Our latest ‘Meet the Team’ interview is with our new Sales Director – Steve Thomas. Steve has been driving up and down the country non-stop since joining us a month ago, but we managed to sit him down for a chat about his new role, the automotive industry and where to dine if you find yourself in So...
We’re thrilled to announce that our new office has been shortlisted for ‘Best Workspace’ at the Exeter Space Awards 2019 – which celebrates amazing workspaces in and around Exeter.
We pride ourselves on having some of the best people in their respective fields working for us. Recruitment and reten...
Dealers saw enquiries for used vehicles jump by 5.6% in May, and overall sales from used operations increase by 4.2%, according to our latest research.
Finance sales increased by 1.4% against the same month in 2018, while Gap insurance sales fell by 8.9% and paint protection by 0.2%. Finance pene...
According to our latest research, the growing popularity of finance in the used sector drove a positive month of used car sales in April.
Finance penetration jumped by 2.1% to 46% in April against the same month in 2018. It marked a 6.4% increase in used car finance sales as dealers continued to f...
Dealers across the UK saw revenues grow from new and used sectors in January even as the volume of enquires fell against last year, according to our latest research.
Sales conversion rates increased by 5.6% for new vehicles and 2.2% for used. Finance penetration increased by 3.6% to 78% for new v...
According to our latest set of data, used sales bounced back in February - revenues increased by 6% for used sales against February 2018.
The positive figures are a result of increased sales conversion, which grew by 1.5% to 35% for used vehicles.
Overall enquiries were relatively static with...
Dealers saw used car finance grow at 15.4% in November against the same month last year, according to new Dealerweb data.
The strong growth in used car finance supported a leap in used sales of 12.3%. The trend is in marked contrast to the new sector, which saw sales decline 1.1%.
New car lea...
Our latest set of data shows that used car sales increased by 7.8% in October against the same month last year.
October 2018 also saw an 18.1% increase on used vehicle finance and a 15.4% increase in GAP insurance sales. Paint protection insurance sales increased 7.4%
Martin Hill, managing dire...
Our latest research has identified how and when consumers prefer to make their initial enquiry to dealers.
In a survey of 1,200 motorists, of those who selected phone or email as their preferred means of communication, around half (53%) preferred a phone call during the traditional ‘9-to-5’ worki...
In a recent Motor Trader article, our operations director, James Hill wrote of the growing impetus for automotive retailers to offer a 24-hour service to meet the needs of today’s consumers.
Obviously, this doesn’t mean that you need to have your dealership open at all hours of the day but with...