PRA 25/11/2020
The Car Wash
Association (CWA) has urged BEIS to exempt Automated Car Washes (ACW) from any
future legislation in the event of a return to lockdown in the new year.
NMDA 23/11/2020
“It is very positive that the NMDA Autumn 2020 Dealer Attitude Survey has received the highest ever response rate demonstrating that a growing number of dealers see the survey as an important and useful channel to provide feedback on the business relationship with their manufacturers”, said Paddy O’Connell, Head of the NMDA
IGA 18/11/2020
“Whilst the Independent Garage Association (IGA) supports the government’s green agenda, the desire to push to a full Hybrid Electric Vehicle (HEV) car parc by 2030 is very ambitious considering there are many issues still unresolved,” states Stuart James, Chief Executive of the IGA
NFDA 21/01/2020
“It is encouraging to see that the Government has doubled the funding for residential street chargepoint recognising that charging an electric vehicle must be a convenient and simple process”, Sue Robinson
NAMA 10/12/2019
“Almost half of respondents in this month’s NAMA survey are expecting volumes to fall over the coming month. Volumes of vehicles arriving at auction centres generally reduce towards the end of the year, and this year appears to be no different,” said Louise Wallis, Head of the National Association of Motor Auctions (NAMA), commenting on the latest figures from NAMA’s market attitude survey.
NFDA 05/12/2019
“Registrations of light commercial vehicles up to 3.5 tonnes fell by -9.6% in November, the third consecutive month of decline, as economic uncertainty continues to affect business confidence”, said Sue Robinson, Director of the National Franchised Dealers Association which represents franchised commercial vehicle and car retailers across the UK, commenting on the SMMT’s light commercial vehicle registration figures.
NFDA 05/12/2019
“As expected, new car sales saw a modest decline in November reflecting consumer uncertainty in the run-up to a general election”, said Sue Robinson, Director of the National Franchised Dealers Association (NFDA), which represents franchised car and commercial vehicle retailers in the UK commenting on the latest SMMT’s new passenger car registration figures.
IGA 04/12/2019
Entries are open for the Independent Garage Association (IGA)’s inaugural British Independent Garage of the Year Awards (BIG Awards), a night to shine a light on Britain’s best independent garages.
NMDA 29/11/2019
“The NMDA is encouraged to see that this year’s Autumn 2019 Dealer Attitude Survey received a response rate of 18% made up of nine brands. Participants in this survey were made up of 82% of independently owned franchise dealers, and 16% privately owned groups. 52% were single brand dealer’s whist the remainder of 48% were multi-franchised.” commented Stephen Latham, Head of the National Motorcycle Dealers Association (NMDA).