02.06.2009
Car scrappage scheme
More than 35,000 new cars have been ordered through the UK’s scrappage scheme since it was announced in April, government figures show. The introduction of a vehicle scrappage scheme was announced in the...
02.06.2009
Business rate is likely to cost an extra 5%
The Government has proposed a 5% increase in business rates from April 1. Retailers have been protected from big jumps in their business rates by a “transitional relief” system, which ensures increases are...
02.06.2009
Number of UK franchised dealers set to fall
Car dealers are an endangered species and their number in the UK will be significantly reduced in the future, according to an industry analyst. PricewaterhouseCoopers said the severe drop would be a result...
01.06.2009
Barber Wadlow partnership formed
Amanda Barber, former Equity Partner and founder of the Automotive & Roadside department at GVA Grimley over 20 years ago, has formed a new partnership, Barber Wadlow, with Adam Wadlow, also formerly of...
13.05.2009
Euro Garages: three new sites and more on the way
Blackburn-based Euro Garages, number four in the Forecourt Trader Top 50 Indies list, has acquired three more sites taking its total to 75. The new acquisitions are a one-acre brownfield site on the...
13.05.2009
Motorists are now paying an extra 2.12p per litre of petrol as a Government fuel tax increase comes into force.
Last year, fuel prices were at record levels, encouraging the Government to delay the plans to increase duty. Sue Robinson, director of the Retail Motor Industry Federation said: “Yet again the Government is...
13.05.2009
First substantial company liquidation in the fuel retailing sector
Dolphin Retail, which has 22 petrol filling stations in Scotland and Yorkshire, has gone into liquidation, according to the Peebleshire News. A spokesman for Dolphin stated that the company was quite profitable, but...