• Mark Turnbull promoted to cap hpi director
    • 07/12/2023
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Mark Turnbull has been promoted to director of OEM and consulting at cap hpi. The role’s broader remit will see him continue to expand the consulting team's global reach and work with OEMs to help them accelerate their product and growth plans. He said: “As a team, we are ideally placed to help OEMs manage [...]
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  • New car sales up by 9.5%
    • 06/12/2023
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    The UK new car market grew by 9.5% in November to reach 156,525 units, according to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). In the market’s best November for four years, registrations almost returned to pre-pandemic levels, down just 96 units on 2019. Growth was driven entirely by fleets [...]
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  • NFDA calls for greater government support for EVs
    • 06/12/2023
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    The National Franchised Dealers Association has called for greater incentives to support the uptake of electric vehicles. In November, a total of 156,525 new cars were registered, an increase of 9.5% from the same period last year. Sales to private buyers fell by 5.9%; fleet registrations were up by [...]
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  • Smart UK Automotive joins Motor Ombudsman code
    • 06/12/2023
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    The Motor Ombudsman has announced that smart UK Automotive has been awarded accreditation to its Chartered Trading Standards Institute (CTSI)-approved Motor Industry Codes of Practice for New Cars. This brings the total number of carmakers adhering to the Code to 42 – an all-time high for the Code of [...]
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  • Used car values fall again in November
    • 05/12/2023
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Auto Trader data has found that average used car retail prices contracted 3.8% on a year-on-year in November. This is the third consecutive month of falling prices, with a fall in retail prices among younger aged models pulling the overall figure down; cars aged below five-years-old recorded a six per cent drop in [...]
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  • CV production up 59% on 2019
    • 04/12/2023
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    UK commercial vehicle (CV) production surged 47.1% year-on-year last month, according to the latest figures published by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). It reported that 12,853 vans, buses, trucks, coaches and taxis rolled out of factory gates, up 4,113 units on last year to make this the [...]
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  • Car production surges by nearly a third
    • 01/12/2023
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    UK car production output surged 31.6% in October, according to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). In the eighth month of growth this year, 91,512 units were produced making this the best October performance since 2019. Production for both the home and overseas markets grew, up 23.9% and [...]
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  • Nissan confirms £1.2bn Sunderland investment
    • 27/11/2023
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Nissan has announced it will build the electric Qashqai and Juke models at its Sunderland plant, following an investment of around £1.2bn. The site already manufactures the electric Leaf. The news is expected to secure the future of about 6,000 jobs, alongside many more in the supply chain. This comes on the [...]
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  • Repairify expands technical team
    • 27/11/2023
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Following the creation of its Luton-based technical centre of excellence in November 2022, Repairify is expanding its workshop operation with the appointment of two new technicians to meet the growing demand for electric repairs and training. Richard Davis and Toby Anderson have both joined the site, while lead [...]
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  • EV infrastructure deals set to soar
    • 24/11/2023
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    A global survey is predicting that EV infrastructure deals over the next five years will reach a value of £45bn. According to a report by DLA Piper, compiled with the support of Infralogic, the trajectory of these deals has been on a sharp upwards trajectory since 2019. There were only nine EV infrastructure deals [...]
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