The Impartial Motor Sellers Affiliation has marked its seventh birthday in a yr that has introduced a whole bunch of latest members to hitch its ranks.
Based on November 5, 2017, by six used automobile sellers and one business knowledgeable to be a mouthpiece for independents and allow them to share and be taught greatest apply, the affiliation has gone from power to power since its inception.
It now gives members with help equivalent to free authorized recommendation, a service help community, masterclass occasions on sizzling subjects equivalent to AI, an employment and HR helpline, unique motor commerce insurance coverage and direct IMDA contact with the DVLA to help with members’ points.
Within the final 12 months its membership, which is free, has rocketed by nearly a 3rd, with greater than 500 new impartial sellers becoming a member of.
IMDA chairman Umesh Samani, who additionally runs his Specialist Vehicles Stoke dealership, stated: “It’s wonderful, once we began out seven years in the past who would have thought we’d get to this place at present, I can solely thank the companions who’ve supported us annually, the founders’ committee and the present committee for all of the efforts they put in behind the scenes, and naturally the members who’ve joined and help one another with their recommendation and data.”
In 2022 the IMDA hosted a panel dialogue at Automotive Administration Stay, through which they tackled among the looming points and alternatives equivalent to electrical autos and inventory sourcing.
Stuart Saunders, co-founder and present treasurer of the IMDA, and proprietor of the City Automobile Firm close to Cambridge, added: “The affiliation was shaped to assist like-minded impartial motor sellers, who very often are left with out a voice or help. We needed to alter that.
“That is only the start, and we are going to work away to make sure the IMDA continues to develop and supply extra help, companies and a voice for our members.”
