Worker salaries have dipped slightly overall at dealer groups in the last 12 months, the first decrease in four years, according to the findings of BDO's annual Motor Salary Survey.
Logistics workers based at Ford's engine manufacturing plant in Dagenham are being balloted for industrial action.
Car retail businesses drove record pay rises in 2022 with bonuses and incentives to management soaring by 70% to deliver average remuneration of £407,000, the latest BDO Salary Survey has revealed.
HMCR is increasing its focus on reviewing Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme claims and there is an increased chance of motor retailers being selected for review.
A call for “more context” has been issued after Harratts, Marshall Motor Group and Vertu Motors appeared in the HMRC’s ‘name and shame’ list of businesses who failed to pay the National Minimum Wage.
Marshall Motor Group is issuing its 4,000 staff a one-off cash "loyalty" bonus and a backdated pay review after outperforming the market as it emerged from a COVID-hit 2020.
HMRC has opened its claims period for the newly-extended Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) as officials “grapple with its regulatory control” to prevent erroneous and fraudulent claims.
Half the UK's car retail employees have been left facing a pay cut or freeze as wages “stagnate” amid changes accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic, BDO’s latest Motor Salary Survey has revealed.
Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak has extended the Government’s Job Support Scheme (JSS) to the end of March.
Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak has broadened the scope of the Government’s COVID-19 fiscal support to businesses in the face of more wide-spread regional lockdowns.
The strength of the car retail sector’s bounce back recovery from the UK’s full COVID-19 lockdown period could make businesses ineligible for Job Support Scheme (JSS), it is feared.
Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak has outlined details of a new COVID-19 job support scheme to replace the furlough option offered by the current Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS).
The HMRC has updated its guidance on how to perform usual hours calculations where employees come off furlough partway through a claim period.
Land Rover Defender specialist Twisted has embarked on a technician recruitment drive incentivised by “pay rates significantly higher than the industry standard”.
The impact of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic will be central to the findings of the BDO Motor Retail Salary Survey 2020, which is now encouraging participation from across the sector.
Motorline Group has opened consultation with its workforce over a 10% cut to employee pay in response to challenges faced as a result of the COVID-19 crisis.
Detail of the Government’s coronavirus job retention scheme (CJRS) extension into October has been welcomed, despite fears that the introduction of larger employer contributions could bring a ‘heavy dose of complexity’.
Caffyns has praised its employees' response to the COVID-19 crisis as “outstanding” as it revealed the mitigation measures taken by the business in a trading update published this morning (May 27).
The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, has confirmed that the Government Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) will be extended to October – at its current 80% rate of salary support.
Generous car retail businesses who promised to exceed the 80% salary funding cap of the Government’s Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) will face an increased financial burden if support is cut to 60%.
