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AM News Show: Swansway director Peter Smyth & Jeremy Evans, Marketing Delivery CEO

AM managing editor Tom Sharpe is joined by Swansway director Peter Smyth and Marketing Delivery CEO Jeremy Evans in the latest episode of the AM News Show Podcast.

While Smyth admits he is “frightened to death” by the threat of cyber attackers, eager to react to the anticipated loss of profitability set to hit car retailers as a result of OEMs’ agency model plans and eager to embrace the market’s incoming brands, Evans asserts that his business is primed to grow in 2023.

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Driving efficiency: Chris Roberts & Darren Riva talk energy and business strategy

As the UK energy crisis focuses business thinking on a more sustainable future, consultant Chris Roberts and renewables expert Darren Riva addressed the subject of efficiency and sustainability on the AM News Show podcast.

In the latest episode of the automotive retail sector’s monthly podcast series former Drive Motor Retail and Cambria director Roberts and Journey Energy Solutions’ Riva tackled a number of subjects in conversation with AM editor Tim Rose and managing editor Tom Sharpe.

Among the subjects tackled are:

• Cutting overheads and securing your electricity supply in a volatile period for the energy sector

• Readying your business for a future dominated by electric vehicles (EV)

•Planning ahead to generate growth and avoid staff burnout

•Opportunities in a new era of aftersales

Commenting on car retail’s ongoing energy challenges, Riva said: “We are no longer in a place where we’re going to pay 16p per kilowatt hour for electricity. Those times are in the dim and distant past

“Over the last 18 months the fact that (car retailers’) op-ex has gone through the roof has definitely flipped the focus back to pounds saved and obviously, in a lot of cases hundreds, of thousands of pounds of savings can be made each month by managing usage on-site.

“The story will go very quickly away from cost and that investment to make your business secure is potentially better done sooner than when somebody else has taken all your power.”

On the need for car retailers to plan ahead after the short-term wins of the post-COVID trading period, Roberts said: “You get up in a morning and you’ve got to make the day happen, make the week happen, hit the numbers, make the money, and it consumes people massively.

“In a lot of business’ I’m involved with the teams are all so lean it is 24/7 and you do worry about burnout, to be fair, because the senior management teams are trying to do all things.

“However, you can’t ignore that fact that you have to have a strategy for the business and the owners and shareholders should be thinking about that at board level and thinking what should my business look like because the problem you have, I think, is complacency.

“We’ve had two great years but things do tip over.”

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10 minutes with RJTK Automotive MD Darren Bradford

Newly-promoted managing director of RJTK Automotive Darren Bradford told the AM News Show podcast that he’s prepared for a busy 2023.

Bradford’s new role sees him oversee the operations of Vauxhall retailer Wilson & Co as well as Drayton Motors’ Kia, Maxus and Suzuki dealerships, but he says galvanising a new team spirit across the whole workforce will be among his top priorities.

Listen to our 10-minute chat to find out how the car retail group boss plans to inject fun into what could be a challenging year for the UK automotive sector with the help of:

The launch of group-wide Distinction awards to recognise top performers

A “cheesy”, 90s-style printed magazine

A vow to deliver on leadership promises “I’ve got quite a lot of things up my sleeve this year,”

Bradford told AM editor Tim Rose and news and features editor Tom Sharpe.