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Webinar: The Apprenticeship Levy explained  

RMI Bodyshops (NAB & VBRA) has teamed up with REMIT Training to put together a webinar, available over mobile devices, explaining the apprenticeship levy. Taking place next Tuesday from 11am to 12pm, […]

Drone insurance market to take off

More than 2.5 million drones – or unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) – will be in the skies above America within three months; more than 600,000 of these will be for […]

Holt gears up for charity

Automotive recruiters Holt Recruitment has donated an Adaptive Tricycle to Victoria Education Centre, in Dorset. The donation is part of Holt Recruitment’s ongoing campaign to support Victoria Education Centre (VEC), […]

Millennials committed to EV solution

More than three quarters of millennials say they believe driving an eco-friendly car is the best way to make their lives more environmentally friendly. A study from Nissan European found […]

BCC examines skills delivery

Trade body, the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC), is hosting an event today to examine how UK businesses and education providers can deliver the skills for business success. According to […]

Chinese hackers breach Tesla defences

Chinese hackers have taken over some controls of a moving Tesla from 12 miles away. Researchers from Keen Security Lab in Shanghai gained access to the motor that moves the […]

IMI and Automechanika tackle skills shortage

The Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI) will work with Automechanika to raise awareness of the need for more skills and training in the automotive sector. They will be working […]

Automechanika Frankfurt receives thumbs up

Official figures from 2016 Automechanika Frankfurt show that the trade show attracted 136,000 visitors from over 170 countries with access to 4,820 exhibitors. The central theme at one of the […]

Axalta supports Formula Student teams

Axalta is supporting five different teams competing in this year’s Formula Student, an internationally recognised motorsports competition for students from universities around the world. The competition brings teams together to […]

VW hit by further lawsuits

Volkswagen has endured another difficult few days after it was announced that the German states of Hesse and Baden-Wuerttemberg were suing the company for damages over its emissions-test cheating scandal. […]

‘Your actions could kill’

Motorists caught using their mobile phones while driving will be slapped with an on-the-spot £200 fine and handed six penalty points – and those caught a second time will be […]

UK dealers earn global award

Three Nissan dealerships in the UK have been presented with the carmaker’s highest worldwide honour – a Nissan Global Award. Glyn Hopkin Nissan in Chelmsford, Hammond Nissan in Halesworth, Suffolk, […]