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Following its Annual General Meeting, held last week, the Vehicle Remarketing Association (VRA) has announced that Glenn Sturley is appointed as its new Chairman. This follows the retirement of John
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Epyx is aiming to recruit more garages to 1link Service Network in order to handle an increase in the average age of vehicle on the e-commerce platform. Currently, there are
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Aston Barclay has appointed David Case as its Group Systems Manager in a newly-created role, which will allow the Group to streamline the future development of digital services. Following the
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The final print edition of Glass’s Guide – the motor trade car valuations Bible – will come off the presses next month after 83 years of continuous publication interrupted only
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Fleets are being warned that company car drivers with connected car apps must disable them at defleet or risk potential security issues. A number of carmaker smartphone apps, such as
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GEFCO Group announces the appointment of Anne Lambusson in the PSA Contract Division Management. She is also a member of the Executive Committee. With a twofold experience in rail
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Higher volumes of poor condition low specification vans at auction are impacting on conversion rates. That’s the view of BCA which said vans needed to be realistically priced in order
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A 14.1% increase in wholesale prices for ex-fleet cars drove a 9.4% overall rise in the price of used cars sold at auction during June, Manheim has revealed. The average
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Point of sale (POS) consumer used car finance on new business grew 22% by value and 18% by volume in May, compared to the same month in 2015. New figures
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SSH Selfdrive has adopted epyx’s 1link Hire Network e-commerce platform to help reach a new customer base of larger leasing companies and supply chain fleets. The business, founded in 2005,
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The UK’s decision to Brexit probably won’t materially start to affect the UK used car market until the fourth quarter of 2016, say Glass’s. The motor industry data market leader
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BCA has opened a new 12-acre defleet operation in Doncaster as it seeks to expand its regional capacity with the ability to process an additional 9,000 vehicles per year. The
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