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Dealer demand sees used cars snapped up in hours
- 25/04/2024
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Used cars are selling to dealerships in an average time of just 36 hours, with some models attracting a buyer in only two hours. According to car-selling platform HonkHonk, which links consumers with dealerships, the average sales time is now nearly a day (22 hours) quicker than the final quarter of last [...] -
ChipsAway duo complete marathon for charity
- 25/04/2024
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
ChipsAway head office colleagues Karl Heeley and Rebecca de Chair have raised more than £2,000 for charity by running the London Marathon. They took part in the prestigious 26.2-mile race last weekend to raise funds for The Brain Tumour Charity. Heeley, a technician, earned a ‘good for age’ place on the [...] -
ABI to tackle premium finance charges
- 25/04/2024
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Members of the Association of British Insurers (ABI) have announced a raft of new principles to manage premium finance charges. Premium finance charges are the fees applied to policyholders who pay for motor insurance monthly. The ABI announced a series of steps to tackle increasing motor insurance premiums in [...] -
Fix Auto Loughborough earns Stellantis certification
- 25/04/2024
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Fix Auto Loughborough has secured Stellantis vehicle manufacturer approval. The business previously was previously approved for Vauxhall, Peugeot and Citroën, but now certified to repair all models and brands from within the Stellantis Group. With VAG Group approval as well as Kia and Mitsubishi, its portfolio [...] -
NFDA calls for government rethink on EV strategy
- 24/04/2024
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
The National Franchised Dealers Association has urged the government to think again after it rejected recommendations from the House of Lords Environment and Climate Change Committee to introduce new measures to revive EV sales. The Committee’s EV Strategy Report 2024 suggested targeted grants to incentivise the [...] -
Ben to introduce health checks
- 24/04/2024
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Automotive industry charity Ben is launching new health checks for those in the sector, offering free physical and mental assessments by qualified health professionals. It is offering 20-minute physical checks or 30-minute appointments that cover both physical and mental health. Apart from checking heart-rate, [...] -
Drivers hit with £1.48bn pothole bill
- 24/04/2024
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
A new report has exposed the cost to motorists of the poor quality of UK roads. According to Kwik Fit’s PIT Report, which tracks the impact of potholes, drivers had to pay £1.48bn last year to repair vehicles damaged by potholes. This is a 61% on the figure six years ago. Going further back, the repair bill [...] -
Motor Ombudsman receives record high repair complaints
- 24/04/2024
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
The Motor Ombudsman received more service and repair cases than ever before in the first quarter of the year. It recorded 1,604 new cases from January to March, which equates to a 35% rise on the same period in 2023 and exceeds the previous high quarter total of 1,372, which was recorded from October to December [...] -
TIP Group celebrates first academy graduates
- 23/04/2024
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
TIP Group has announced its first graduates have completed its inaugural TIP Mechanic Academy (TMA). The first-of-its-kind trailer mechanic training programme was launched last autumn in response to the growing shortage of qualified trailer mechanics. The course delivered comprehensive and trailer-dedicated [...] -
Gender gap widens despite diversity steps
- 23/04/2024
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Diversity within automotive is much improved, but there is still further to go. That is the verdict of the most recent report published by the IMI’s Diversity Task Force, Driving Towards Inclusion. It has revealed that the proportion of automotive employees with a disability has increased by 2.2% since the [...]