TrustFord has opened applications for its 2019 apprentice intake, with 91 opportunities across the group representing a second year of growth in apprentice recruitment.
The Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI) has hosted a cross-industry group of experts at an Electric Vehicle Advisory Group meeting to discuss a new professional standard for workshop technicians.
Automotive graduates were among the hardest hit by pay declines in the automotive sector as demand for technicians and logistics workers delivered a salary shift in 2018.
JCT600 has announced that it has joined the UK Automotive 30% Club as part of its “ongoing commitment to attract more women into the automotive industry”.
The IMI has added F&I accredited salespeople to its professional register as part of an Alphera-supported scheme to improve transparency and satisfaction.
Inchcape Retail has announced that ten of its business managers have successfully received The IMI Accreditation for Finance and Insurance standards.
The MFG Group has announced the appointment of Gary Richardson as national account manager UK, as part of its continued global expansion in 2019.
Swansway Group Stafford Land Rover has announced that sales apprentice Molly Taylor has received a perfect 100% score in her final sales apprenticeship exam, and is the “only person to do so”.
The IMI has called for further development in EV skills training, following the Government’s response to the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) Committee's Electric vehicles: driving the transition report.
Lookers has welcomed another 150 apprentices to its programme and launched a brand-new traineeship program.
Jobs within franchised car dealerships emerged as the UK automotive sector’s most lucrative in an average salary survey conducted by InAutomotive.
JCT600 is set to launch its latest hunt for the future stars of the automotive retail sectors after recruiting a total of 40 new apprentices in 2018.
Sytner Group has launched a group-wide Diversity Forum initiative to encourage and promote equal career opportunities within the business.
Swansway Motor Group has rewarded its graduating apprentices with a 2018 graduation ceremony at which new inductees were welcomed into the car retail business.
Katie Cuthbertson has become the first degree-level finance analyst apprentice at Vertu Motors.
AM is seeking the opinions of readers to establish whether car retailers’ plans to reduce their investment on headcount 2019 could spark a shift towards a push towards improved recruitment and training.
Vertu Motors has welcomed its second group of degree-level apprentices to the business, following a successful first year programme which launched in 2017.
Two Arnold Clark apprentices have won the Glasgow Apprenticeship Challenge with innovative ways to help bring STEM subjects to life at Abercorn Secondary in Cowcaddens.
Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI) analysis shows that only 3% of all vehicle technicians are currently qualified to work safely on electric vehicles (EVs).
Arnold Clark did not skirt around the idea of fund-raising when employees were asked to raise funds for a number of good causes through a series of Kiltwalk charity events.
Park’s Motor Group Honda Inverness apprentice parts advisor, Ashleigh Bain, has been recognised by the Institute of Motoring Industry (IMI) as ‘Outstanding Non-Technical Student of the Year’.
The Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI) is offering free expert advice to car dealers in an effort to help businesses maximise use of their Apprenticeship Levy funds.
Suzuki GB has hosted a graduation event for 24 participants in its 36-month Advanced Apprenticeship Programme at the Rockingham Motor Speedway in Northamptonshire.
Audi UK is implementing a new leadership and change management programme across its dealerships, designed by Alliance Manchester Business School.
Carwow has partnered with the Financial Times to champion women in the automotive industry with its first ‘Navigating a Male Dominated Industry’ seminar.
