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This summer, Center Parcs Conferences & Events saw its Sherwood Forest venue transformed into a fully branded car showroom and training camp for Peugeot. Over the course of four days, Peugeot used the venue to train 500 retailer sales executives and managers on the new all-electric Peugeot E-3008. Delegates rotated through seven different training workshops, including a dynamic test driving ...

Blackburn based Hippo Motor Group has set up its own in-house training scheme after struggling to recruit new technicians for its vehicle preparation centre. It has so far welcomed nine recruits and has a target to find 11 more technicians before the end of March. Craig Robinson, head of aftersales at Hippo, said: “I started out a motor apprentice myself ...

TrustFord is now accepting applications for its 2024 apprenticeship programme. There are over 80 opportunities across the TrustFord group, including technician, accounts assistant, credit controller, fleet sales administrator, painter, parts advisor, sales administrator and smart repairer. Sharon Ashcroft, human resources director at TrustFord, said: “I am delighted that we can once again open our apprentice scheme and offer ambitious individuals ...

Lookers has partnered with Corndel to provide accredited, professional qualifications in its Leadership and Management Programme Staff who successfully complete the Aspire, Accelerate and Advanced Executive Leadership programmes will gain level 3, 5 and 7 diploma qualifications accredited by the Chartered Management Institute (CMI), with the level 7 diploma also delivered in partnership with global top 10 university Imperial College ...

There’s a lot of chatter about the pros and cons of electric vehicles (EVs) at the moment, but there’s still an elephant in the room with EV ownership: We don’t have enough technicians to fix them when they go wrong, or to maintain them for the future. The Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI) issued a report in June which ...

The Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI) is calling on dealers and Further Education (FE) colleges to nominate their students and apprentices for this year’s IMI Skills Competition. Entry is free and could earn employers and FE colleges additional free training for their nominated employees with the competition counting towards the 20% off the job training in an apprenticeship. Entry ...

The RMI Academy of Automotive Skills is opening a new training site in Cheltenham, offering MOT, electric vehicle and technical training to local automotive businesses. The new location joins centres in Runcorn, Southam, Lincoln and Winchester, and is open to all garages in the motor trade. Preferential course prices are available for RMI members. Stuart James, Retail Motor Industry Federation ...

Half (49%) of UK automotive companies are concerned about skills shortages in key roles, according to the latest survey by the Society for Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). The results come as a new automotive Career Guide is launched to attract top talent to help drive the transition to zero emission vehicles. The SMMT cited the example of Nathan Frost, ...

Motorvise Automotive, winner of the Motor Trader Recruitment Agency of the year in the Motor Trader Industry Awards 2021, has expanded its team after securing 20 new clients in the past three months. Its 20 new clients are all major franchised dealers or significant automotive industry brands. The consultancy, which offers a range of services to support car dealerships improve ...

The government’s Road to Zero strategy aims to have at least half of new cars ultra-low emission by 2030, with big commitments made to building the charging infrastructure. However, our data highlights the skills gap that could severely undermine the government’s ambitions. According to our calculations, 90,000 automotive technicians will be required to provide sufficient workforce to service the volume ...