Supplier News

Daniel Smith, the ex-head of aftersales at Cazoo, has joined City Auction Group’s logistics arm PurpleRock as operations director. Smith will be responsible for developing PurpleRock’s vehicle defleet, logistics and repair business across all locations, including new ventures to be announced in the NW and Midlands. He said: ‘I am delighted to be joining PurpleRock as their operations director. It’s ...

Warranty Solutions Group (WSG) has appointed Phil Miskelly as head of business development. Miskelly has worked in roles spanning finance and  insurance, sales, negotiation, business planning, customer service and business development. Prior to joining WSG, he was the regional sales manager at WMS Group, where he was responsible for leading a sales team across the South East. He also held ...

Warranty Solutions Group (WSG) has struck a deal with vehicle detailing company Car Gods to provide dealers with paintwork and interior protection products. The Car Gods range includes Holy Water Secret Shield, Arctic Storm snow foam, Carnauba and ceramic hard waxes and clay bars for the final finishing touches. It offers a one-stage polymeric or ceramic application, which cures onto ...

The automotive omnichannel opportunities for 2024, agency and the economic outlook for dealers will top the agenda in the latest Webinar from Assurant taking place on 15 February at 2pm. The webinar is in partnership with the Autovista Group whose chief economist, Dr Christof Engelskirchen will focus on the trends and themes that will shape the economic outlook for automotive ...

A new Options Value tool from cap hpi has been developed for dealers to help them to more accurately price optional extras on used vehicles. The tool is available for free to current subscribers in the Valuation Anywhere product. For the past 12 months, the vehicle valuations specialist has been conducting the research and gathering the data necessary to support ...

Warranty Solutions Group (WSG) has expanded its operations into Northern Ireland with a new office near Belfast. Following three years of unprecedented growth across England, Scotland and Wales, WSG said the move will enable the company to strengthen its market share across the province and create new growth opportunities, by fostering stronger relationships with its dealer network and providing an ...

AutoProtect Group has appointed Graeme Nieman as CEO.  Nieman joined AutoProtect Group as an interim CEO in May 2022. Before his time at AutoProtect Group, he served as the head of motor product partnerships at Correlation Risk Partners, its sole shareholder. Additionally, he has been an influential member of our wider operational and Group Boards for several years, contributing significantly ...

GardX has launched GardX EVerity, which is said to offer consumers a battery health test, online reporting portal, battery health certificate, and warranty products for EVs. It said the test is conducted through Altelium’s platform, which uses data modelling and “real-world battery performance” to assess the current and future health of each battery, with the battery state of health recorded ...

Used vehicle imagery firm UKT360 has launched AIVO360, an app designed around the iPad mini, which generates AI-automated, data-driven videos using a collection of interior and exterior shots of vehicles. These videos, complete with voiceover and automated background replacement and logo overlay, are uploaded directly to Auto Trader adverts in the same way as in UKT360’s dealer360 package. AIVO360 costs ...

Sukhpal Ahluwalia and Steve Horne have been appointed as executive chairman and chief executive respectively at GSF Car Parts. The Ahluwalia Family Office has also co-invested in GSF Car Parts alongside private equity firm Epiris. The co-investment marks Sukhpal Ahluwalia’s return to the car afterparts market. Having founded Euro Car Parts in 1978, Ahluwalia scaled ECP from a single car ...