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Electric vehicle residual value forecasts are moving closer to traditional diesel cars as the used car market becomes more accustomed to the technology they contain, according to the latest data
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Chrysler will withdraw from the UK in 2017 after issuing two year termination notices to its UK dealer network earlier this week. UK sales have been falling for the past
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BCA achieved a record-breaking performance in 2014 selling over one million vehicles. Growth has been achieved through a blend of growth in all markets, an expanding geographic footprint and investment
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Epyx has created a new account management team to support investment in its 1link Disposal Network e-commerce platform. There are two new internal account managers and two external account managers,
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Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles has announced it is supplying 312 vehicles to Network Rail in its latest fleet deal. The vehicles will be used by Network Rail’s engineering team. The deal
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The Department for Transport has announced that 140 plug-in vehicles will be joining the Government fleet across 15 departments. The DfT said the additions are part of a £5 million
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Inchcape turned in a solid set of results in the UK in 2014 with trading profit up 3% to £65.2m on turnover up 11.2% to £2.47bn. Trading margin in its
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The SMMT has launched a campaign to challenge what it described as the increasing demonisation of diesel. Diesel has come under heavy fire in recent months. In December, the Environmental
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The start of a new year sees everybody looking forward to the next one as well as looking back at the 12 months which have just passed. Many will consider
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Car dealer group Inchcape has announced its results, reporting a fifth consecutive year of double-digit earnings growth. Key Financial Highlights Year ended ?2014 ?£m Year ended ?2013 ?£m % change % change ?in constant
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Car dealer group Lookers has announced its results, reporting a sixth year of successive profit growth and a record performance in its motor division. For the year to December 31,
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Leaseplan Corporation, the global fleet management and driver mobility company, has entered into discussions regarding the potential divestment and sale of the company. A Leaseplan statement said: “Leaseplan emphasises that
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