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Ford of Britain managing director Mark Ovenden is to take on the additional role of chairman as the current holder Joe Greenwell elects to retire in April...

Ford of Britain has appointed Phil Hollins as director fleet operations. He takes over the position from Kevin Griffin who has been appointed director, commercial vehicles Ford of Europe. Both appointments are effective 1 January, 2013...

Ford has confirmed it will close its Ford Transit plant in Southampton and its body stamping and tooling operations at Dagenham with the total loss of 1,400 UK jobs....

Ford has launched an energy efficiency programme aimed at saving millions of pounds across its dealer network.

Dealers have been urged to limit the number of cars they self-register by the UK boss of Ford. Speaking to Motor Trader Mark Ovenden (pictured), Ford’s CEO, said some car brands were becoming over reliant on dealers self-registering cars to hit monthly and quarterly targets.

Ford’s UK boss, Mark Ovenden, has called on the government to do more to stimulate the car retailing sector. Speaking to Motor Trader Ovenden said car manufacturers operating in the UK are disadvantaged because of unfavourable exchange rates. He believes the government could do more to stimulate growth and profitability in what is an important sector for the wider UK economy.

Ford of Britain has made four senior executive appointments. The move follows the announcement of the appointment of Mark Ovenden (pictured) as managing director after the retirement of Nigel Sharp next month.

Ford has pulled the plug on advertising in the News of the World because of the alleged phone hacking of murdered teenager Milly Downer’s phone in 2002. In a statement Ford said it was not pre-judging the newspaper but given the current outcry it was appropriate to suspend advertising.

Ford of Britain is to get a new managing director following the retirement of Nigel Sharp who, on reaching 65, has elected to retire after 39 years with the company...

Ford Europe reported a pre-tax operating loss of $51m (£32m) in Q4 compared with profit of $253m a year ago. Q4 revenue was $8.1bn, down from $8.2bn a year ago.