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For those interested in reporting what's happening at the sharp end of the industry - Click here As we are now firmly in September and the end of Q3 - focus is very much of used stock availability and the balance between supply and demand. Impact of WLTP on used car supply through the remainder of 2018 and into 2019 remains to be seen. For July's market overview, please click the link below. Click here Thanks in advance and feel free to share.

With a great deal challenging the industry as we approach the end of the 2nd quarter of the year. Reports across the network are very diverse with regards the new and used activity, although in general as always proving resilience to the external pressures. As you will notice, I have maintained the core of these surveys, as the trends and analysis remain the key market indicators for the industry. I have however expanded the coverage of sentiment and will review monthly, and incorporate key industry topics, as they become relevant. Please feel free to comment where relevant, as the individual views/sentiments are very useful to understand the trends in more detail.If I can support with any specific market feedback/insight, please don't hesitate to contact me directly, and I will certainly endeavor to assist where possible.Please feel free to share through the industry forms and media platforms and appreciating the timing, any participation is gratefully received. I will attempt to close the Survey this Wednesday 6th June. Click here

Every Month Philip Nothard conducts a 'dealer survey' on the state of the market, this gives some indication of what's happening all over the country, always a great insight. Would be great if everyone could spare couple of minutes to do this months survey please I have last survey results but it won't allow me to post these ? if you want the full report pdf -please drop me an email and I'll sent it on to you umesh@theimda.co.uk cheers Umesh

As usual if you could kindly help our friend Philip Nothard CAP -HPI with the monthly Survey Takes a minutes https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/JKTHMR5 Thanks in advance Umesh

As usual its that time of the month when our friend Philip Nothard CAP- HPI Does the survey , only takes a minute or so can you please help ? https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/3PBQYHG Results will be shared once survey has ended. Thanks in advance. much appreciated umesh

That time of the month if you guys can help Philip Nothard CAP – HPI – It really is greatly appreciated This is the link to this months. https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/FK3FBD9 See PDF For full last months results. IF anyone wants the report earlier than posted here – drop me an email with your details and I’ll pass these on to Philip and he’ll sent it directly – Umesh@autochange.co.uk Survey overview summary (results attached)- Sorry unable to load pdf - I can email this if you email me • For the third consecutive month, this year, March has seen a lower number of respondent reporting an increase in physical footfall activity comparing it to the previous month against the results we observed in 2016. With 45% citing an increase this month, whilst this figure was 50% in March 2016, and 34% indicated it had declined, whereas this was 24% last year. • Online activity has followed a similar trend year-to-date as the footfall, with those reporting a decline compared to the previous month. However, 49% of respondents indicated an increase compared to the 50% in March 2016 and those citing a decline rose from 18% to 26% in 2017 and the dealers experiencing little or no change declined from 33% in March 2016 to 25% this month. • The respondent’s reporting compression in the retained margin rose for the third month this year, with 39% in March 2016 to 43% this year. Although, those experiencing an improvement increased from 20% to 23%, and the remaining 34% reported the margins to be about the same. • March 2017 has seen 28% reporting that stock availability has improved since the previous month compared to a higher percentage in March 2016 of 38%. In line with last year, 45% said, it they had seen little or no change, and the remaining 28% felt it had worsened since February. • The results for finance penetration has seen an increase in those responding citing an increase for the third month this year. With 34% reporting penetration improved compared to 32% in March 2016, and those indicting a decline had reduced from 21% to 18% this month. Those experiencing little or no change remained in line with last year at 47%. • For the second consecutive month, those reporting that consumer demand has worsened increased, with 33% compared to 21% in March 2016. However, respondents experiencing an increase remained similar at 41% compared 45% in 2016, and those citing demand to be about the same declined from 34% in March 2016 to 26% this month. • dependent on the manufacturer of representation, as those who have entered the market, have varying strategies and relationships with their dealers.

Its that time of the month guys and girls .. if you could kindly help https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/DNCLP7F Our friend Philip Nothard CAP-HPI will share the results Thank you in advance. umesh

Hi Guys, that time of the month when our our friend Philip Nothard CAP-HPI Does his survey , he always shares the results and they are anonymous, only takes a couple of minutes , if you would kindly help. https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/RJFCT3X Thanks in advance Umesh

That time of the month please , A quick survey for Philip Nothatd -CAP-HPI - , Only takes a couple of minutes and no personal details- AND He always shares the very useful data with us. https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/QB9SBYH Thank you everyone! Umesh

Monthly results and your feedback greatly appreciated on behalf of Philip Nothard CAP-HPI This is the link to the link to the LinkedIn publication for last months. https://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?url=https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/dealers-report-rise-demand-september-philip-nothard&title=Dealers%20report%20a%20rise%20in%20demand%20for%20September. New survey here: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/6WMC6T9 Many Thanks Umesh PS The more we get the better feedback we ALL get.

That time of the month if you could please done the quick survey for Philip Nothard - CAP ( Twitter if you don't already follow him - @PhilipN_cap_hpi ) He always shares the data with us .. https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/YWSSB69 Thanks in advance Umesh

That time of the month when our friend Philip Nothard Black Book Editor – Retail & Consumer Specialist needs just 2 Mins of your time for a quick survey and always he shares the market sentiments. It helps us all understand the market https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/QN88JBJ Thanks Umesh

Good Morning Guys, Yes its that time of the month again , the Survey for dealers to help dealers like us. Phil Nothard doing his regular survey to see what the market is doing , literally takes 2 minutes if you could please help - the answers are anonymous too https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/JRRT7CS Thanks in advance , Appreciated. Umesh

All, You may have noticed the 'odd' survey results being shared, and I would like to give you the opportunity to have your say and join in. I will post the results through Social Media and this forum once complete - with this being the halfway stage of the year; I will collate the year-to-date trends once June results are in. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/HSDCC3P If you wish to be part of continuous market insight and sharing of data/intelligence, please feel free to email me philip.nothard@cap.co.uk Furthermore, if you wish to receive the previous survey results, please let me know. Many thanks in anticipation and hope you find the insight useful. Philip

Anyone got this? who could it be ? any thoughts? We are conducting a confidential and anonymous survey of people who use classified online car advertising sites. We're asking for a 'no holds barred' response to a questionnaire which will take just a minute to complete. Just click here: https://www.research.net/s.aspx?sm=OW2otRNoz5UKXvSM8HfwmA_3d_3d If we hear what you think - confidentially - we think we can improve services to you - cost, response, service levels. Just click here https://www.research.net/s.aspx?sm=OW2otRNoz5UKXvSM8HfwmA_3d_3d This survey is blind. You don't know what company is asking for the information because we want your honest and frank opinion. Once you complete the survey, we won't know who completed it. That means you can say what you really feel about online car advertising sites. So please, click here and do the survey online. https://www.research.net/s.aspx?sm=OW2otRNoz5UKXvSM8HfwmA_3d_3d Thank you! Please note: If you do not wish to receive further emails from us, please click the link below, and you will be automatically removed from our mailing list. https://www.research.net/optout.aspx?sm=OW2otRNoz5UKXvSM8HfwmA_3d_3d

Just a thought but only dealers on twitter know about this forum and how 'social media' works. Still a lot of dealers out there just about getting a website never mind anything else, seeing that 'The car Dealer Magazine' is sent out to a lot of dealers , some who are not on social media /networks doing a survey with all the subscribers to find out what their thoughts are? Just an idea ? I Think it would be interesting to see why/what they think about social media/ good- bad? over to you CD Team!