The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has announced an extension for firms to respond to complaints about motor finance agreements that do not involve discretionary commission arrangements (DCAs).
Swindon vehicle repair business Evolution Car Center has been hit with an £80,000 fine for employing illegal workers.
The Supreme Court has granted permission for two car lenders to appeal a landmark ruling on motor finance commission payments that has raised concerns over a potential £30 billion compensation bill.
The financial crisis brewing in the UK’s motor finance sector could rival the infamous £50 billion Payment Protection Insurance (PPI) consumer scandal, the Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA) top legal chief has conceded.
Legal and compliance specialist Auxillias has launched the Motor Finance Hub, a comprehensive online resource designed to support motor finance professionals grappling with evolving regulatory requirements.
Clear, upfront disclosure of commission to ensure informed consent will be critical for providers of motor finance following last week’s shock Court of Appeal decision which saw several major industry names suspend lending in order to take stock of the implications of the ruling.
The European Union has made a decisive move to implement tariffs of up to 45% on electric vehicles (EVs) manufactured in China.
Tony Jolly, a manager at a Halfords tyre workshop, racially harassed and bullied a 17-year-old apprentice and set the Polish teenager's trousers on fire.
A technician who insisted he was owed payment from a Leicester workshop he'd worked at stole an expensive toolbox in a fit of anger.
Staff at a branch of car repair chain Kwik Fit have been praised for alerting police to a customer who was drunk when he dropped his car off for maintenance.
A car dealer has been sentenced after being convicted of selling the same dangerously defective car on two separate occasions.
UK motor retailers have left dozens of tributes for a long-serving Mercedes-Benz dealer who was tragically killed while having a quiet drink out the front of a pub.
A former manager of an independent Porsche specialist was given three months to repay tens of thousands of pounds to his former employer or face going to prison.
A new inquiry is under way into the circumstances around the death of Park's Kia showroom manager David McClenaghan.
A father and son who took the law into their own hands and assaulted a man who had vandalised cars at their dealership have been fined thousands of pounds.
The financial watchdog at the heart of the finance mis-selling probe has hit back at Barclays’ bid to quash a key ruling.
An employee of a used car dealership who had been sacked for petty thieving returned at night with two accomplices and stole four cars.
Steve Salvin, chief executive of Milton Keynes-based tech firm Aiimi, discusses how motor retail companies can ready their data for an influx of Data Subject Access Requests (DSAR) from consumers hoping for a payout from historic car loans.
A police raid on an independent dealership and garage in the Midlands has led police to believe they have disrupted a "serious organised crime group" which was ringing valuable high performance cars.
The motor industry must stay vigilant if it is to navigate the emerging legal and ethical considerations surrounding Artificial Intelligence (AI), data security and environmental responsibility.
