Supplier insight
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Car Dealer News 16 Jan
Used supermarket Hilton Garage signs up with Cox Automotive
Hilton Garage has signed an exclusive deal with Cox Automotive to dispose of around 3,000 vehicles a year via Manheim Auction Services
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Opinion 23 Oct
Executive View: Create a culture of getting things done
Effective motor retail leaders must be skilled implementers of strategy, says Dr William Holden, chairman of Sewells, in his latest installment of an exclusive series with AM-online,
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Opinion 18 Sep
Executive View: How to drive significant increases in performance
Automotive retail leaders should follow these eight principles to get the highest performance out of their teams, leadership expert Dr William Holden of Sewells writes for AM-online
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Opinion 21 Aug
Executive View: Building a high performing team
How can you build and sustain high performing teams in your car dealership? Leadership expert Dr WIlliam Holden shares his advice on AM-online
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Opinion 24 Jul
Executive View: What's stopping your team providing amazing customer experiences, every time?
Ten incredible tips on leading motor retail teams to consistently excellent customer experiences from AM's team leadership expert Dr William Holden at Sewells
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Retailing 3 Jul
The Running A Modern Dealership report is here from AM
AM's latest industry special digital report, Running A Modern Dealership, has now been published. Industry experts, prominent suppliers and franchised dealers have shared their insights into the major aspects required in running a modern dealership, including used car retailing, EV sales, finance and insurance, omnichannel customer experience and aftersales efficiency.
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Opinion 25 Jun
Executive View: Too many leaders, not enough leadership
Sewells chairman Dr William Holden writes for AM-online exclusively, giving thoughtful advice for automotive retail leaders who want to manage people and performance to optimum levels.
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People News 22 Jun
Angela Shepherd appointed chief executive at Stellantis & You UK
Angela Shepherd has been appointed chief executive of Stellantis &You UK, replacing James Weston.
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Opinion 31 May
Saker: Should HR protect employees, not the company, in sex harassment cases?
AM's regular columnist Professor Jim Saker, director of the Centre for Automotive Management at Loughborough University's business school and president of the Institute of the Motor Industry, shares his thoughts about the damage done to companies by HR departments that put corporate damage-limitation ahead of victim welfare.
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Supplier insight 18 May
Keyloop responds to industry criticism in AM's '5 Minutes With' interview
In this latest '5 minutes with' interview, Keyloop's chief alliances officer Megan Harvey talks with AM contributor Tom Seymour about the new way it is working with suppliers and dealerships as part of its new 'partner ecosystem'. This comes after fears were raised by some industry figures that higher costs for partners would be passed on ultimately to the car dealers in those partners' client base.
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People News 5 May
New MD appointed by Renault Retail Group UK
Frédéric Maillard has been appointed as the new managing director of Renault Retail Group UK, effective immediately.
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Talent & People 3 Apr
8 Questions To... Spencer Clayton-Jones of Nissan
Spencer Clayton-Jones, director of network development and customer quality at Nissan GB, was the latest subject of AM's regular '8 Questions To' feature.
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Opinion 18 Jan
Objectives aren't going to take motor retail forward - Saker's opinion
Regular contributor professor Jim Saker, director of the Centre for Automotive Management at Loughborough University and president of the Institute of the Motor Industry, muses on motor retailers' need to spend as much time on communicating strategy as they do communicating objectives in his test monthly article for AM.
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Finance and insurance 16 Dec
UK recession is shifting the goal posts for consumer car finance
Armed with the right motor finance solutions, dealers are well placed to help buyers into their next used car despite the storm of high vehicle prices, rising interest rates and squeezed budgets.
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Opinion 12 Dec
Interviews with aspiring leaders often leave a ‘sense of dread’, opinion
There has been a lot of talk about leadership over the past few months and if one looks at the management bookshelves even more has been written.
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Supplier Interviews 12 Oct
10 Minutes with... Aston Barclay chairman Greg MacLeod
In AM's latest '10 Minutes With...' supplier interview Aston Barclay chairman Greg McLeod talks to AM about the automotive remarketing business's growth since acquisition in 2017 and what will come next.
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Supplier Interviews 15 Aug
10 minutes with... Journey Energy Solutions managing director Darren Riva
As car retailers across the UK look to combat soaring energy prices with the installation of renewable solutions, AM interviewed Journey Energy Solutions managing director Darren Riva.
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Supplier Interviews 12 Jul
Q&A: 10 minutes with... Carwow chief executive James Hind
A decade after its launch into the UK car retail sector, carwow co-founder and chief executive James Hind has reflected on the road that led to an "exciting new growth phase".
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Supplier Interviews 16 May
5 minutes with… Paul Hollick, chair, Association of Fleet Professionals (AFP)
The addition to AM’s ‘5 minutes with…’ features series sees editor Tim Rose sit down with Association of Fleet Professionals (AFP) chair Paul Hollick to discuss its new dealer standard and what it might mean for car retailers.
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Latest News 8 Apr
AM News Show Podcast: ‘affluence is central to car buyers' EV interest’
Auto Trader brand director Marc Palmer asserted that “areas of affluence” are the UK’s hotspots for interest in electric vehicles (EV) as the cost-of-living crisis continues to squeeze car buyers’ purse strings.