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Women recognised at Twickenham

The Autocar Great British Women in the Car Industry event returns this year. It aims to identify and promote the sector’s most promising stars and highlight the opportunities for careers […]

Insurers rail against compensation changes

The insurance industry is up in arms after the Ministry of Justice announced changes to personal injury compensation payments. The changes, which see the discount rate adjusted from 2.5% to […]

Markerstudy gets big thumbs up

For the fifth year, Markerstudy Group of Companies has achieved success in The Sunday Times Best Companies to Work For Awards. Entering into the Best Big Company ‘Top 30’ category […]

VW makes new quality appointment

Volkswagen has appointed Matt Benns as its new head of customer quality and network development. In his new role Matt will be responsible for customer quality management, people development and […]

Nissan’s mega-press production begins

Production is underway on Nissan’s new extra-large press at its manufacturing plant in Sunderland. The £37 million pound project has taken just over 18 months to complete, since ground was […]

SMH invests £16m in new site

One of the UK’s largest financial investments in vehicle fleet management, logistics and support services, is being undertaken by SMH Fleet Solutions. The new 40,000sqft facility represents an investment of […]

Hyundai aftersales receives top accolade

Hyundai has been named as Best SME Aftersales Programme by Business Car Manager magazine. Business Car Manager’s experts identified the Hyundai’s Fleet Aftersales Charter as the most important factor in […]

Record year for CrushWatch

More than £87m of uninsured vehicles were saved from potentially being crushed in 2016, including Ferraris, Lamborghinis and Bentleys. Supercars and high value vehicles that had been confiscated from uninsured […]

Sector displays low emission options

The UK automotive sector has demonstrated its commitment to developing the latest low emission vehicles with a special display in London. Some 26 vehicles from 16 different brands lined up […]

Mercedes-Benz Actros goes Global

Northampton-based Global Road Runners has treated itself to the perfect fifth birthday present in the shape of five, fuel-efficient tractor units from Mercedes-Benz Dealer Intercounty Truck & Van. The subject […]

GALM Europe set for April

The sixth Global Automotive Lightweight Materials Europe Summit 2017 is set to take place from 25-27 April 2017 at Birmingham NEC. GALM – the largest automotive lightweighting conference series in […]

Whiplash reforms press ahead

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has published part one of its response to the ‘Reforming the soft tissue injury (‘whiplash’) claims process’ consultation. The result is that the MoJ will […]