• Neads must for Autogem

    • 14 March 2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Autogem has strengthened its sales team with the appointment of Richard Neads as business development manager for the south west He joins the automotive suppliers with experience at Vauxhall Motors, Euro Car Parts and Spartan Motor Factors, where he worked as business development manager, parts advisor and [...]
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  • Quicker response times improve sales

    • 4 January 2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    New data has found that quicker response times from dealers leads to more sales According to data from iTrackLEADS, dealers take an average of 50 mins to respond to an enquiry, while the quickest operator has an average response of 69 seconds The impact of responding more quickly to enquiries can be seen in the [...]
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  • IA announces new head of sales

    • 29 December 2021
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Barney Butterell has joined Innovation Automotive (IA), the UK’s first multi-brand, electric automotive company, as head of sales He starts his role at IA as the company begins to shape its sales operations and before the arrival of the first product, the 100%-electric compact panel van, the DFSK EC35 After [...]
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  • Grove Group names new sales boss

    • 11 October 2021
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Grove Group has appointed Damon Curtis as head of strategic sales This is a new role and will allow Curtis to continue to forge greater collaboration between vehicle manufacturers, insurers and the wider accident repair sector Curtis, who has almost 40 years’ experience in the automotive repair market, will focus [...]
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  • LCV market endures worst September since recession

    • 6 October 2021
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    The light commercial vehicle market collapsed by 395% in September, with just 31,535 vans registered According to the latest figures released by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT), the sector was 418% down on the pre-pandemic five-year September average, partly as result of the continued [...]
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  • LCV market put into reverse in July

    • 6 August 2021
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    The light commercial vehicle (LCV) market declined for the first month since December 2020 in July According to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, registrations fell 148%, with supply issues – most notably of semiconductors – meaning only 23,606 vans were registered during the month Despite [...]
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  • LCV market sets new May record

    • 4 June 2021
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    The light commercial vehicle (LCV) market had another record-setting month, with 29,354 vans registered in May This is according to the latest figures released by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) It was the best May performance on record for the LCV market, 47% up on pre-pandemic levels as [...]
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  • Demand for used LCVs surges

    • 10 May 2021
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Online used vehicle supermarket BuyaCar has announced a surge in light commercial vehicle sales It says that in April van sales shot up by nearly 15%, as a proportion of all purchases, while the first week in May has seen a 27% increase compared with previous months This contrasts starkly with last year, when vans [...]
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  • LCV sales set new record

    • 6 May 2021
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    The light commercial vehicle market recorded its busiest ever April as 30,440 new vans were registered, according to the latest figures released by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) All vehicle segments saw artificially inflated growth rates relative to April 2020, when Covid-19 restrictions [...]
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  • April registrations surge 30-fold

    • 5 May 2021
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    April saw a 30-fold increase in new car registrations compared to the same month last year, but volumes still remained 129% lower than the 10-year average at just 141,583 new units This is according to the latest figures released by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders Retail demand saw the most [...]
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