Vantage Motor Group has started the New Year by formalising new terms of employments for its workforce, including a five-day working week, a “no late nights” promise and up to £25,000 basic salary.
Land Rover Defender specialist Twisted has embarked on a technician recruitment drive incentivised by “pay rates significantly higher than the industry standard”.
The average dealer staff pay package, excluding management positions, fell by 3% to £40,000, according to the latest figures from the BDO Motor Salary Survey.
Jobs within franchised car dealerships emerged as the UK automotive sector’s most lucrative in an average salary survey conducted by InAutomotive.
Pendragon has raised the salaries of its technicians as part of a wider program to retain talented team members and attract 300 new workshop employees amid a push to grow aftersales revenues.
New data has revealed that the number of advertised jobs in the automotive industry is on the increase along with average salary, despite uncertainty following last month’s general election.
