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Fix Auto Petersfield celebrates milestone

Fix Auto Petersfield has become the latest franchisee to celebrate a decade with the bodyshop group. Fix Auto’s Ian Pugh presented owners James and Patricia Poste with a 10th anniversary […]

Axalta extends F1 partnership

Axalta Coating Systems has confirmed a multi-year team supplier agreement with Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport for Spies Hecker. The move extends the relationship already in place between the reigning Formula One […]

Beeston joins AW family

AW Repair Group’s newest site opened its doors on Monday. Based on Beeston Business Park, three miles from Nottingham city centre and within 20 minutes of the M1, the site […]

Taking the guesswork out of colour matching

AkzoNobel is helping bodyshops improve efficiency today and stay relevant tomorrow with a new digital colour-matching solution. Already thousands of bodyshops around the world are benefitting from Colorvation, a cloud-based […]

BMW takes top honours

What Car? has named the new BMW 5 Series as its Car of the Year for 2017 at the 40th annual What Car? Awards, held on London’s Park Lane. The […]

Samsung battery addresses range anxiety

Samsung has unveiled a battery that it claims can give electric cars a driving range of up to 310.7 miles on a 20 minute charge. The South Korean company said […]

ZF Aftermarket goes live

Thanks to the accelerated integration of TRW, which took about 14 months, ZF has now moved ahead as a ‘cohesive aftermarket business’. ZF Aftermarket now lays claim to being the […]

Can you name that tuner?

Rogue engine tuners who use cloned tools in an attempt to boost a car’s performance are wrecking thousands of engine ECUs a year with repair and replacement costs setting owners […]

Autosport revs up

Europe’s largest motorsport show – Autosport International – has opened its doors at NEC Birmingham. From 12-15 January 2017 the show will feature the fastest and most iconic cars, the […]

Suzuki builds on fleet proposition

Suzuki has appointed Graeme Jenkins as head of fleet. Graeme joins the brand at a very exciting time having just posted record UK sales in 2016 of over 38,000 units […]

FLA to develop motor finance standard

The Finance and Leasing Association (FLA) will develop a Motor Finance Specialist apprenticeship standard after gaining government approval. Working with employers in a Trailblazer group, it will work with members, […]

Markerstudy Group signs up Inter-est

Markerstudy Insurance has signed an agreement with Inter-est to adopt Inter-cept, its triage software platform. Markerstudy has already rolled out the software across the third party intervention teams, allowing the […]