Aston Barclay has expanded into the consumer car buying sector with the completion of its acquisition of The Car Buying Group (TCBG).
City Auction Group has appointed Emma Woodward as the new business development manager at Rockingham as the business looks to develop new vendors for its dual lane facilities in 2019.
BCA has delivered further evidence of the soaring value of used vehicle stock for car dealers during September as average prices reached the highest level the remarketing specialist has ever recorded.
BCA will unveil a new back-to-back auction lane facility when it officially opens its redeveloped Nottingham site with a BMW Group remarketing event on October 4.
Volkswagen Financial Services UK (VWFS) will take over Aston Barclay’s Donington Park Mega Centre auction facility for a series of ‘Centre-For-A-Day’ sales before the end of the year.
Used car prices reached their second-highest level on record at BCA auctions during August, with average values rising by 2.4% to £9,697.
A team of 52 pedal pushing BCA employees are preparing to swap the auction hall for the open road to raise funds for the Action for A-T charity on a 235-mile cycling challenge.
Aston Barclay sold 76 of 150 Mercedes-Benz cars offered in two auction events which marked the official launch of its new Virtual Auction app.
Aston Barclay is celebrating winning a bronze award for its mobile marketing strategy at the UK Digital Experience Awards 2018.
BCA Marketplace executive chairman Avril Palmer-Baunack appeared on the pages of national newspapers over the weekend in relation to the payment of a £29m shares bonus branded ‘exceptionally disproportionate’.
G3 Remarketing has increased staff levels in every department as it targets ambitious growth before the end of the year.
More than 1,000 VW Group vehicles were offered for sale at BCA Perry Barr on August 21, the largest sale of its type in the auction firm’s history.
Rockingham Motor Speedway has announced its plan to turn into an automotive logistics hub, creating at least 200 new jobs over the next eighteen months.
Used car prices rose 8.8% month-on-month and 8.1% year-on-year at auction houses across the UK during July despite a lower first-time conversion rate indicating a greater level of available stock, NAMA has reported.
Cox Automotive has reported signs of a positive upturn in the used car market after a 7% rise in prices at its Manheim auction centres during July.
Used car prices declined by 1.8% at BCA auctions during July as a year-on-year increase of 5.5% continued to be credited to “strength in depth across the used car market”.
Manheim has signed a three-year partnership extension with Leasys UK, allowing collaboration on a national sales programme until at least 2021.
City Auction Group has appointed David Macklin as operations manager at its Rockingham remarketing centre.
Vantage Motor Group will remarket 6,000 used cars through auction houses in Donington Park, Prees Heath and a planned Wakefield ‘Mega Centre’ as part of a new solus remarketing deal with Aston Barclay.
Aston Barclay’s plan to “revolutionise the UK remarketing sector” could move a step closer to realisation with the creation of a new 70,000sq-ft car auction Mega Centre in Wakefield.
