With online sales processes and ‘click and collect’ services firmly in place following the first lockdown period, retailers will surely have been hoping for a less impactful second lockdown. But...

Retail registrations rose a modest 0.4% in October, but retailers will surely have been hoping for more given that October 2019 was itself a weak month. The market wasn’t helped by the...

Commentators are bemoaning the weakest ever ‘new plate’ September following a 4.4% drop in new car registrations, but the true picture is rarely as simplistic as the headlines. It should be noted...

Exeter’s City West Country saw profit before tax grow from £5.7m to £6.8m in the year ended 31 December 2019, despite turnover marginally declining. Return on sales rose from 1.9% to 2.3%. The...

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Mini UK and Ireland director David George insists the launch of the new Mini Electric will mark a tipping point for EVs. “With minimal above-the-line push, and before anyone’s driven it, we’ve...

Vauxhall expects retailer profitability to remain broadly flat in 2020, but is promising a rise in return-on-sales figures in 2021 after the network reorganisation started in 2018 has been completed....

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Vauxhall is believed to be the first manufacturer to have introduced an electric car battery capacity certificate for used EVs and PHEVs. The check service will confirm the health of used electric car...

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The Vauxhall Corsa, despite its age, was the firm’s best-selling car in 2019. The Mokka X, Astra and Grandland X were roughly level-pegging – and outsold by the Corsa by more than 50%. Sales...

The collapse in retail registrations continued into November, driving a drop in the overall market of 1.3% compared to the same month in 2018. Retail registrations of 65,114 units represented a fall...

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Vauxhall retail group Thurlow Nunn has reported a £3.7 million loss before tax for 2018, despite turnover growing 34% to £105.8m. The Kings Lynn-based company (which successfully re-signed all of...

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AUTO LEADERS MEET LEADSOM LSH AUTO LOSSES HALVED AUTONOMOUS CARS ‘WILL ONLY LAST FOUR YEARS’ LOUISE WOODS LEAVES NFDA TOYOTA AND SUZUKI DEEPEN TIES TESLA LAUNCHES CAR INSURANCE STOCKWATCH...

PSA is bringing its Go Vauxhall dealerships under the Robins & Day banner with a rebranding set to go live next week. PSA took control of the Vauxhall-owned retail group a year ago shortly after...

Vauxhall sales and customer experience director Peter Hope says there is currently a gap in the British car market – and feels Vauxhall is in pole position to fill it. This is all thanks to new...

Vauxhall is to launch its first new car service plan this week, Auto Retail Agenda can exclusively reveal. The move is part of a bid by the manufacturer to improve retailer aftersales profitability,...