After-dinner entertainment?
Interesting to learn that Tim Abbott, currently managing director of BMW Group UK, still describes himself in public as a car salesman. At least, that’s what he said when stand-up comic, Al...
Read moreIt’s at this time of the month that I take a look at the latest new car finance offers included in the Deals section that Auto Retail Bulletin publishes at the start of every month. And with a...
Read moreJournalists make a habit of writing ‘end-of-year’ blogs. It’s something that I’ve tried to avoid; partly because it always seems a rather lazy choice of topic and partly...
Read moreRather sad at the news that Nidd Vale Motors has gone into administration; and not just because it’s always a pity when one of our leading auto retail groups buckles, especially for the staff...
Read moreThis year’s SMMT annual dinner was a grand affair with an whopping 1100 industry luminaries in attendance. And me. Joking aside, as an industry we’ve found ourselves at the end of the year...
Read moreTwo fine examples of marketing hyperbole have kept me amused this week and both of them relate to electric cars – or rather, I should say, sales of electric cars. The first is the new tag line...
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