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BASF backs WorldSkills competition

BASF’s Coatings division has signed on to be a global sponsor of the WorldSkills International umbrella association until at least 2019. By sponsoring the WorldSkills competition, the automotive refinish business […]

Autoglass opens ADAS centre in Cardiff

Autoglass has opened a new centre in Cardiff to provide local drivers with specialist calibration services for advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS). The new Cardiff centre is located on the […]

‘Poor road maintenance still a major issue’

Despite an allocation of over £900m in 2016 to the maintenance of roads in the UK, claims analysis from Warranty Direct and data from the Annual Local Authority Road Maintenance […]

Online platform turns one

Covéa Insurance is celebrating one year of its e-trade platform, Covéa Insurance Online. In that time it has been used by nearly 400 brokers, generated over 8,000 quotes with a […]

Brits total 2m speeding offences

The number of speeding offences in the UK totalled over 2m in 2016, according to new research by TeamSport Indoor Karting. The top three locations accumulating the highest number of […]

Leasys reaches five-figure mark

Leasys UK is celebrating after passing the 10,000 figure for the number of vehicles currently on its fleet. Leasys UK, the contract hire company of FCA Bank (Fiat Chrysler Automobiles […]

Xtrac under new ownership

Inflexion Private Equity has announced that funds managed by Inflexion have agreed the buyout of Xtrac Ltd, a leader in the design and manufacture of high performance transmissions for the […]

Northern Irish drivers take on VW

Nearly 70,000 Northern Ireland drivers are part of a landmark legal action against Volkswagen. In the first case of its kind in the country, Belfast law firm Edwards and Co […]

Last call for be2017

The last few seats remain available for the industry’s greatest award ceremony – the bodyshop Awards 2017. Taking place at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole on 28-29 September (next week), the […]

AkzoNobel names new FCO

AkzoNobel has appointed Maarten de Vries as its next chief financial officer, effective from 1 January 2018. The industrial-paints company said that once he starts working the current interim CFO, […]

Uber licence not renewed

Uber will not be issued a new private hire licence, Transport for London (TfL) has announced. In a damning statement, the transport authority said that its regulation of London’s taxi […]