• Average used prices on the rise again
    • 21/03/2023
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    The average retail price of a used car in March was up 2.3% to £17,720 in March. According to AutoTrader, this is up from the 1.3% year-on-year increase recorded in February, and marks the first acceleration in the rate of growth in 10 months. March’s level is also up 0.7% on February’s average prices, [...]
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  • Copart accelerates carbon literacy strategy
    • 22/04/2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Copart is accelerating plans to roll out carbon literacy training programmes to its 1,200 teammates across our 19 UK locations. The training is being delivered by AutoTrader on behalf of the government-funded initiative The Carbon Literacy Project. The Carbon Literacy Project aims to provide an understanding of [...]
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  • Used EV demand exceeds petrol
    • 29/11/2021
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Auto Trader data has revealed that used electric vehicles are selling faster than used petrol vehicles for the first time. Its Fastest Selling Index tracks the potential speed at which vehicles will sell based on live supply and demand in the market. It found that on average a used EV is currently taking just 26 [...]
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  • Used car prices rise for 66th straight week
    • 23/08/2021
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Consumer demand is continuing to drive record price growth, with the average price of a used car surging another 15% year-on-year in the week starting 9 August. This is according to Auto Trader, which has now recorded 66 consecutive weeks of growth. Another testament to the underlying levels of demand in the [...]
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  • Making Diversity and Inclusion a Business Reality (webinar)
    • 04/05/2021
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
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    The "Making Diversity and Inclusion a Business Reality" online webinar will be an opportunity to listen and engage with senior leaders from automotive manufacturers, retailers, trade bodies and suppliers to share experiences and identify practical solutions to attracting and retaining the best talent from a diverse [...]
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  • 37% of car buying decisions influenced by kids
    • 09/09/2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    More than three quarters of parents (78%) claim that having kids forced them to buy a new car. And nearly four in ten (37%) say that children go on to influence decisions to buy their next car. These were the key finding of research carried out for Auto Trader, the UK’s largest digital automotive marketplace, in [...]
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  • Website to rival AutoTrader launched
    • 10/03/2015
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    The former CEO of Hurst Publishing, the business formed by Sir John Madjeski to launch AutoTrader, has announced the imminent launch of CarMart.co.uk, a new free-to-list car sales site which is set to rival industry leader AutoTrader. Steve Edwards, the former CEO of  who ran the AutoTrader business, has announced [...]
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