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Pendragon opens first Evans Halshaw Car Store in Birmingham

Evans Halshaw has opened its first Car Store in Birmingham. The store has almost 300 used cars on site with access to a further 20,000 across the network. Birmingham Car

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Light commercial vehicles set for record year of sales, predicts CAP

Commercial vehicle operators moving away from larger vehicles to 3.5-tonne vans will lead to a record year for light commercial vehicle sales, says CAP. The pricing experts say year-end LCV registrations

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Auto Trader reveals July’s fastest selling used cars

Auto Trader figures for July reveal that petrol versions of the 2012 BMW 1 Series with automatic transmissions were the quickest sellers nationally, taking an average of 17 days to

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Manheim ‘Transit 50th’ fundraising fortnight raises £14,000

Manheim has raised £14,050 for charity from a fortnight of sale events, which celebrated the Ford Transit’s 50th birthday, at the company’s sites across the country. From August 3-14, each

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Techies 2015: Editor’s Choice – Arval

This award is for the breadth of entries Arval submitted, demonstrating technological prowess and innovation across telematics, fleet management and apps. The company, about to burst into the UK’s top

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Techies 2015: Remarketing – BCA Inspect Pro

Topping the tables with its innovative remarketing system – Inspect Pro – is BCA. The company may be well versed in traditional low-tech approaches to remarketing, but Inspect Pro impressed

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Motors.co.uk launches monthly payment search

Motors.co.uk has launched a new monthly payment search functionality and is promoting it to consumers with a television campaign later this week. The search by payment functionality, which launched onsite

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Rise of Uber fuels demand for MPVs at auction

The rapid rise of taxi app firm Uber in the UK is fueling demand for MPVs at auction and causing values to rise. The average value of MPVs coming to

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Record month for Manheim as van values rise in July

Manheim saw record CV volumes in July, with a 45% increase in volume year-on-year, and average selling prices up 1.6% (£75) from June. Matthew Davock, head of LCV at Manheim,

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PCP deals are tempting customers out of the 10 year old car market, says Glass’s

Car owners that have kept their vehicle for over 10 years are coming back to the new car market due to strong PCP deals, according to Glass’s. Rupert Pontin, head

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Average used car values up by £154 in July, says BCA Pulse

The average price of used cars sold at auctions reached £7912 in July, the monthly BCA Pulse report has revealed. It is an £154 (1.9%) increase on June’s headline value,

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