issue of AM is out, including an interview with Norfolk Motor Group MD Grant Long; a look at Nissan's new CI; and 15 ways to boost your used car profits
Major franchised dealers could be hit with demand for up to £7,500 in fees when they file their consumer credit application to the Financial Conduct Authority.
The cultural shift among mortgage lenders is on-going as the industry grapples with new regulations which place customers at the top of the agenda, according to Grant Thornton director for banking and mortgages Tony Moroney.
The Financial Conduct Authority's ‘treating customers fairly’ principle means big changes for car dealers' relationships with finance brokers.
The Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) expects year-on-year increases in loans from its members for retail purchases of new and used cars through dealerships to continue until the end of the year.
Videos are predicted to become an increasingly important sales tool on dealers’ websites alongside a wider range of products to increase F&I revenue.
GAP pricing transparency would be the biggest single advantage that the FCA could provide to help new and used car customers make more informed choices.
The Funding Corporation this month launches Inisium, a non-prime HP loan of up to £10,000 for buyers of used and, for the first time, new cars.
Automotive Compliance, the appointed representative (AR) network working within general insurance meditation specifically for the motor industry, has been confirmed by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) as a principal firm for consumer credit.
With many dealers’ slots to apply for full FCA authorisation being moved forward, with a deadline of December 31 in many cases, businesses must be prepared, warned the NFDA's Louise Wallis.
Dealers who want to lead the consumer-focused cultural change the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) era is hailing in F&I product sales will need to consider employing a compliance manager, F&I expert Adrian Foster predicted.
Dealers should embrace the new era of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) or risk the imposition of a stricter structure which other industry sectors have been forced to adopt, delegates at AM’s new F&I Compliance Conference will be told.
