West Way Nissan has appointed 14 new apprentices to work across dealerships in the group’s network after embarking on a recruitment drive with Remit.
Mazda has held the first of its new Spirit@Mazda customer focused training programme for its dealer network designed to immerse staff in the brand’s culture.
Sturgess of Leicester apprentice Will Allen won Outstanding Student – Light Vehicle at this year’s IMI Outstanding Achievers Awards ceremony.
Automotive charity BEN is launching a series of new campaigns designed to raise awareness of key health and wellbeing issues in the automotive industry.
Independent garages and parts suppliers feature among the Government’s latest ‘name and shame’ list of employers who’ve failed to pay the national minimum wage.
The Government has been issued a stark warning about the critical skills shortage in the vehicle repair sector.
The Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI) is calling for Government to introduce a legal requirement for UK vehicle repair technicians to be qualified to work.
JCT600 has taken on 23 new apprentices as part of a drive to recruit new talent which will see a total of 100 working across the business by the end of 2015.
Close Brothers Motor Finance CEO James Broadhead believes dealers need to prepare for an end to the “golden scenario” of strong manufacturer incentives.
Lookers, the second largest dealer group in the UK, has launched a new recruitment and training initiative aimed at technicians within its Audi division.
Motor industry apprentices will be more than £1,000 better off following the latest rise in the National Minimum Wage.
BMW Group UK has taken on 43 new apprentices at its UK Mini and BMW production sites in Oxford, Swindon and Hams Hall near Birmingham.
Mitsubishi Motors UK has has a record number of apprenticeship requests from the dealer network for training at its headquarters in Cirencester.
Jaguar Land Rover has welcomed nearly 600 new graduates and apprentices to the business this week, the company’s highest intake to date.
Vantage Motor Group may roll out a network wide sign language workshop to help communicate with customers with hearing problems.
Motor retail group Swansway believes in encouraging and growing young talent and plans to increase its apprentice intake 50%, by 2017.
Twelve Kia dealers have completed its leadership development programme in conjunction with The Bluewater Partnership.
Much has been written about British Intelligence Agencies “spying” on us which affirms that there may be circumstances where the rights to privacy of the individual are sacrificed.
Yorkshire based family car dealer JCT600 is looking for 27 new apprentices as part of its drive to take on 115 apprentices working in the business.
The first 90 days of employment are critical to reducing sales staff turnover, says Symco.
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles UK Ltd has announced a major restructuring of its senior management team.
The chief executive of the Institute of the Motor Industry Steve Nash has welcomed the ambitious apprenticeships target of the new Government, but questions whether it’s achievable.
The Employment Tribunal has ruled that UK law can be rewritten to reflect commission in holiday pay - but has left car dealers with unresolved issues.
A need for more technicians is leading Volvo Car UK to mandate that every dealership in its network will engage in apprenticeships.
Audi has launched a website designed to attract apprentices for its car dealer network.
