http://www.motor-trade-insider.com/index.php/2008/11/automotive-industry-calls-for-extra-help-from-government/ Car Buying Guide Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:09:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://www.motor-trade-insider.com/index.php/2008/11/automotive-industry-calls-for-extra-help-from-government/comment-page-1/#comment-90 admin Sun, 02 Nov 2008 07:34:38 +0000 http://www.motor-trade-insider.com/?p=1037#comment-90 If any of these measures are instigated by the government it can only be positive, however they have not up until now acknowledged the hardship being faced by many motor car dealers, it is obviously not very fashionable to assist our industry as over the last few years they have only made things more difficult and introduced more measures designed to stealth tax any opportunities that car dealers might have. I was talking to some senior colleagues recently who said that they were being paid less now than 10 years ago and it it’s been getting steadily worse. There are businesses going under and will continue to do so and cars are devaluing alarmingly as the guides will show again this month. It is also traditionally the hardest part of our year and just a morsel of goodwill by this government like scrapping the proposed RFL increases may just be enough to keep a few more people employed. If any of these measures are instigated by the government it can only be positive, however they have not up until now acknowledged the hardship being faced by many motor car dealers, it is obviously not very fashionable to assist our industry as over the last few years they have only made things more difficult and introduced more measures designed to stealth tax any opportunities that car dealers might have. I was talking to some senior colleagues recently who said that they were being paid less now than 10 years ago and it it’s been getting steadily worse. There are businesses going under and will continue to do so and cars are devaluing alarmingly as the guides will show again this month. It is also traditionally the hardest part of our year and just a morsel of goodwill by this government like scrapping the proposed RFL increases may just be enough to keep a few more people employed.

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