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Kartesia, a provider of financing solutions for small and mid-sized European companies, has provided €10m (£8.8m) financing to GT Motive, a software provider for the European automotive insurance market. The […]

Vehicle repair industry charity AutoRaise will hold its first ever Industry Summer Ball in central London on Friday 23 June. The event, to be held at the Thames-side location of […]

Close Brothers Motor Finance’s Dealer Satisfaction Survey has revealed the majority of UK car dealerships are positive about their business prospects for 2017. Despite many industry figures predicting the sector […]

STOP THE PRESS: Venue and date confirmed for this year’s bodyshop magazine Awards. Following the success of last year’s gala awards night at Twickenham Stadium, the bodyshop magazine Awards 2017 […]

According to Insurance Times, Lord Chancellor Elizabeth Truss has delayed announcing the final findings of its controversial personal injury discount rate. The discount rate review was originally expected to be […]

The 7.9% annual surge in used car sales during 2016 has been mirrored with a ‘significant’ increase in dealers using personalised video. Automotive video expert CitNOW says it has seen […]

Toyota Motor Corp has conceded top spot as the world’s highest-selling automaker as it global sales for 2016 fell short of Volkswagen AG’s. Having held the title for the past […]

John O’Donnell has been appointed managing director of Innovation Group’s EMaC division. He replaces Neil Hodson, who was interim managing director at the provider of service plan and customer retention […]

Dave Sargeant, managing director of Gemini, is running the London Marathon this year to raise funds for Leukaemia Care. He said, ‘I have been lucky enough to have been given […]

Reuters reports that London cabs will hit Europe’s city streets next year. Chris Gubbey, chief executive of the London Taxi Company (LTC), owned by Chinese automaker Geely, told Reuters the […]

British Shell petrol stations are expected to be among the first in Europe to have electric car charging stations installed. Both Shell and Total are planning to offer electric charging […]

Mitsubishi has been fined $4.2m by Japan’s consumer watchdog for false advertising of its vehicles sold in the domestic market, after the automaker last year admitted to overstating their mileage […]