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Your round-up of insurance and risk management for the motor trade With everything from handling hazardous substances and dealing with exhaust fumes through to test drives and theft prevention, there’s a lot of risks to manage in your motor trade business.

Now, the good news… The latest used car sales figures from the SMMT, published in November 2019, showed a modest increase in sales of nearly 1% in the third quarter of 2019 compared with the previous year.

The road to success in 2020: Give the people what they want! Sell new cars? Offer good finance terms – and be transparent about them – to give consumers confidence to make an expensive purchase.

If you buy and sell vehicles and found 2019 a challenging year, you weren’t alone.