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The new ‘Castrol EDGE Recommended by Experts’ marketing campaign is offering participating independent workshops the opportunity to win free promotional assets to build positive awareness in their local community and attract new customers. The winning workshop will be visited by a professional photographer, funded by Castrol, to take photographs showcasing the workshop and its staff. They will also receive five ...

Automotive Transformation Group is partnering with Infinity call contact centre specialist Infinity. Infinity’s platform provides end-to-end insight for consumer phone calls, tracking the user journey before, during and after the calls to highlight where a lead has come from, optimising use of key marketing channels and spend. It pinpoints the channels that consumers have travelled from, and which web pages ...

A buoyant used car market has resulted in Startline Motor finance delivering a 30% increase in the value of new business generated in the first quarter. CEO Paul Burgess said that despite a significant rise in the cost of living and the war in Ukraine, the used car market was set to remain ‘relatively strong’ in 2022 with strong demand. ...

Warrantywise has restructured its sales operation with a new partner programme to improve the support it provides to dealers. The head office staff in Blackburn will be supported by a regional business development team covering the North of England, the Midlands, and the South of England. Dealers that see higher volumes of vehicle sales will be supported by a team ...

Castrol has launched a marketing campaign aimed at independent workships. Castrol EDGE Recommended by Experts’ marketing campaign is offering participating independent workshops the opportunity to win a promotional package to build positive awareness in their local community and attract new customers. The winning workshop will be visited by a professional photographer, funded by Castrol, to take photographs showcasing the workshop ...

The Rybrook Group has increased its sales conversions by 3.6% in a pilot scheme. Following a review of its internal customer data and sales processes, it trialed the VoiceBox Sales solution from Marketing Delivery. The product has now been rolled out to 18 showrooms, Jaguar Land Rover, MINI and BMW new and used cars. The project has also encompassed a ...

Warranty provider The Motoring Organisation has gained accreditation to the Motor Ombudsman’s Motor Industry Code of Practice for Vehicle Warranty Products. It said businesses signed up to code now represent 75% of major providers administering two million vehicle warranty products a year. The Code of Practice was launched in 2009 to drive up standards beyond basic legal requirements. It covers ...

CitNOW and Dealerweb, both part of the CitNOW Group integrated CitNOW Sales into Dealerweb Showroom. This allows retail staff to easily create, share and monitor personalised videos from within the enquiry management system. The Dealerweb Showroom platform is a ‘hub’ for sales teams and with this integration, it becomes an even more useful tool by allowing retailers to see and ...

Snows Group has signed a new and exclusive three-year deal with BCA to support its used car programme. The new deal will see around 3,000 vehicles a year sold via BCA Online and the BCA Buyer app, with sales every Wednesday. All vehicles are pre-sale prepared, and all eligible cars are offered under the BCA Assured scheme. Neil McCue, group ...

V12 Vehicle Finance (V12VF) powered by Secure Trust Bank – has provided £100m worth of stock funding to its portfolio of independent and franchised car dealers across the UK. Since launching its stock funding solution in 2019, the vehicle finance brand has supported 245 dealers source stock and finance used vehicles. Reaching £50m worth of stock funding in September 2021, ...