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Volvo adds to customer experience

Volvo Car UK has reinforced its commitment to customer service with the appointment of Nicola Langley as customer experience development manager. In the newly created role, which comes into effect […]

HGV market doing the heavy lifting

The new HGV (heavy goods vehicle) market in the UK saw strong growth in the second quarter of 2017, according to figures released by SMMT. It found that 11,771 new […]

Volvo recruits online service

Volvo Car UK has launched a new online portal designed to help its dealers recruit new staff. The Volvo recruitment service provides an efficient and cost-effective way for managers to […]

Mitchells of Mansfield keeps on trucking

Mitchells of Mansfield is preparing for its 50 birthday celebrations by investing £750,000 in new Renault trucks. As a result of tremendous growth, Mitchells has decided to upgrade 10 existing […]

Line up fixed for conference

Fix Auto UK has revealed the final line-up of guest speakers for its ‘Driving Forward’ 2017 National Conference. The event will once again be held at the Hilton St George’s […]

Uni-Select acquires Parts Alliance

Uni-Select has completed the acquisition of The Parts Alliance, a major automotive aftermarket parts distributor in the UK. Uni-Select Inc has completed the acquisition of 100% of the shares of […]

Plenham appoints Jason Moseley as CEO

Jason Moseley has been appointed as the new chief executive officer at Plenham Ltd. The move, effective from 19 October 2017, will see Jason take responsibility for Plenham’s strategic growth […]

IMI is FAB finalist

Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI) has been named as a finalist for the FAB Awards 2017, in the ‘Innovation of the Year’ category for its MOT products. The IMI’s […]

Brewer joins Ben crusade

Mike Brewer has become its first ever Ben Celebrity Ambassador. Mike is renowned in the industry for his role as presenter of the popular TV show, Wheeler Dealers, and he […]

Seat sales buck downward trend

Seat UK fleet sales achieved year-on-year growth of 37% in the first half of 2017. Overall sales climbed by 20% when comparing the first six months of 2016 and 2017. […]

Germany predicts EV quotas

Germany is expecting the European Commission to propose quotas for electric cars. The EC said last week it had no plans to do this, but the German environment ministry told […]

New van market sees moderate decline

The new van market remained stable in July, rising 1.1% with 24,766 registrations last month, according to figures released today by SMMT. July marked another positive month for medium sized […]