TrustFord has officially opened a 20,000 square foot service and PartsPlus aftersales centre in Alperton, North-West London, following a £1 million investment in the site.
Jardine Motors and Trustford HR directors Clare Martin and Sharon Ashcroft gained special recognition as the Automotive 30% Club presented its annual ‘Inspiring Women’ automotive sector awards.
TrustFord’s mile-munching Breakout for Ben fundraising initiative will be rolled-out to the entire industry in a bid to help the automotive charity plug a £1 million fundraising gap in 2021.
A fast-thinking TrustFord employee chased and apprehended a car thief who pushed aside a sales executive before speeding from the AM100 retail group’s Castleford forecourt in an £8,000 Audi A1.
TrustFord has pledged to donate £20,000 from the TrustFord Trust to Ben in response to the charity’s urgent plea for assistance amid £1m funding shortfall.
TrustFord’s Alperton dealership site has been offered for sale as the Ford of Britain-owned AM100 car retail group consolidates as part of the brand’s plan to close almost half of its UK franchised retail sites.
Business leaders from AM100 franchised car retailers Sytner, Lookers, TrustFord have joined the NFDA in lobbying Northern Ireland MPs on a Brexit tax issue which could result in a 20% price hike for used cars.
TrustFord is poised to expand its Ford Quick Lane tyre and service aftersales fast-fit centre network with the opening of a £400,000 facility in Gorton, Greater Manchester.
Suggestions that Ford car retailers could go out of business as the result of a Brexit-related change to the brand’s VAT invoicing have been branded as “scaremongering”.
TrustFord preparing for new store concept and aftersales openings after celebrating “stunning performance” to carry momentum from its COVID-19 comeback in Q3.
Car dealerships in England were allowed to reopen on June 1 as the Government eased its lockdown, but ‘business as usual’ may be a long way off, reports Debbie Kirlew
Arnold Clark, Simon Bailes Peugeot and TrustFord have shown their support to the NHS through the donation of 20,000 disposable car seat covers and the provision of vehicles and vital maintenance support to keep essential healthcare services moving.
Coronavirus-prompted car dealership closures resulting from Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s lock-down of non-essential retail businesses will see ‘80% of car dealership employees’ placed on Government salary support.
Ford of Britain will with TrustFord's leadership team to consider the brand’s high street retail strategy in light of experience gathered at its store in Next’s Manchester Arndale Centre outlet.
Porsche Retail Group, TrustFord and Motorpoint were all recognised among the UK’s top employers in the annual Sunday Times Best Companies to Work For rankings.
Jardine Motors Group emerged as the winner in the AM Awards 2020 AM People Investor category after lengthy deliberations over this year’s strongest entries.
Merging the online offering and physical experience for customers is a challenge this dealer group is tackling through investment in digital technology.
From cake sales to marathon runs, Jardine Motors’ 3,500 colleagues have all stepped up to raise more than £1 million for charity.
Input from Google was taken into consideration when the judges were evaluating one of the most competitive – and important – categories in the AM Awards.
Ford dealer TrustFord needed new ways to engage with customers and base marketing around its people. The ‘people buy from people’ concept resonated with judges.
