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Four key areas help drive a retailer's profitability – reducing costs, increasing turnover, increasing productivity and increasing efficiency.

Cooper Solutions will be exploring the customer journey and the impact technology can have on this experience, as well as covering the acquisition of used car stock and disposal of vehicles during a best practice masterclass at the new AM Live expo.

Cooper Solutions is delighted to announce a new working relationship with Safeline, the charity which helps people survive the aftermath of sexual abuse and rape, whilst working with young people to prevent it.

Cooper Solutions, provider of niche, web-based solutions for franchised dealerships, delivered its 10 millionth insured loan day this month, as it celebrates 15 years of business in the UK automotive retail sector.

Cooper Solutions is delighted to announce that the 80,000^th vehicle has been listed on its FullAuction trade vehicle website.

Sustained demand from motor dealers for its services has prompted Cooper Solutions to add two new recruits to its growing team.

Solihull-based car dealer, Manor Investments, has become the first buyer to reach 1000 cars purchased from Cooper Solutions.

Cooper Solutions has made three new appointments to help support ongoing growth. David Abel, Pip Weston and Rahul Mohanachandran join the team, as a business development manager, account manager and software developer respectively.

Poor record keeping on employees' use of demonstrators and courtesy vehicles could see dealers facing stiff fines from the HM Revenue & Customs. That's the warning from Cooper Solutions' Dean Pipitone, who believes up to 80% of dealers could be failing to keep sufficient records of employees' vehicle use.

One of the UK’s fastest growing dealer groups has strengthened its partnership with Cooper Solutions. Vertu Motors plc is reaping the benefits of investing in Cooper Solutions’ online fleet management system FullCover.

From 8th June 2015, the paper counterpart of a GB licence will no longer be a valid DVLA document and it will not be possible to rely upon it to show driver eligibility. In this video, Cooper Solutions outlines issues created by these changes, and shares the options available to dealerships after the changes come into effect.

From 8th June 2015, the paper counterpart of a GB licence will no longer be a valid DVLA document and it will not be possible to rely upon it to show driver eligibility.

For loans insured using Cooper Solutions daily rate insurance, we’re excited to announce that our FullCover fleet management system will utilise a new online licence checking service...

Cooper Solutions Ltd has launched a new mobile appraisal application which can be used to optimise appraisal processes and optionally remarket trade vehicles, via its online trade auction platform FullAuction.

The new tool is designed for sales executives to electronically complete appraisals using mobile or tablet devices before enabling sales managers to value the car.

Cooper Solutions has welcomed three new members to the team after enjoying a strong start to the year.

We’ve brought in Liz Love as Product Manager, Ben Felt as Senior Developer, and also added Jade Costa as Client Support Executive.

Cooper Solutions has strengthened its management team with a hat-trick of appointments.

The firm has achieved year-on-year growth in each of the last 12 years and has created three new roles across the business following another record 12 months.

A landmark number of dealers have signed up to a web-based system designed to meet national HMRC requirements.

More than 200 franchise dealerships are now using Cooper Solutions’ FullCompliance system to help their staff track all company vehicle usage, mileage and fuel use.

At Cooper Solutions we are not afraid of getting our hands dirty for a good cause, and we demonstrated just that to boost the support for our charity of the year, The Shakespeare Hospice.

We actually went the whole hog and got covered from head to toe in mud at the Wolf Run on Sunday, September 7th – and loved every minute of it!

Cooper Solutions is expanding again as we accelerate our presence across the UK. We have created four new jobs for individuals living in the area to support the company’s on-going growth and presence across the UK automotive industry.

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We’ve chosen the Shakespeare Hospice as our charity for 2014 because of the wonderful work they do.

The insight we have gained into the positive difference they make to the tragic circumstances that arise every day, led our whole team to commit to a series of activities...

Independent car dealers across the UK are increasingly turning to online auctions to find their used stock, a survey by Cooper Solutions has found.

Dealers have upped their use of e-auctions over the last 12 months – with 43 per cent of stock purchased now done so through online platforms...

The team at Cooper Solutions is going the extra mile - vertically and horizontally - to boost local charities.

And not content with just skydiving from 10,000 ft and cycling hundreds of miles, our staff has also signed up to battle through mud and freezing water at the Wolf Run.

L&L Automotive’s Mercedes-Benz dealers in Hertfordshire have switched to using Cooper Solutions’ online trade vehicle auction site following a successful trial.

FullAuction has been rolled out across all three sites in Bishop’s Stortford, Stevenage and Hertford, and has enabled the dealerships to make an average profit of £400 on each vehicle.

It is a case of six of one and half a dozen of the other after automotive software specialists Cooper Solutions celebrated a major milestone.

For the first time in the firm’s 12 year history Cooper Solutions has signed up a customer to all six of its web-based products.

Cooper Solutions is heading into 2014 as it started 2013 - by expanding our team. We’ve strengthened our team considerably over the last 12 months and created five new positions across the business.

The latest recruit is Richard Pickering who has boosted our software testing team.

Two charities have received a boost after two men from Cooper Solutions wracked up a combined 166 miles - on bike and foot.

Dean Pipitone and Tom Eaton took on charity challenges in memory of friends and family close to their hearts.

Cooper Solutions has bolstered its workforce by almost a third as it continues to strengthen its grip on the industry.

The firm has taken on six new recruits – representing an increase of almost a third and taking the total number of staff up to 25.

Cooper Solutions has formally pooled its services with chartered insurance brokers and risk management specialists Cooke & Mason.

The companies have enjoyed a strong relationship for the past ten years and the move is a natural progression which will provide motor dealerships with convenient access to the combined range of market leading products and services.

A rental company in the South East of England has reduced the cost of selling its used cars by 90 per cent and increased returns by 10 per cent.

Kendall Cars provides private rental vehicles from its 10 sites across the South East of England. It recently switched from selling its used vehicles through traditional auctions to FullAuction.

Identifying a niche market, building a business from scratch to serve it, and using emerging technology to do so, would be a daunting challenge for anyone.

Now throw in the fact your business partner is located over 5,000 miles away on the opposite side of the Atlantic and you have an idea of the challenges overcome by brothers Barry and Peter Cooper of Cooper Solutions.

Cooper Solutions has brought the hammer down on a deal to team up with CAP for its FullAuction service.

The firm has joined forces with pricing experts CAP to provide a service for sellers using FullAuction.

A daring duo is about to set off on an adventure to Barcelona in a garish graffiti covered car in the name of charity.

John Beacham and Naomi Baron, of Cooper Solutions, are set to make a 1,000-mile journey to Barcelona from Barford in a banger they bought for just £370.

As the UK experienced summer temperatures in early September Cooper Solutions experienced one of its hottest months ever.

The firm supplied insurance cover for test drives of vehicles valued at a total of £192 million through its FullCover product in the first three weeks of the month.

An online solution has been developed to the potential threat of six-figure fines faced by car dealerships which fail to fully comply with tax guidelines.

Cooper Solutions has developed FullCompliance in order to combat the likelihood of large fines as well as ease the time-consuming record-keeping process associated with the tax.

Youngsters have been put on the road to their future careers after an automotive software company helped to steer them in the right direction.

Cooper Solutions dropped into Myton School, in Warwick, to support the school’s Careers Fair for Year 10 students.

Cooper Solutions has helped its latest recruit make a successful return journey home. The firm has hired Lynne Stewart who lives in Willenhall, in Coventry, but originally hails from the Barford area.

The 29-year-old has been appointed as the firm’s FullAuction Support Executive to monitor activity on its online trade vehicle auction site FullAuction...

One Midlands automotive firm supported another in its drive to treat underprivileged children to a day out at a top theme park.

Online automotive software firm Cooper Solutions offered its support to East Midlands motor group, Sandicliffe as it prepared to raise funds to take 350 youngsters from across the East Midlands on a trip to Alton Towers.

Published in Car Dealer Magazine - June 2012

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Cooper Solutions has double the delight in its two new appointments to the team.

Vicki Haynes joins having spent a number of years working for the John Lewis group following her graduation from University in Leeds. She has also been joined by Laurie Pearce who has been appointed to the company’s FullAuction team...

Published in Auto Retail Manager - May 2012

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We have supported one of our key employees as he travelled to Asia to help underprivileged children in the region in danger of exploitation.

Andrew Whicher, 34, has just returned from northern Thailand with his wife Sarah, 34, where the couple have been volunteering with the charity ‘hands’, which serves deprived and marginalised communities, ...

A Warwickshire company is hoping its latest automotive client is on the road to never ending success after it took its first steps into the UK market.

Cooper Solutions, based in Barford, has just agreed a deal to supply its FullCover product to Infiniti, which has launched four dealership centres across the UK in Birmingham, Leeds, Stockport and Glasgow.

Cooper Solutions’ managing director Barry Cooper took time out of his busy schedule with account manager Kate Freshwater to help pupils gain an insight into running a national business.

They visited Myton School, in Warwick, to help pupils with their GCSE Business Studies course and talk about the ins and outs of running a successful business...

Robins & Day – the dealer group owned by Peugeot UK – has signed up to the new online auction service launched by Cooper Solutions.

Robins & Day, which is based at 36 locations across the UK, has signed an agreement to trade vehicles through FullAuction, which was launched last summer...

Cooper Solutions’ FullCover has achieved full coverage of the UK after securing clients in the four corners of the UK. The company now provides at least one of its range of products to dealerships in Inverness – John R Weir Mercedes Benz, Belfast – Charles Hurst Group, Canterbury – Invicta Ford and Falmouth – Ward Vauxhall and Ocean BMW...

Cooper Solutions made the winning bid when it came to getting their man for a new position monitoring the company’s car auction site. The firm has hired David Goode as its ‘man in the chair’ to monitor activity on its trade vehicle auction site FullAuction, which operates over 100 live used car auctions at any given time.

Cooper Solutions designs web-based solutions for over 1,000 UK franchised car...

Published in Auto Retail Manager - October 2011

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Published in Auto Retail Bulletin - October 2011

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Published in Auto Retail Bulletin - September 2011

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Cooper Solutions is firmly on the road to success after securing its 1,000th customer. The company is now working with Mercedes Benz of Bedford with their fleet management solution FullCover.

The Sytner Group dealership, became Cooper Solutions’ 1,000th customer after installing FullCover which helps efficiently manage the 2,000-plus bookings of the...

A Warwickshire independent car dealership was looking on the worldwide web to find out more about a major new online car auction – and found Cooper Solutions were its next door neighbours!

Country Car, based in Barford, has 25 years experience specialising in prestigious used cars, which it buys from a number of sources...

One of the oldest car dealers in Shropshire has given its service department an overhaul with modern technology.

Furrows, which has three dealerships across the county, has invested in cutting-edge software to manage its courtesy car fleet with instant results. The company runs a fleet of around 17 cars which allow customers to stay on the road while their vehicles...

A Warwickshire software firm is expanding its offices after a period of growth with a view to recruiting more staff by the end of the year.

Cooper Solutions, which works with around 1,000 UK dealerships to improve fleet management and cost controls, is increasing its base in Barford, near Warwick...

Cooper Solutions has helped one of the region’s most successful dealership groups celebrate an anniversary with a major landmark, the Brindley Group – the largest family owned car dealership group in the West Midlands.

And at the start of its 80th anniversary, Brindley has just hit the 35,000 mark for the number of days that courtesy vehicles have been insured on the roads using...

Published in Automotive Management - January 2011

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Web-based systems provider Cooper Solutions has topped an outstanding twelve months by announcing that it has been recognised as a Microsoft Silver Partner within the Microsoft Partner Network.

To achieve the ISV (Independent Software Vendor) competency standard, Cooper Solutions had to submit references from three of its customers and have FullCover, its most popular product, inspected by an independent Microsoft approved testing...

Web-based systems provider Cooper Solutions has launched a new module to their most popular product which will enhance dealerships ability to increase revenue from their courtesy vehicles.

The FullRecovery module is an addition to Cooper Solutions existing FullCover...

Web-based systems provider Cooper Solutions, based in Warwickshire, has just appointed three new members of staff to help cope with the amount of increased business it’s enjoying.

Thanks to an ever growing range of innovative, insightful products and a 99 per cent...

Published in Automotive Management - July 2009

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