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Suppliers merge to provide connected journey

Automotive retail software suppliers Autofutura and GForces have merged to form a new group. The new group, backed by Inflexion Private Equity, will connect car maker, finance provider, dealer and […]

ACIS expands distribution network

ACIS has added Paint Services as its eighth member of its distribution network. Paint Services, with sites in Reading, Cheltenham, Southampton and Chichester, is a leading supplier of paints, consumables […]

Subaru expands UK network

Subaru UK has expanded its network by adding Livery Dole in Exeter, Tees Valley in Darlington, Ullswater Road Garage in Penrith, and Ashby & Mann in Leicestershire. These appointments form […]

UK roads like the ‘surface of the moon’

Pothole call-outs for RAC patrols escalated three-fold in the first quarter of 2021 compared to the last quarter of 2020. It attended 4,694 pothole-related incidents between January and March compared […]

Jardine gets hypercar approval

Jardine Motors Group has been selected as the London and southern UK retailer for the exclusive Automobili Pininfarina Battista pure-electric hyper GT. The luxury retailer will operate under the name […]

LEVC expands European footprint

LEVC is growing its international footprint by appointing a new dealer partner in Poland. Based in Warsaw, Poznan and Szczecin, the Polish Electric Vehicle Company (PEVC) will provide full sales […]

Carzam reports record trading week

Digital car buying platform Carzam has reported its strongest ever trading week. It has reported that figures during the week commencing 12 April were higher than anything else recorded since […]

Fix expands UK network

Fix Auto UK has announced that Black Country-based A Thompson Motor Bodies has joined the network. The business will operate as Fix Auto Oldbury and is the organisation’s 109th franchise […]

Industry mourns Richard Parry-Jones

Marshall Motor Group chairman and former vice-president of Ford Richard Parry-Jones has passed away after an accident in Wales. Marshall chief executive Daksh Gupta said: “He was quite simply, an […]

EV sales drive Kia growth

Kia has recorded quarter one growth, driven in large part by rising sales of its hybrid, plug-in hybrid and electric range. Data from the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association found that […]

Suzuki names new fleet manager

Suzuki GB has restructured its fleet department, naming Lee Giddings as national fleet sales manager. He will be supported by Tony Miller, contract hire, leasing and cost of ownership manager, […]

Fewer young drivers than ever recorded

There are fewer young people driving now than ever recorded. According to data from the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA), there are currently just 2.97 million people aged 16-25 […]