A disorderly no-deal Brexit could see the value of sterling dropping below the euro and the UK economy descending into chaos, according to Zeus Capital analyst Mike Allen, who added: “I don’t...

The full year new car registration figures for 2016 painted a very healthy picture of the industry when they were released in early January 2017. After a year of quite remarkable world events and...

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 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...

The perfect storm of low interest rates, attractive finance packages, favourable exchange rates, PCP deals and manufacturer offers surely can’t last for ever, and retailers need to have a business...

A couple of weeks ago we wrote about the likelihood that prices would have to rise because of the softening of the Pound against the Euro. This now looks certain, as our lead story in Auto Retail...

New car price rises will see the UK market slip in 2017, according to a manufacturers at the Paris motor show this week. Asked if the Pound Euro exchange rate, currently at £1:€1.16, would mean that...

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As summer finally arrived in the UK, markets seemed reluctant to spoil the mood. In a third straight month of gains, the FTSE 100 index of blue chip stocks closed 1% higher, while the more...

Auto Retail Network’s Where next for the PCP? event this week raised a host of sub-topics in the finance arena. There was commentary about the rise of the PCH alongside the PCP, regulatory scrutiny...

The automotive retail sector has come under severe pressure following the Brexit vote with investors clearly pricing in distressed economic scenarios with share prices falling between 15% and 51%...

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