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9 people found this useful A shift from traditional showroom-based car sales to a wholly-online retail solution would cut dealers cost-per-sale by over 40% - saving the sector over £950m a year. That was the claim made by GForces after it undertook research to establish the potential benefit of wholeheartedly embracing the accelerated digital shift which has swept through the sector during the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. Paul Stokes, head of ecommerce at the automotive ecommerce software...

What You Should Know: – Medable, Inc., a Palo Alto, CA-based global platform for decentralized clinical trials today announced $78M in new funding to fuel advances in the delivery of digital and decentralized clinical trials, accelerating the industry’s shift to patient-centered drug development. The funding was led by Sapphire Ventures, along with new investor Obvious Ventures and follow-on investment from existing investors GSR Ventures, PPD, Inc., and Streamlined Ventures. – This...

Campaign to save The Wheatsheaf ‘long way from victory’ MUSIC lovers are celebrating after plans to turn Oxford city centre’s last real gig venue into flats were withdrawn. But they say their campaign to save The Wheatsheaf, off High Street, is a ‘long way from victory’ – with fears it may never reopen. The battle is now on to reopen the upstairs venue it and prevent it being left empty and unused. Its owners had submitted plans to Oxford City Council to turn the first-f...

$18 Million Jones Bridge Road Safety Enhancement Project Begins in North Chevy Chase The Maryland State Department of Transportation Highway Administration (MDOT SHA) is beginning an $18 million safety enhancement project along a half-mile portion of Jones Bridge Road in North Chevy Chase, the agency announced Tuesday. “This project is part of MDOT SHA’s ongoing commitment to the Vision Zero initiative to reduce traffic injuries and fatalities through Maryland,” MDOT Administrator Tim Smi...

Now a Carolina Beach resident, she can be seen on Discovery Channel’s “Moonshiners: Master Distiller.”  Lowery is one of the three contestants featured in the Gin Craze episode on the show’s second season, currently streaming on Discovery+.  Lowery said she competed against two moonshiners in the episode, which was filmed in August at a legal distillery in Tennessee. “Moonshiners” is a docudrama that first premiered in 2011. Its success led to spinoffs, like the Mast...

Student Caught Cutting Down Pride Flag at School Causes Viral Controversy On 4/14/21 at 4:42 PM EDT Video of a teenager cutting down a high schools LGBTQ Pride flag has caused both local and national controversy after circulating online. Footage of the incident on Tuesday shows a student at Ridgeline High School in Millville, Utah taking down the flag hanging from a balcony. In the video, which made its way to Reddit, students on the floor below can be heard loudly cheering as the flag hits the...

Alabama ranked first in the SEC in points allowed per game and third in yards allowed last season. The Tide also led the conference in sacks, passes defended and fumble recoveries. And 247Sports Josh Pate believes the Crimson Tide will show improvement in 2021. The defending national champions will lose key starters Patrick Surtain II, Christian Barmore and Dylan Moses, but they still return a ton of talent. "Normally when youre talking about the NFL Draft loaded up with Bama guys, in years pas...

Successful ski season winding down despite COVID-19 pandemic Share Updated: 6:51 AM EDT Apr 12, 2021 Mike Cronin Share Updated: 6:51 AM EDT Apr 12, 2021 Mike Cronin News Reporter Ski season is winding down with several mountains closing on Sunday and transitioning to spring activities.Waterville Valley Resort saw the final runs of the season on Sunday. Skiing ended after a spring lacking in fresh snow.“Everybody was anticipating a very ro...

“Aulcie” (Photo courtesy of JFilm) “Aulcie” English/Hebrew; 74 minutes More than 40 years before NBA superstar Amar’e Stoudemire suited up for Maccabi Tel Aviv, another American-born basketball player took Israel by storm. After being cut from the New York Knicks in 1975, Aulcie Perry, a 6’10” overlooked center, arrived in the Jewish state. Perry’s ability to lead Maccabi Tel Aviv to two EuroLeague Championships, and captivate a country’s heart during nine seasons of play, be...

Fund established for Kent Moore Cabinets shooting victims, how you can help Spirit Bank of Texas is matching up to $10,000 donated for those who were hurt in the mass shooting in Bryan. Author: Erin Wencl (KAGS) Updated: 4:10 PM CDT April 10, 2021 BRYAN, Texas — Kent Moore Cabinets, the site of Thursdays mass shooting in Bryan, has set up a community support fund to help the victims who continue to recover from their injuries. Seven people were hurt when a fell...