Today’s motor trade news is about the woes Vauxhall is currently facing. As is often the case in the business world, bad luck for one company is often to the benefit of their competitors, so readers who are in the …
Car insurance premiums drop while leasing costs increase
Today we have both good and bad motoring news. Let’s start with the good news: during the first quarter of this year the cost of comprehensive motor insurance in the UK has dropped by 7%. This was the biggest quarterly …
UK’s safest car reveals its secret
Whether one is an ordinary car driver who would like to survive our increasingly dangerous roads or a motor trader looking for the best motor trade insurance deal, road safety remains a pressing concern that affects us all. Sadly there …
Motor trader without insurance and license sentenced
A mechanic who worked from home for a company on a zero-hours contract has been banned from driving for six months and ordered to complete 100 hours of community service after venturing onto the road while disqualified and without the …
Stronger competition expected in used car market
The used car market in the UK is expected to experience stronger competition over the next few months, with supermarkets opening new outlets and billionaire Carl Icahn also entering the industry. All of this will boost the capacity of the …
Stronger competition expected in used car market
The used car market in the UK is expected to experience stronger competition over the next few months, with supermarkets opening new outlets and billionaire Carl Icahn also entering the industry. All of this will boost the capacity of the …
Driving school owner says merging lanes can be “very dangerous”
The importance of having driving school insurance to protect clients from unruly third parties has been highlighted in Barrow, where the owner of a driving school has claimed merging lanes can be “very dangerous” as other drivers often swerve and …
News roundup: Showroom sales decline and millions of UK drivers at risk of invalidating insurance premiums
Motor trade sellers risk losing out if they don’t have an ecommerce site or online presence as almost two thirds of UK motorists are now “most likely” to purchase a new or secondhand car on the web as showroom sales …
Traffic pollution could end an old tradition at schools
Driving schools in Norwich and elsewhere might soon have to train future drivers about a concept that was unknown only a few years ago: pollution free zones. Failure to do so might well result in claims against their liability insurance. …
Secondhand car values increased 1.2% since start of 2018
Motor trade sellers will be pleased to hear that the prices of secondhand cards have increased during the last year due to rising demand from consumers. New research published by vehicle valuation experts, cap hpi, shows a notable uptick in …
Excellent service convinces Pentalver to buy new Mercedes Fleet
Container experts Pentalver (based in Southampton) has purchased a new fleet of 26 Mercedes Benz trucks. The vehicles, all of which are Actros 2545 models with top-of-the-range GigaSpace cabs, were delivered by south coast Dealer Marshall Truck & Van and …
Learner drivers soon coming to a motorway near you
In a move that will most likely be welcomed by the majority of driving schools in the UK (but about which those who sell driving school insurance might or might not be equally impressed) it will soon be legal for …