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Aion Auto UK kicks off UK sales with launch event for dealers and partners
Aion Auto UK held a launch event at its Slough HQ brand last week attended by dealers and its joint venture partners GAC International and Jameel Motors. Aion is the electrified brand within the GAC Group. It was established in…
Thurlow Nunn raises £308,000 for Dementia UK
Thurlow Nunn Group has raised £308,000 for Dementia UK, more than doubling the £150,000 target it set at the start of 2025 as part of its 150th anniversary celebrations. Thurlow Nunn has dealerships in Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire and…
Renault opens
Renault has opened a car showroom in Seoul’s Gangnam district which has no sales staff and is open 24-hours a day seven days a week. Access to the showroom is via a QR code. According to Renault Group, the space…
MILS LEGAL SURGERY Records required
Prof. Dr. Henry Allen Blair, Senior Counsel, Head of Commercial, and Barrister at MILS Legal on the motor finance redress scheme, the legal challenges, and what dealers need to understand now. The motor finance redress scheme was meant to be…
IMI calls for ‘simplified apprentice scheme’ in wake of ‘Young People and Work’ report
A new interim report published this week found that the number of young people not in education, employment or training (NEET) could rocket in coming years. The report: Young People and Work was carried out by Alan Milburn. It revealed…
MT Top 200 Dealer Groups sees dealers under increased pressure on profitability
The average return on sales for dealer groups – pre-tax profit as a percentage of sales – fell for the fourth year running to 0.85%, according to the just published Motor Trader Top 200 Dealer Groups. This is below the…
MT Interview: Darren Cooper, MD Peter Cooper
It’s a family thing. The Peter Cooper Group was founded 45 years ago, in 1981, with Peter Cooper opening his first car showroom in Hedge End, Southampton. Today Motor Trader is with his son Darren Cooper, who took on the…