Snows Motor Group has promoted group corporate sales manager Richard Betts to the post of group corporate director to boost commercial vehicle, lease and fleet business.
JCT600 Vauxhall Bradford dealership manager James Tordoff and his good friend Chris Nicholl have successfully completed a gruelling 3,000-mile trans-Atlantic rowing challenge.
AvailableCar chief executive Michael Bell has said that the used car supermarket group is looking forward to the “successes” a more diverse workforce can bring after joining the Automotive 30% Club.
Mitsubishi Motors Europe has appointed Opel France boss Eric Wepierre as its new president and chief executive.
Volkswagen UK managing director Andrew Savvas has gone under the tattooist’s needle twice to smash a £1,000 charity fund-raising target to benefit WWF Australia’s bush fire relief fund.
A director of classic car dealer Tom Hartley has been handed a nine-month suspended jail sentence following his involvement in a crash involving a Ferrari 458 Spider and a Porsche 118 Cayman GTS.
Peter Hope has been named as the new marketing director of Vauxhall Motors, taking up the position on March 31.
DealTrak has appointed Gary Burton as new head of delivery as it embarks on a recruitment drive to fill a number of senior roles.
Evolution Funding has strengthened its sales team with the appointment of four former Barclays Partner Finance (BPF) employees.
Glyn Hopkin operations director Stuart Hodson has left the business to “pursue other opportunities” two years after taking up the post with the Romford-based retail group.
A Marshall Motor Holdings Maserati brand manager has been jailed for 14 months after diverting almost £200,000 of luxury car sales payments into his personal bank account.
The Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI) chairman Adrian Smith’s decision to step-down from his post with immediate effect following his conviction for drink driving.
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) UK has appointed new heads of country on its senior management team for Jeep, Alfa Romeo, Fiat and Abarth.
Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has appointed product marketing director Finbar McFall as its new customer experience director following the announcement that Fiona Pargeter is to leave the car manufacturer.
The chairman of the Institute of the Motor Industry and former chief executive of the Scottish Motor Trade Association (SMTA), Adrian Smith, has been convicted of drink driving.
James Hawley has been appointed as area manager for Hendy Group’s Car and Van Store business.
Kia Motors Europe has appointed Carlos Lahoz as its new marketing director
The former commercial director of Sytner Group’s Car Shop used car division, James Dunkley, has joined Camden Ventures as a managing partner weeks after departing the AM100-topping retailer.
JCT600 is set to give another 40 apprentices the chance to “earn while you learn” as it adds to the 100 already in the business on a new rolling recruitment basis.
Luca de Meo has stepped down from his position as president of Seat with immediate effect, strengthening rumours that he will be taking over as Renault’s chief executive.
