Supplier News

Castrol has launched a new technical support service. It will allow workshops and consumers in the UK to interact with a dedicated team of technical specialists trained to provide advice and resolve queries. The new service will be open to current and prospective Castrol customers, independent and franchised workshops, distributors, retailers, and Castrol Branded Workshops across the UK. During a ...

Digital wholesale marketplace Dealer Auction has appointed Damien Smith as National Account Director. Smith will work with manufacturers, fleets, captive finance houses and large retailers to optimise their vehicle remarketing processes via the Dealer Auction platform. He will be responsible for growing existing relationships with major clients and the acquisition of new large-scale customers. He joins from Auto Trader, where, ...

Property giant Savills is pushing hard into automotive with the acquisition of Automotive Property Consultancy (APC), the specialist property consultancy dedicated to the franchised motor retail sector. Savills is eyeing up the sector which is expected to see unprecedented change with electrification and environmental change in the next decade. Bill Bexson established APC in 2005, building a client base ranging ...

The government’s six-month extension of MOT-due dates in March 2020 has had a “huge impact” on the accuracy of the aftersales records of dealers across the UK. That’s the view of Marketing Delivery, which examined 150,000 customer vehicle records held by 100 dealers and found that 41% of the MOT-due dates were correct. In March 2020, the UK government extended ...

Used vehicle online remarketing platform Motom has grown its user base to 350 since it launched in mid-2022. Motom is an online marketplace for the wholesale used car market, connecting trade buyers and sellers. The app is available on Google Pay and App Store. There are no sellers’ fees. Each successful transaction incurs a buyer’s fee of £150 plus VAT, ...

The UK vehicle market is currently experiencing abnormal trading conditions, the effects of which have, so far, been favourable for most dealers. However, these advantageous circumstances could adversely turn — and very quickly. Today, it’s more critical than ever for dealers to assess their overall business performance and proactively manage the potential impact of fewer used-car transactions and any other ...

Warranty Solutions Group has announced a new partnership with Autoglass to save drivers money on windscreen repairs or replacements. Bookings must be made through the new co-branded portal on the Autoglass website, and discounts are automatically applied at checkout. This service is aimed at drivers who don’t want to make an insurance claim, and those without windscreen cover already in ...

Audi UK is this month celebrating 10 years of video software Audi Cam. The software was the first innovation of its kind to be launched across an entire franchised dealer network in aftersales. According to Vehicle Vision, the suppliers of the software, since its launch in August 2012, Audi Cam has benefitted over 1.6 million Audi customers. Over £1bln of ...

iVendi has made two senior appointments as it gears up to double turnover in the next three years. Dale Reed has been named VP product management. He has been working in IT for 30 years, starting as a software engineer and specialising in data aggregation and business intelligence before migrating into product management. For the last decade, he was employed ...

Automotive software company Mad Devs has added 100 dealerships to its technology platforms as retailers seek new ways to work more efficiently. Mad Devs operates iStoreDOCS, a document storage platform and iTrackLEADS, which helps dealers respond, allocate and measure sales enquiries. It also launched iConnect, which connects dealers with their customers post-sale and maintains a connection over the ownership of ...