Customers’ faith in its product and a doubling of its sales capacity are key to Carbase’s ability to ‘deal on the day’, says general manager Gordon Veale.
Big Cars managing director Adam Stott on how his Essex dealer group grew its turnover from £1 million to £25m in just six years.
Sales on Facebook and Twitter are still rare, but with 38 million social media accounts in the UK, independents would be short-sighted to ignore them
September surge in retail part-exchange and de-fleet stock may make decline in fourth-quarter used car values deeper than 2014, warns CAP
Top tips from some of the UK’s biggest trade auction firms on getting the best out of online stock selling and buying services.
Independent dealers are confident that the closure of the Carcraft Group will have no adverse effect on the market.
Paul Jaconelli puts the lessons he learned on used car forecourts and franchised dealerships to good use selling supercars.
Non-regulated products are likely to be key earners for used car dealers in a post-FCA environment
As used car finance grows in importance, independent dealers face greater demands to comply with the credit watchdog.
Imperial Car Supermarkets explains how it plans to meet its ambitious growth plans and why it thinks its first online sale is around the corner.
Digital technology has given independent dealers the resources to turn their small size and relative lack of marketing resources to their advantage.
Political uncertainty, deflation forecasts and unease over the impact of PCPs have worried some used car dealers. Our market experts assess the risks for 2015.
