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| 07 Feb 2012 |
This months Newsletter starts with a cautionary tale, by way of a question... to you. |
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This month I would like to start with a cautionary tale (and a bit of a rant!).
Who has your CV and what are they doing with it ? I don't mean to sound alarming but something happened again this week that is happening ever more often and its likely to lose a man his job!!!
The Internet is changing the way we all operate in our private and professional lives, its now very easy to email or post your CV, it takes seconds but you need to understand once it leaves you it takes on a life of it... |
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| 07 Feb 2012 |
Dealers squeezed between rising values and volume reductions according to CAP Black Book. |
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RISING used car trade values will increase the squeeze on dealer profitability in February and beyond, according to the independent benchmark used car pricing guide CAP Black Book.
Healthy dealer margins will be threatened by an anticipated reduction in stock availability, increasingly forcing them to buy cars requiring more investment in refurbishing to retail standard, warns CAP.
Despite slow retail sales, due to low consumer confidence, dealers are already being forced to pay higher pri... |
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| 02 Feb 2012 |
“Take the exit on the right. Trust me - I'm an evil billionaire.” |
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Springfield's Mr Burns and Marge Simpson are the next to tell you where to go as TomTom releases these all-new character voices for their range of GPS navigation systems. Each of the character voices have been developed in partnership with Twentieth Century Fox Consumer Products, The Gracie Films Worldwide Brand Division and Locutio Voice Technologies. Mr Burns and Marge Simpson join the voice of Homer Simpson, which has become the most downloaded character voice of all time, for TomTom GP... |
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| 30 Jan 2012 |
CAP Used Van of the Year 2011 named as Volkswagen Transporter T5 |
Automotive Views |
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The Volkswagen Transporter T5 has been voted ‘Used Van of the Year’ for 2011 by CAP – the UK’s independent benchmark used van pricing experts.
A panel of judges comprising of and vehicle valuation experts at CAP chose the Transporter from a shortlist of 6 models. Points were awarded by the judging panel based on CAP’s criteria of excellence relating to all relevant aspects of the vehicle.
The judging criteria (based on a 3 year old van at 60K miles) were:
• Value retained vs cost new co... |
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| 27 Jan 2012 |
CAP warns operators and used van dealers of unforeseen future costs arising from Euro 5 |
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NEW emissions rules could spell unforeseen costs for operators – sparking caution and lower residual values in the used market.
That is the warning from John Watts, of used van pricing experts, CAP.
Compliance with the new Euro 5 emissions legislation relies partly on the use of diesel particulate filters and this poses particular problems for owners restricting their operations to short-distance urban work.
Such filters can easily clog under the typical operating conditions faced ... |
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| 24 Jan 2012 |
Dealer miss out on mobile sales leads..... |
Automotive Views |
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According to Motors.co.uk. many dealers still have poor mobile web strategies and are missing out on sales leads from smartphones .
The classified website has seen visits to its mobile website double in the last 12 months. A sixth of its visits now come from mobile devices.
The firm has also seen a 200 per cent increase in visits from iPads and has already had more visits from mobile devices in January 2012 than in the whole of January 2011.
Dermot Kelleher, head of research and marketi... |
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