Newsletter
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Issue 23 - 08th June 2018
MAY NEW CAR REGISTRATION FIGURES
The improving new car market, up 3.4% in May with a growth in the private segment of 10.1%, demonstrates solid demand and increased consumer spending in the motor retail sector. New passenger car registrations grew by 3.4% to 192,649 units in the UK in May. Year-to-date, the market is now -6.8% down from last year. Diesel saw a decline of -23.6%, while petrol grew by 23.5%. Positively, registrations of alternative...
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08th June 2018
MAY LIGHT COMMERCIAL VEHICLE REGISTRATION FIGURES
Light Commercial Vehicle (LCV) registrations grew by 2.4% in May with encouraging signs coming especially from the mid-size vans between 2.0 - 2.5 tonnes, often used as service vehicles, which saw a...
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08th June 2018
NEWS FROM OVERSEAS
The automotive industry is feeling a little uneasy since it was announced last week that President Donald Trump has placed a tariff on both steel and aluminum. The news breaks around the same time...
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08th June 2018
‘If you break the customers’ trust, you have big issues’,...
UNUSUALLY AMONG TOP automotive retail bosses, Vertu Motors CEO Robert Forrester has never personally sold a car. Instead of paying his dues on forecourts, his path to the top began with a career in...
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08th June 2018
Post-2020 CO2 targets: Cars must be affordable and...
Brussels, 5 June 2018 – One month before key votes on future CO2 targets for cars in the European Parliament, and a few weeks before discussions amongst EU environment ministers, members of the...
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08th June 2018
EVENTS
NFDA REGIONAL MEETINGS June 2018 The dates and venues for the next regional dealer meetings are: Southern – Hilton, Cobham – Thursday 14 JuneNorth Eastern – Holiday Inn, York – Tuesday 19...
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08th June 2018
World Cup Special
With major sporting events that tend to run over a series of days or weeks, employers could expect to face some of the following issues: requests for annual leave, requests to work from home,...
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08th June 2018
HM Government Suggested Frameworks for the UK-EU...
The UK Government has published several presentations on its vision of frameworks for the UK-EU partnerships post-Brexit. In summary, the Government has broken down the future economic partnership...
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08th June 2018
Welcome note from Sue Robinson
Dear Colleague The new car and light commercial vehicle registrations for May were published this week. New car registrations were up by 3.4%, with an encouraging growth in the private segment of...
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08th June 2018
Rt Hon Pat McFadden MP visits Jardine Audi
The NFDA is continuing its lobbying activity with the Parliamentary Engagement Programme which started in 2017 to raise awareness of the retail automotive industry. A number of dealership visits have...
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