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J&A Rigbye in Eccleston, Chorley was awarded the Citroen Retailer of the Year accolade at the Citroen Chevron awards. The dealership came out on top across the metrics appraised by the judges. Wilmoths Ashford was in second place and Wilmoths, Folkstone, third. J & A Rigbye & Sons dealer principal, John Rigbye said: “We are thrilled to have won the ...

The cost of servicing and repair work on cars is the biggest challenge faced by service advisors A quarter of the 520 service advisors polled for the forthcoming Bumper UK Automotive Aftersales Report 2024/25, cited affordability of repairs for customers as their main challenge. This, it said, underscored the financial pressures on consumers due to the increased cost of living ...

Arnold Clark has installed over 240 ultra-rapid electric vehicle charge points in Scotland and England. As part of a £30m investment, the group has launched its own bookable ultra-rapid charging network, Arnold Clark Charge, which will see over 500 EV chargers installed at over 100 locations across the UK. There will be up to eight rapid chargers, with the ability ...

Evolution Warranties has selected industry charity Ben as its first House charity. As part of the new partnership for 2025, the company’s employees and their families will benefit from free, confidential support offered by Ben. The company will make substantial donations to Ben throughout the year from activities such as bake sales, raffles and bike rides. Paul Watson, founder and ...

Motorists are more likely to buy electric cars is dealers can guide them on how to get a charger installed and how to use public charging, according to Startline’s March Used Car Tracker which questioned 302 consumers and 58 dealers. Almost half (46%) of motorists want help getting a charger installed at home as well as training in how to ...

Motorpoint has partnered with Phyron to enhance its digital marketing strategy with AI-powered ads. Promoting specific makes and models through video is no longer time prohibitive. Rosanna Hansford, head of paid media at Motorpoint, said: “With Phyron we’ve been able to increase the volume of leads in some instances by up to 80%. “It’s also been interesting to see the ...

Industry charity Ben has launched a range of support options and resources to raise awareness in line with Neurodiversity Celebration Week. Neurodivergence is when a person’s brain processes, learns, and/or behaves differently from what is ‘typical’ and neurotypical describes how the average person’s brain works. Those in the auto industry who have neurodiverse conditions such as autism, ADHD, or dyslexia ...

Motor Auction Group (MAG) has announced four new hires who will be running its new £5m purpose-built LCV auction site in Goole, Yorkshire. Geoff Flood joins as centre manager, Gemma Stokes has been appointed assistant centre manager, Jaqueline Swaine is MAG’s vendor and buyer manager, and Samantha Wray has been appointed vendor manager. Group operations director, Justin Lane, said: “All ...

Vindis Škoda (Bury St Edmunds) has been crowned overall Retailer of the Year at the annual Skoda UK dealer awards. The Retailer awards celebrate retailer excellence across the Škoda network. Vindis beat off competition from 125 Škoda retailers across the UK. In second place was Barlow Motors (Crewe), the overall winner in 2023, and in third was RRG Škoda (Rochdale), ...

It seems appropriate given that last week’s blog challenged the potential mass roll-out of robotaxis to tackle this week another of the visionary concepts that I would argue attracts more attention than it deserves – that of the flying car.  This is not a new idea – the first functioning flying cars date from the first half of the 20th ...