Car Dealer Briefing slate V4Car Dealer Briefing slate V4

News

Briefing: Waddell wants employment tribunal, Darren Edwards to retire and Car Giant swings to a loss

  • Our editor in chief digests the week’s biggest headlines for subscribers
  • Briefing gives time poor car dealers the need to know news in one place
  • Subscribers receive weekly briefing every Friday with exclusive comment

Time 12:25 pm, October 4, 2024

In this week’s Car Dealer Weekly Briefing – the subscriber only newsletter – James Baggott digests a VERY busy week of motor trade news.

This week he takes a closer look at another twist in the Big Motoring World saga as founder Peter Waddell wants to head back to court.

There are a plethora of company results – including a look at Motorway and Carwow’s numbers – as well as a review of car supermarket group Car Giant’s 2023 performance.


Elsewhere, Sytner boss Darren Edwards has decided to call it a day and step down from one of the biggest jobs in the motor trade.

The weekly newsletter is published every Friday to subscribers and delivered directly to your email inbox. You can also read it on the Substack app.

Also featured in this week’s briefing and getting our editor-in-chief’s take:


  • Used car prices
  • Ford won’t restrict supply
  • Group 1’s new boss and acquisition
  • Prince William’s car dealer visit
  • Glyn Hopkin results
  • Vertu ditches ties
  • Worst places to buy a used car
  • UHY Hacker Young deal

To read the weekly briefing, you need to be a subscriber on Substack.

Subscriptions to the Substack newsletter cost £10 per month, or £100 per year, and there are discounts for companies who want multiple subscriptions for their staff. 

You can sign up to read your first newsletter for free today – visit the Substack website and subscribe.

There’s also a list of the top 10 most popular stories on the CarDealerMagazine.co.uk website this week which always makes for interesting reading as you can see what has piqued everyone else’s interest too.

Find it on the Substack website now.

James Baggott's avatar

James is the founder and editor-in-chief of Car Dealer Magazine, and CEO of parent company Baize Group. James has been a motoring journalist for more than 20 years writing about cars and the car industry.



More stories...

Auto Trader Advert
Server 108