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Arnold Clark saw a total of 191 apprentices graduate from its academies in 2017. The dealer group held a graduation event at its training arm GTG Training in Glasgow last week to celebrate the occasion. The scheme is growing. Last year 150 apprentices passed through the scheme, a 27% increase. Alongside the apprentices were 22 service and parts managers and ...

On this Saturday’s episode of MotortradeRadio.com, Philip Nothard of Cox Automotive is joined by Curtis Hutchinson, editor at Motor Trader to discuss the latest headlines. The IMDA, the new independent trade association for used car dealers, is to launch with a dealer-to-dealer trading platform for its members. In a surprise move Arnold Clark announced that it is introducing a five-day ...

Arnold Clark has introduced a five-day working week for new and existing sales staff across its dealerships and Motor Stores in Scotland and England. The move replaces a six-day week although existing employees will be given a choice of which option best suits them. “A five-day week is a rare find in the automotive sales industry and a first for ...

Arnold Clark is expanding its workforce with a recruitment drive for technicians. The dealer group is looking for 200 technicians to fill new roles in locations, including Manchester, Birmingham, Glasgow and Inverness. The vacant roles include vehicle preparation maintenance technicians. The Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI) has warned the motor retail sector is failing to train enough technicians in electric technology ...

On this Saturday’s episode of Motor Trade Radio Derek Blair and Philip Nothard discuss the latest headlines on Motor Trader. In a surprise move Marshall announced that it had sold its leasing arm to Northridge, a subsidiary of Bank of Ireland for £42.5m. On the people front Paul Williams resigned from SsangYong as CEO and the company is looking for ...

Arnold Clark turned in a strong performance in the year to 31 December 2016 with pre-tax profits surging 13.6% to £125.4m on turnover up 9.2% to £3.7bn. In a year blighted by the death of founder and chairman Sir Arnold Clark, the group continued to grow its highly successful used car operation with sales up 12.7% to 197,842 units while ...

Sir Arnold Clark, founder of Arnold Clark Automobiles, has died aged 89. Sir Arnold started  the company, now Europe’s biggest independently-owned car retailer, in 1954 as a single showroom in Glasgow. As a talented entrepreneur he built the business into a £3.4bn annual turnover group with 200 sites in Scotland and England. The business has a significant used car business, ...

Arnold Clark and Marshall Motors are among the Motor Trader Top 200 dealer groups that feature prominently in just-launched video from the Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI) looking at innovation in motor retailing and the motor industry. The video, Vision for the Future, made with ITN Productions and presented by national newsreader Natasha Kaplinsky, looks at the challenges and ...

This week on MotorTradeRadio.com, cap hpi’s Philip Nothard and Motor Trade Radio’s Derek Blair discuss the latest headlines from Motor Trader. Big news this week is the move by US media group Motor Sport network into the UK online classified market within weeks with its Motor1 subsidiary. Volkswagen is in the news with the appointment of a new network development ...

Arnold Clark continues to expand its Motorstore used car offer with the opening of a new store in York. The outlet has space for 250 used cars on site and access to over 18,000 vehicles on the Arnold Clark database. This will be the 24th Arnold Clark Motorstore to open. The first store opened in Motherwell in 2001. The new ...