EASTERN WESTERN IN £50m AGENCY HIT STRATSTONE STOCKTON ON SALE FOR £6m ROADSIDE GARAGES RAISES £20k FOR CHARITY EUROPE CALLS FOR ‘URGENT ACTION’ ON EVs… … BUT GERMAN MINISTER HINTS AT AID...

GRAVELLS SEES PROFIT ALMOST DOUBLE IN 2023 DIESEL RVs SET TO RISE FORMER VERTU NON-EXEC KEN LEVER JOINS MARSTON’S MOTORPOINT U-TURN IN CUSTOMER ROW AFTER MEDIA EXPOSURE MG AND NIO THREATEN PRICE...

CAR INDUSTRY ‘WRONG ABOUT FALLING RETAIL EV DEMAND’ MOTOR TRADE ‘A JOB BRITS DON’T WANT TO DO’ AFI REBRANDS AS AUTOMOTIVE LEADERSHIP NETWORK FLEETS CALL FOR OEMS TO SOLVE 12V BATTERY ISSUES...

The Chinese advance into the European new car market has surprisingly slowed so far in 2024. Chinese OEMs’ combined penetration in the first third of 2024 is 2.9%, down from the 3.0% achieved in...

CHINESE EV ADVANCE SLOWS … BUT MORE NEW ENTRANTS DUE THIS SUMMER JOHN GROSE AND DICK LOVETT RESULTS RETAILERS ‘REMAIN A CORNERSTONE’ FORD PAUSES EV CERTIFIED RETAILER PROGRAM US RETAILER...

AUTONATION TO LAUNCH NEW BID FOR PENDRAGON? £504m LOOKERS ALPHA AUTO DEAL FINALISED GROUP 1 AUTOMOTIVE UK IN £61.3m PROFIT THOMPSON FIRST MG SUDDENLY CLOSES JOIN AUTO RETAIL LIVE NEW ENTRANTS 2023...

UK EU post-Brexit rules of origin laws risk making EVs 10% more expensive from January 2024. This requires at least 45% parts from the UK or EU, and 60% of batteries. Currently, 47% of UK EV batteries...

UK EU EV ‘LOSE-LOSE’ WARNING MERCEDES-BENZ RETAIL RESTATES 2020 LOSSES GREENHOUS 2022 PROFIT SURGES 25% ANDREW DEAN IS NEW MERCEDES-BENZ UK NATIONAL SALES HEAD VERTU SPONSORS PLYMOUTH ARGYLE TOM...

ARNOLD CLARK HIT BY CHRISTMAS CYBER ATTACK ROBERT FORRESTER: 2023 OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE VITAL NEW EV SALES OUTPACE NEW PUBLIC CHARGERS NISSAN QASHQAI FORECAST TO BE 2022’S TOP NEW CAR 2035 IC BAN...

JLR RETAILERS ‘DEMAND NO-SELL-ON CLAUSE’ CAZOO HITS 100k SALES SINCE DECEMBER 2019 EVS TO FACE ROAD TAX ‘WITHIN 3 YEARS’ TAGGARTS NAME TO DISAPPEAR AFTER 127 YEARS LITHIA ON TRACK TO BE US #1...

3 IN 4 COMPANIES STRUGGLING TO RECRUIT TESCO WINS FIRE AND REHIRE BATTLE IAN GODBOLD LEAVES CAMBRIA EU NEW CAR SALES WORST IN 26 YEARS VOLKSWAGEN THERMAL WINDOW ‘COULD BE ILLEGAL’ COST CONTROL...

SALES CONSULTANTS HAVE FASTEST-GROWING WAGES LARGER RETAIL GROUPS FAVOURED IN VW EV QUOTAS GREEN LIGHT FOR SHIPPING COMPANY CLASS ACTION PM TO DETAIL LIVING WITH COVID PLAN OVER-THE-AIR SOFTWARE...

Following claims by European Commission scientists that car manufacturers have already found a way to cheat the WLTP emissions tests in a bid to manipulate future targets, the European Parliament has...

Global stock markets continue to trade at, or around, record highs as professional investors and chief executives say they are more confident about prospects for global growth. A recent survey by PwC...

The new Chancellor of the Exchequer, Philip Hammond, set the UK on a different economic course from his predecessor in his Autumn Statement and acknowledged that there will be tough times ahead....

The NFDA is aiming to use Brexit to its advantage to get a better deal for retailers over block exemption regulations, according to the organisation’s lawyer Miles Trower. One of the most likely...

Data from the SMMT highlights how the new car market in the UK is rising, with registrations topping two million in September after a record 2015. Sales of diesel and petrol vehicles are running close...

The timing of a full Brexit negotiation has now been set, with Theresa May confirming that Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty will be triggered by the end of March 2017, with the UK looking set to leave...

Recently it seems that Brexit is to blame for everything, anywhere in the world. We don’t really have a view on this; we believe it’s too soon to say, especially as the process of leaving the...

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