News that the May new car registration figures were up by 13.5% was seized upon by headline writers as evidence that the industry is on the road to recovery. But auto retailers we spoke to, and...

Perhaps not surprisingly, the excitement (if that is the right word) over the General Election overshadowed the announcement of new car registration figures for April, which were announced just about...

News that the government is going to extend the current scrappage incentive with an extra £100m came at exactly the right moment to rekindle interest in September new car sales. Auto retailers...

The full effect of the government’s scrappage is revealed in the official new car registration figures for July – up by 2.4%, the first increase in sales for 15 months. The success of...

There are early signs of the success of the government’s scrappage scheme emerging, despite new car sales in May being down by 24.8%. Figures released by BERR (the Department for Business...

Speculation and customer eagerness to take part in the government’s scrappage scheme, announced in the Budget in late April, has increased footfall in dealerships but did nothing to boost new...

Falling new car sales continue to hit the headlines – new car registrations in March were down by 30.5% and the first three months of the year have seen a similar percentage drop in sales. But...

Auto retailers we have spoken to are reasonably confident about business prospects for March, a critical month in the annual trading cycle. They say consumer demand is beginning to pick up, even in...

New car registrations in January were down by 30% but, as far as we can tell, it would be wrong to suggest the UK auto retail industry is on its knees. While the headline focus, naturally, is on the...

Auto retailers up and down the country will be glad to see the back of 2008 which has proved to be one of the most difficult trading periods in living memory. Although new car volume forecasts for...