September is always a critical month for the motor retail industry and this year will be more important than ever. After the disruption in March, and dealership closures that followed, many retailers...

In all my working career a month has never been such a long time. Given the disruption which was to come, the end of February seems a very long time ago. And looking back to that time the first...

A second successive poor month for retail new vehicle registrations has seen the market fall way significantly in the first two months of the year. Following a fall of 13.9% in January, retail...

Commentators are acknowledging that automotive retailers need to key an eye on private registrations following yet another monthly fall, dropping 1.1% in October compared with the same month in 2015....

Trawling through the full sales figures for each car broken down by fleet and retail for every model on sale in 2011 is either your worst nightmare or, in my case, a stato’s delight. The reason?...

Bolton Car Centre is back in the black after witnessing its sales rise by £2.3m to £53m. The dealership chain- which sells new and used Citroen, Hyundai, Suzuki and Proton vehicles –...

Scotland’s John Clark Motor Group has reported pre-tax profits of £1.7m for the year to December 2009. This compares with a loss of £448,000 in 2008. Turnover was £254.7m...

Eastern Holdings, one of Scotland’s biggest motor empires, returned to the black last year thanks to improved margins, cost cutting and lower interest rates. The privately-owned company, which...

Treasury officials have said a record deficit for August is further evidence the coalition is right to press ahead with cuts. Last Tuesday’s figures show the Government borrowed £15.9bn...

Latest figures from Sainsbury Finance reveal the number of people planning to buy a car in the six-months to February 2011 is at a three-year high. The research indicates that 7.68m people intend to...

UK car sales fell for the first time in a year in July. The SMMT said the volume of new cars registered (136,446 units) fell by 13.2% following 12 successive monthly rises. The Society put the fall...