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MotorServ-UK wins Automechanika award

Automechanika Birmingham, in partnership with GarageWire, has named MotorServ-UK Solihull as ‘Garage of the Year’ with the West Midlands workshop picking up the prize of £1,000. MotorServ-UK was up against […]

Skills heats underway

Top young performers in automotive refinishing are competing at the 3M Automotive Refinish Centre (ARC) for a chance to represent the UK in a prestigious global contest. The IMI Skill […]

Buyers favouring petrol

According to Jonathan Brown, car editor at Glass’s more customers appear to be looking for a petrol cars than has been the case in the past couple of years. Anecdotal […]

Skills gap cause for concern

Doubt has been cast over the UK motor industry ahead of the General Election this week, with the majority of businesses in the sector finding it increasingly difficult to fill […]

Axalta Acquires CH Coatings AG

Axalta Coating Systems has signed an agreement to acquire CH Coatings AG, a leading importer and distributor throughout Switzerland of Spies Hecker. ‘CH Coatings has been successfully operating throughout Switzerland […]

SEAT appoints fleet specialist

SEAT UK has appointed experienced fleet sector specialist, Justin Costello, as national fleet sales manager. His promotion from contract hire and leasing manager at SEAT UK will see Costello leading […]

Wessex signs up with FMG

FMG has been awarded a contract to provide a bespoke incident management service for 800 vehicles on behalf of Wiltshire-based independent fleet management specialist Wessex Fleet. The service will enable […]

Industry Insights make new appointment

Leicester-based motor claims consultants, Industry Insights has appointed Justin Bown customer services manager. Justin has previous experience of working with Steve Thompson, Industry Insights’ MD, initially at Kwik Fit and […]

Thatcham Research calls for action

Thatcham Research has delivered a call to action for vehicle manufacturers to urgently engage with the repair industry to halt spiralling costs. Thatcham Research claims with the average repair bill […]

Rolls-Royce opens eighth UK showroom

Rolls-Royce have announced that they’ll be opening an all-new showroom in Leeds next year. Due to open in the first half of 2018 under the management of Stratstone, Rolls-Royce Leeds […]

New head of marketing joins VW

Volkswagen has announced the appointment of Geraldine Ingham as their new head of marketing. Geraldine joins VW from the Renault Nissan Alliance where she was marketing director at Nissan France. […]

Toyota holds automaker pole position

Toyota has defended its title as the world’s most valuable car brand in a new ranking by Kantar Millward Brown (KMB). Toyota’s brand value decreased 3 per cent to $28.7bn […]