Tamworth-based LKQ Euro Car Parts has launched its first ever finance graduate scheme to create new pathways for young people looking to begin their career in the automotive industry.
The aftermarket specialist is recruiting for three new graduate positions in its finance team. Successful candidates will enroll on a three-year program where they’ll be supported and funded to gain CIMA/ACCA accredited accounting qualifications.
The graduates will also be allocated a personal mentor to oversee their progress, as well as being sponsored by the director of commercial finance and financial planning and analysis (FP&A) Melanie Lowe.
Applications are open now and…
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New Kia vehicles that have arrived from overseas are sitting on a storage lot in Wolverton, Ont., purposely locked up even though customers have been waiting months and months — some well over a year — to get their vehicles.
The new cars are being held from Kia’s Ontario dealerships — and reportedly from many more across the country — as part of a controversial plan by Kia Canada to game the number of sales in the last six weeks of the year.
Go Public has obtained a video in which a Kia regional manager explains the scheme — passed…
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“The car is on a PCP [personal contract purchase] and we’re still paying for it,” she says. “Apparently, nobody can get hold of this part. And until they can, the car is off the road. The car is now SORNed because I can’t MOT it, I can’t tax it, so I’m kind of stuck, really.
This is not a problem unique to the dealership in question, either. Becky continued: “We originally bought the car at Salisbury Audi, because we’ve got a friend who works there, and they happened to call me a couple of days ago to talk about the…