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VRA appoints new directors 

The Vehicle Remarketing Association (VRA) has appointed three new directors to its Board: Rupert Pontin (Glass’s), Tim Hudson (Cox Automotive/Manheim) and Philip Nothard (CAP HPI).  They join seven other directors,

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Cargiant solus agreement headlines 2017 new business growth for Aston Barclay

Part-exchanges from the used car supermarket will continue to be remarketed at Chelmsford Solus deal with Saxton 4×4 also agreed following doubling of volumes in 2015-16 New volume also secured

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Minster Self Drive signs deal to use epyx’s 1link Hire Network

Middlesborough-based Minster Self Drive has signed a new deal to use the 1link Hire Network e-commerce platform. Started in York in 2005, the family-run company now has branches in Wakefield,

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Online sales values of ex-fleet stock beat physical auctions by average of one per cent in 2016, reports epyx

Online sales values of ex-fleet stock beat physical auctions by an average of one per cent or £220 per vehicle in 2016, according to new figures compiled by epyx. The

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Apex Car Rental is latest to join epyx’s 1link Hire Network

Twenty-eight-day car hire specialist Apex Car Rental has signed up this month to use epyx’s 1link Hire Network. Formed in 1988, Apex has a 3,500 vehicle fleet of Peugeot, Volkswagen,

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“Flexible and popular” Renault Trafic is Glass’s Used Van Hero for November

Panel van has been commercial vehicle favourite for more than 35 years Renault’s long-established Trafic panel van has been named as Glass’s Used Van Hero for November. Each month, Glass’s

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Best used car stock now “largely being sold online,” says epyx

The best used car stock is now largely being sold online in a ready-to-retail condition to dealers, reports epyx. The company, which operates the 1link Disposal Network e-commerce platform, says

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Aston Barclay predicts a happy Christmas for the used car market

The used market looks set to finish 2016 with a healthy supply of cars matched by healthy demand from buyers, who are keen to purchase stock during a buoyant Christmas

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Motor specialist set to expand team

The G3 Group is on the recruitment hunt following a record year in business and plans to increase turnover by a further 30% in 2017. The 60-strong team is on

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More than nine out of 10 customers rate epyx as “excellent” or good” in new research

More than nine out of 10 customers (93%) have rated the service they receive from epyx as “excellent” or “good” in the company’s most comprehensive survey ever. Praise was also

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