Ford is planning to cut more than half its current retailer network in time to for a switch to agency sales, according to Auto Retail Agenda sources. It is understood the network was issued with termination notices last year and it was known a cut back was planned. However, final numbers for those that will survive […]
Read More →The NFDA has raised concerns that replacing current retained block exemption rules (MVBER) with an aftermarket instrument “broadly in line with the status quo” does not go far enough to retain today’s “healthy levels of competition” in UK automotive marketplaces. The draft Motor Vehicle Agreements Block Exemption Order (MVBEO) “may leave too much unsaid”, says […]
Read More →Jason Cranswick has been named MD of Norton Way Motors. The role is in addition to his COO position at parent company Marubeni Auto Investment UK. Companies House data shows Cranswick was appointed on 17 October 2022, but only announced the position last week. Existing MD David Grainger has now retired after running the business […]
Read More →SsangYong Motors UK is thrilled to announce that Humphries & Parks SsangYong joined its nationwide dealer network recently. Humphries & Parks has been a well-known name in Kent for 75-years. The company was founded in 1947 by Charles Humphries & Arthur Parks. The brother-in-law duo from Wadhurst, purchased an old Blacksmiths shop after leaving the […]
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