After several months of flat or falling numbers, private new vehicle registrations picked up in June, seeing 14.8% growth compared with the same month last year. Having said that, June 2022, in the...

The financial results for motor retailers have been nothing short of superb during the first half of 2021, surpassing all expectations. Despite the fact that we have been operating under a variety of...

Now that motor retail is up and running across the country we can start to decipher the cost of the pandemic shutdown to dealerships. I paused the detailed commentary during the lockdown, however we...

The average UK retailer earned a good level of profitability for June, closing out what proved to be a positive quarter. Prior to Q2 of 2018, retailers were battling against very strong comparatives...

With private registrations more or less flat in June, a fall in fleet registrations of 6.4% saw the market overall down by 3.5% in the month, leaving year to date registrations down 6.3%. Commentators...

With new car registration volumes continuing to run at unprecedented levels the UK market could be in real danger of overheating if some are to be believed. What is certain is that despite the...

None of the rhetoric about ‘anticipated stability’ or ‘moderate growth’ could hide the fact that decline in retail registrations is appearing to be accelerating, falling in July by 6.1% after the...

Demand for new cars in the retail sector continued its decline in June, down 4.5% after a fall of 3% in May. With a drop of 25% in business registrations as well, the over all figures for June...

After the hectic pace of March it was unsurprising that we had a slight slowdown in April. Every living prospect had been dragged forwards into the first quarter and, as always, it was time for a bit...