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The first 30 dealers to register for Motor Trader’s Ride & Drive, held in association with Subaru, Great Wall and Isuzu, will win an exclusive spa treatment on the day for their partners. The event will run on 13 May at Whittlebury Hall Hotel & Spa in Northamptonshire and is open free of charge to all dealer owners and managers ...

New registrations surged 17.7% in March to 464,824 units, the best March since the twice-yearly plate change was introduced 10 years ago. It was the 25th month of consecutive month of growth...

The average price of a new car rose to £28,928 in March, a year on year increase of £201 (0.7%), according to figures produced by DrivenData, the independent price analysis specialist...

Ridgeway Group is launching a new training scheme called the Ridgeway Academy. The academy, based in Cumnor, Oxfordshire, will serve Ridgeway’s 1,200 employees at dealerships in Berkshire, Oxfordshire...

Sales of used cars in the UK reached a five-year high in 2013. Sales rose 0.9% to 6,806,198 in 2013 compared to the previous year, according to analysis from information provider Experian...

Franchised dealers have arrested the decline in servicing work being carried out in workshops. The latest results from the Castrol Professional Car Servicing...

Independent used car retailers are more confident now than they were at the beginning of the year. The change is because there is more high quality stock around with a better balance between supply and demand, said CAP Automotive...

Dealers could see a bottom line boost as a result of tax relief changes announced by chancellor George Osborne in today’s Budget. “For dealers, accelerated relief on capital expenditure and reduced...

Finance firm Alphera is forecasting record breaking results for the March plate change. The forecast follows the release of positive finance January sales figures from the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA). ..

Trader Media Group has rebranded as Auto Trader following a strategic move to simplify its operations. The initiative was introduced last year by new managing director Trevor Mather and has already seen the company drop the Razsor branding...