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Dealer profitability specialist ASE has published a guide to the government’s latest update on Coronavirus Job Retention out today. The guide points out that claims can only be made for employees who were on the payroll on or before 19th March 2020 and who were included and notified to HMRC on an RTI submission on or before this date. And ...

The Olympics have been tough. For the last two weeks every morning took a minimum of three coffees to get over watching the events of the night before but at least I’m now an expert on sports I never knew existed; ask me anything about the omnium and I’m your man!. The Olympics got me wondering what the difference is ...

Dealership recruitment firms are reporting a big increase in motor trader staff looking to move job. Edward Steele, managing director of Steele-Dixon, said the number of applicants on his books had near doubled. “The number of candidates actively looking is on the rise, we have already registered almost double the normal yearly average.” Steele said dealers want to increase their ...

Newer more visual social media channels such as Pinterest and Vine are being used by a “growing minority” of motor trade candidates to advertise their skills. That’s the view of recruitment agency Jobco-op, which said that the outlets are being used by people who want to stand out on selection lists. Joint managing director Katie Trinder said: “We have reached ...

Motor industry job candidates can boost their employment chances by sprucing up their LinkedIn profiles.

The motor industry created 44,000 new jobs across the automotive sector in 2013. The figures are contained in the SMMT’s 15th annual Automotive Sustainability Report...

The shift to online car sales is altering the skills mix needed by dealer sales staff. Derek Webb, sales director at the online recruitment business Jobco-op Automotive said the skills needed...

The economic downturn has impacted dealer staff recruitment trends, with one leading motor trade job agency noting a significant rise in counter-offers for staff offered another job. It has also noted a rise in demand for aftersales managers.

The rate of job losses for dealer groups has slowed according to the just-published MT Top 200 Franchised Dealer Survey. Following the crisis in 2008, franchised dealer groups cut over 7,000 jobs, equivalent to six per cent of the total...