Car Dealer News

HR Owen has topped the salary charts of dealers in the Top 200 Dealer Groups paying an average employee salary of £50,287. The top-end dealer group narrowly edged out TC Harrison Group into second place followed by Jemca, Park Lane BMW and Sandal Group. Report author Chris Oakham commented on the overall salaries for the Top 200 said: “There are ...

IM Group, importers of various brands for distribution in the UK and Europe, is to hold a new-dealer franchise event. Prospective franchisees for Isuzu UK and Subaru UK are invited to attend the event, to be held at The Game Fair at Ragley Hall, Warwickshire, on 27, 28 and 29 July. Visitors will be able to find out more about the ...

Rockar has announced plans to open a digital Jaguar Land Rover showroom in the east London’s Westfield Stratford shopping centre. This will be Rockar’s third digital site following the opening of Hyundai outlets in Bluewater and Westfield Stratford in 2014. Rockar was launched in 2013 by ex-Dixon Motors and a Jamjar boss Simon Dixon who plans to open a total ...

The dealer recruitment market is witnessing high demand for specialist skill sets, according to a special report in the October edition of Motor Trader.

A leading dealer group boss has warned of mounting pressures on dealers to pre-register cars in order to reach sales targets.

New car finance sales fell in August although sales of used car finance rose, according to the latest data from the Finance and Leasing Association (FLA).

Acquisitions fuelled profits at Vertu Motors in the half year to August 2010.

Manheim Auctions has closed its auction centre in Rotherham after 20 years of trading.

The volume of workshop hours sold by dealers is continuing to fall according to new research.

Average LCV auction values slipped by £65 in September, according to BCA.