Effective remuneration packages are key to ensuring dealership goals are achieved through attraction and retention of the best staff, and so enable businesses to sustain competitive advantage and...

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New car registrations fell 6.8% in 2018 to finish the year at 2.36 million units. The SMMT blamed the switch to WLTP regulations impacting supply and a lack of consumer confidence thanks to broad...

Volkswagen looks set to reduce retailer numbers across Europe following a dealer council meeting held last week. At the European Dealer Council meeting Volkswagen’s passenger car sales, marketing...

Facebook is pushing into the car listings space via its Marketplace section. The move, which is happening initially in the US, is aimed at connecting buyers to cars in their localities and allows them...

Vertu Motors has reported a growth in return on sales in its 2017 half-year figures despite a 14.7% drop in like-for-like new car retail volumes. The latest financial figures from Vertu show a profit...

A 10% to 15% downgrade to expected earnings within the UK motor retail sector, has been factored into valuations by analyst Zeus Capital. In a note covering prospects for 2018/19, it said sector...

Hyundai is watching the way rival brands have approached the shopping centre retail concept to see if it can improve on the way Rockar’s angels – the firm’s non-commission sales staff – sell...

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In this rapidly evolving age of Internet shopping, auto retailers often have a choice; mirror the competition or work hard to carve out a distinctive and value-added proposition that hopefully...

Auto Retail Network has launched a new report focusing on the future of mobility and the implications for the UK’s auto retailers. Created in partnership with PwC, The Mobility Roadmap for UK Auto...

Hard to believe that last week’s Web Workshop was the seventh such event we’ve run in the past four years. When we launched the Web Workshop strand, back in 2008, the topic of the first...

Senior directors of Pendragon have stepped in to try to restore confidence in the auto retail group following its disappointing rights issue earlier this month. The directors have bought a total of...