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📻 BANK HOLIDAY WEEKEND POD!   Streaming now, all the week’s big car retailing stories handpicked by Curtis and Philip on the Motor Trade Radio podcast, powered by MOTORS!   This week for your listening entertainment… 🔋SMMT calls for changes to expensive car supplement and cuts to EV VAT 🚗 BYD and MG boost sales of combustion-engine cars in Europe ✂️ Honda slashes EV production amid waning demand to focus on hybrids 📈 Greenhous Group profits up 16% on back of its diversification strategy ✅ Swansway expands with BYD and opens another used car site 💷 And dealer bosses in the latest Sunday Times Rich List   🎙️ PLUS Analyst turned retailer Steve Young on launching Auto West London with Jaecoo and Omoda.

🎙️EXCLUSIVE POD INTERVIEW   We’re delighted to welcome back Steve Young, MD of ICDP, the automotive retailing consultancy, and MD of Auto West London, the all-new Omoda and Jaecoo site, which opened in March.   Lots to talk about including his new experiences as a car retailer representing two new Chinese brands.   As part of Çetas Otomotiv, the largest dealer group in Turkey, the new business is set for growth in the UK and Steve shares some of those ambitions.   And with his industry guru hat on, we ask Steve for his take on how Trump’s tariffs will impact UK car production and exports and EU sales into the UK.   Plus, we take a look at the newly published ICDP Top 300 European franchised dealer groups.

🚨HEADLINES ROUNDUP!   Philip and Curtis chat through the week’s car retailing stories on the Motor Trade Radio podcast, powered by MOTORS.   📈 Used car sales reach post-Covid record in Q1 💰 Reactions to Trump’s 10% concession on UK car exports 🚗 Hendy Group recruits 20 general managers in shift to regional operating model 💪 Vertu Motors bullish about 2024 results, with turnover up but profits down 🔋 We’ve got news on the latest Chinese brand heading to the UK and is already recruiting dealers -- Changan Automobile 🚘 A fond farewell to industry legend – Kwik Fit founder Sir Tom Farmer   PLUS, [M]enable Moment on Mental Health Awareness Week with our very own mental wealth guru, Stephen Whitton.

🎙️WEEKEND POD This week Philip’s on holiday so Curtis is joined by car retailing industry guru Karl Davis on the Motor Trade Radio podcast, powered by MOTORS. Hear their take on the week’s big headlines from Motor Trade News, AM, Car Dealer and Motor Trader! 🚗 New car retail demand down 8% in April, as overall registrations drop by 10.4% 🚚 Van sales fall for the fifth consecutive month to a five year low ⚡ JudgeService research shows Elon Musk’s high profile political activities are turning off EV buyers 💷 Marshall is back on the acquisition trail as it grows with Jaguar Land Rover 📉 FY 2024 results from Swansway Group and CarSupermarket.com   Plus #AllTheChatterThatMatters! #automotive

🎺WEEKEND POD Another eventful week for the car retailing sector on the Motor Trade Radio podcast, powered by MOTORS. Headlines from AM, Car Dealer and Motor Trade News.  🚗 April’s used car values roundup from cap hpi’s Jeremy Yea 🚗 April’s retail trends with MOTORS latest Market View 🚗 VW Group pulling the plug on agency 🚗 Volkswagen Financial Services to close Heycar 🚗 Group 1’s eagerly anticipated Q1 results 🚗 JudgeService research on charging aftersales customers for extras 🚗 Add Skodas to the endless list of stuff you can buy on Amazon!   Plus #AllTheChatterThatMatters with your co-hosts Curtis and Phil.