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Car Dealer News 12 DecThurlow Nunn gives staff a four day Christmas break
Car dealer Thurlow Nunn is moving sales staff to five-day working weeks in 2024, after giving all staff a 4-day break this Christmas.
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Latest News 27 AprRygor Commercials and Brayleys Cars make UK Best Workplaces debuts
Rygor Commercials and Brayleys Cars have mad debut appearances in Great Place to Work’s UK Best Workplaces 2023 rankings of the country’s best employers.
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Manufacturer 23 FebJLR Halewood production jeopardised by workers' strike action vote
Vehicle production at Jaguar Land Rover’s Halewood car production line could be halted after more than 150 workers voted to strike over job and pay cuts, Unite the Union has claimed.
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Opinion 31 JanGolden handshakes and flexible working could cure tech shortages, opinion
Difficulties in recruiting qualified and experienced technicians remains challenging for dealerships nationwide.
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Car Dealer News 19 JanLife-saving showroom staff celebrated at Burrows and Baylis car dealerships
Life-saving car dealership staff from Burrows Motor Group and Baylis have come face-to-face with customers they helped revive after suffering cardiac arrests in their showrooms.
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Car Dealer News 7 DecFJ Chalke profit-share scheme gives staff cost-of-living boost
FJ Chalke has handed its workforce a total of up to £3,600 in cost-of-living payments as part of a profit-share scheme designed to ease the burden of inflation of its staff.
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Latest News 2 DecOne last push for Ben climbers’ £300,000 Kilimanjaro challenge
Automotive sector leaders might have succeeded in reaching the summit of Africa’s highest peak, but they now need sponsors’ help to make one last push to their £300,000 fund-raising target.
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Latest News 28 NovMarshall and JCT600 leaders complete ‘tough and emotional’ Kilimanjaro climb for Ben
Car retail group leaders from JCT600 and Marshall Motor Group have successfully completed their trek up Africa’s Mount Kilimanjaro in aid of the automotive charity Ben.
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Aftersales 23 NovMotor trade salaries ramping-up demand for skills increases, IMI finds
The automotive sector's 20-year high vacancy rate has led to increased demand and greater salaries, research completed by the Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI) has found.
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Latest News 14 OctCar retail sector’s post-COVID management bonuses soared 70% in 2022
Car retail businesses drove record pay rises in 2022 with bonuses and incentives to management soaring by 70% to deliver average remuneration of £407,000, the latest BDO Salary Survey has revealed.
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Latest News 27 SepAutomation to eradicate almost 1.4 million UK automotive jobs by 2030
Almost 1.4 million automotive sector jobs in the UK will be eradicated by automation by 2030, according to the findings of a new study.
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Latest News 21 JulCar dealers advised to ‘balance staff bonuses’ in response to soaring inflation
Car retail business have been advised to "flex" staff bonuses and salary sacrifice schemes to mitigate against the impact of the cost-of-living crisis as UK inflation continues to soar.
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Supplier News 21 JulBCA consults Derby, Peterborough and Sandwich staff over planned restructure
Used car remarketing giant BCA is consulting staff at its Derby, Peterborough and Sandwich facilities ahead of a planned restructure following a review of the “scale and capability” of its UK operations.
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Car Dealer News 11 JulMotorpoint recognises 40 employees for their long service
A combined 743 years of service from 40 staff has been recognised by the UK's largest used car supermarket group, Motorpoint.
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Latest News 27 MayBen on the Road health and wellbeing roadshow to mark Conversation Week
Ben will visit small and medium-sized automotive businesses across the UK as it takes its health and wellbeing services on a UK roadshow to coincide with national Conversation Week (May 23 to 29).
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Latest News 25 May
Automotive ranked as UK's second ‘most attractive’ sector to work in
Automotive has been ranked as the UK's second most attractive sector to work in by respondents to Randstad’s Employer Brand Research survey.
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Talent & People 10 MayAutomotive retail still has work to do to address diversity issues
An Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI) report aiming to be the catalyst of a shift to greater diversity, inclusion and equity in automotive has revealed that gender remains the source of the sector’s most significant representation imbalance.
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Manufacturer 13 AprMini production threatened by proposed strike at Plant Oxford
Mini production could be dealt a further blow after workers at its Oxford manufacturing plant voted to strike over an “inadequate pay offer”.
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Opinion 5 AprSaker: a better understanding of employees will unleash their full potential
In his latest ‘viewpoint’ opinion article for AM Professor Jim Saker asserts that better understanding the diversity of the automotive workforce, and making a few minor changes to working practices, can unleash previously untapped potential.
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Talent & People 8 MarDriving towards diversity: car retail must be ready to exit its comfort zone
As the automotive retail sector today embraces International Women’s Day (March 8) AM’s latest News Insight feature investigated the hurdles to improved diversity and inclusion (D&I) and the benefits it can bring.
