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Automotive still tops job vacancies table despite slight drop
- 30/05/2024
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
There has been a slight drop in the number of vacancies across the wider automotive industry - from 23,000 to 22,000 - but motor trades are holding firm against all other industries to retain top spot on the job vacancies table. For every 100 motor trades employees there are four vacancies, down from 4.1 last [...] -
Changes at the top for BMW Group UK
- 13/05/2024
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
BMW Group UK has announced a number of key changes to its senior leadership team. Marketing director Michelle Roberts has been promoted to managing director of the company’s retail business Park Lane. Having worked for the company for more than 20 years, she will take up her new role on 1 June. Meanwhile, [...] -
Suzuki names new head of dealer development
- 09/05/2024
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Suzuki GB has announced that Jon Coles will head up its dealer development team after being promoted to general manager. Taking over from Mark Hallam, who retired in March, he will now be responsible for all four dealer divisions: automobile, motorcycle, marine and all-terrain vehicle (ATV). Coles first joined [...] -
KGM Motors names Keith Chaffe as new technical head
- 03/05/2024
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
KGM Motors UK has appointed Keith Chaffe as the head of technical and customer service. He will lead the customer service team, bringing with him more than two decades’ experience in the automotive industry after starting his career as a vehicle technician and progressing to team leadership roles in technical [...] -
Repairify names Ben Johnson as new vice-president
- 02/05/2024
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Global diagnostics and calibration company Repairify has appointed Ben Johnson as vice-president of general automotive repair markets. He will lead the business development and product management teams for asTech Mechanical, which remotely connects repairers to asTech’s authentic OEM tools enabling them to carry [...] -
ACIS names John Matthews as new CEO
- 27/03/2024
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
ACIS has appointed John Matthews as its new CEO. He brings more than 30 years of experience to the role having most recently been UK business development director at the Retail Automotive Alliance. Prior to that he was business development director at AutoRestore, head of the UK business at Fix Auto, and sales and [...] -
Nissan names new aftersales director
- 22/03/2024
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Nissan GB has appointed a new aftersales director to help drive its transition to an all-electric brand by 2030. Nicolas Belaud takes up the role from Nissan Motors Thailand, where he led the aftersales division. He takes over from Chris Marsh, who has been appointed as director, aftersales importers and [...] -
Volvo UK names new operations director
- 07/03/2024
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Volvo UK has appointed Robert Deane as its new commercial operations director. He brings extensive automotive experience having already worked for Jaguar Land Rover, Volkswagen Group UK and PSA Peugeot Citroën, based both in the UK and in China. He succeeds Nicole Melillo Shaw, who was appointed managing [...] -
ACG bolsters sales team
- 29/02/2024
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Accident Credit Group has expanded its sales and marketing team with the appointment of Amy Dowle as its latest business development manager. Dowle joins ACG with a strong background working for leading insurance and accident management companies, as well as professional connections with repair networks and [...] -
Pro-Align appoints new head of operations
- 09/02/2024
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Premium garage equipment supplier Pro-Align has appointed Kasia Rzepka to the newly created role of head of operations. In her new role, Rzepka will oversee the company’s aftersales and engineering teams of around 25 people, with an aim of delivering 100% customer satisfaction. She said: “Pro-Align is a [...]