Car retail management and leadership training and recruitment specialist GMD People is targeting growth under new ownership following its sale to former ASE Global business coach Paul Canning.
Recent years have seen a marked shift away from private vehicle ownership, particularly in urban areas.
Car buyers are two-and-a-half times as likely to purchase a car of they have been introduced to a car dealerships manager during their visit to a showroom, JudgeService has revealed.
The point of sale (POS) car finance market posted year-on-year declines of 3% by volume and 2% by value across both new and used car sectors during June, according to the Finance and Leasing Association (FLA).
Franchised car retailers benefited from a 5% rise in the volume of vehicles presented at their dealerships for maintenance, according to vehicle health check provider autoVHC.
Buyacar has advised car buyers to steer clear of costly options funded by a PCP finance plan – branding the resulting uplift in monthly payments a “rip-off”.
Used car sales slowed in the UK’s car supermarkets as franchised retailers' growing stock levels sped-up their stock turn during July, according to the latest data from Motors.co.uk.
Auto Trader has sought to highlight the haggling hang-ups of UK car buyers with the launch of what it claims is “Britain’s first contactless car vending machine”.
Manheim has launched a QuickList Imagery used car imaging offer in a bid to help speed-up retailers’ online marketing efforts.
Close Brothers Motor Finance’s director of sales Sean Kemple has compiled his top five tips for car dealers looking to embark on a search for hybrid, plug-in hybrid and electric vehicle (EV) forecourt stock.
Aston Barclay has appointed former Manheim director Richard Cross as its new group sales director.
Cazoo has followed its recent pre-launch recruitment drive with a move to secure tenancy in a new 17,500 square foot head office in Euston, London.
The Institute of the Motor Industry claims to be on target to become “the first choice End Point Assessment Organisation (EPAO) for the automotive sector” after putting 5,000 apprentices through the process.
Harwoods Group has become the first Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) retailer to adopt Rockar’s end-to-end online new car sales ecommerce platform.
An ‘Incubator’ training scheme has been launched by iVendi as part of efforts to upskill its new recruits for the automotive finance sector.
The Mercedes-Benz A Class hatchback disrupted the recent dominance of SUVs in Indicata’s monthly fastest-selling cars rankings during July.
The average asking price of a used car advertised via Auto Trader rose by 2.76% during July but the online marketplace said that the rate of value growth had declined for the first time since August 2012.
The emergence of the connected car has transformed the automotive industry.
The founder of vehicle charging company Elektromotive is taking BP Chargemaster to an employment tribunal over an allegation of unfair dismissal and the resultant loss of over £1m in share options.
Daimler and Volkswagen-backed online used car retail marketplace Heycar has launched in the UK with a dealers stock of over 100,000 vehicles available for consumers to browse.
