Simon Wait

Avis names international winners

Avis Budget Group has selected its Avis Car Rental and Budget Car Rental Licensees of the Year for Europe, the Middle East and Africa. This year’s recipients for the region […]

Ryan named ‘Best of Belron’

Ryan Millar, a volunteer firefighter from Nairn in Scotland, has won the UK final of the ninth biennial Best of Belron competition. The competition is open to technicians of Autoglass […]

Pizza Hut drivers earn extra dough

In North and North East London, Pizza Hut Delivery are launching an innovative new advertising campaign to entice people to order pizza to their door from 16 local Pizza Hut […]

€2.1m fund created for autonomous start-ups

By 2020 the connected car market is expected to be worth €141bn, with 220 million connected cars on the roads. The help the industry prepare, IMPACT Accelerator is launching the first […]

Octo Telematics broadens its service

Octo Telematics is acquiring the usage-based insurance assets of Willis Towers Watson, including its Drive Ability solution. Following the deal, both parties will work together to develop telematics products while […]

Motorcycle demand continues to fall

Motorcycle registrations in September fell by -23.6% compared to the same period last year and the year-to-date decline currently stands at -15.7%. In September only 12,228 bikes were registered compared […]

ACIS high for Vauxhall

Vauxhall’s approved network of bodyshops is reporting greater transparency, enhanced customer relationships and improved efficiency after introducing a suite of online management tools from ACIS. Less than 12 months ago […]

Conference calls for autonomous training

Driverless cars could create a highway to confusion unless training and coaching catches up with the fast pace of change and helps drivers cope with a whole new set of […]

Traffic volumes reach 324bn miles

Between April 2016 and March 2017, traffic volumes reached a new record high of 324.3bn miles in the UK. According to new research from Goodyear Tyres UK, the stress of […]

EV registrations buzzing

New electric vehicle registration data shows that public appetite for plug-in vehicles continued to accelerate in the third quarter of 2017. A total of 12,932 plug-in models were registered between […]

IGA to publish GDPR handbook

The Independent Garage Association (IGA) will ensure that independent garages are able to comply with the new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) by publishing a self-help ‘Garage Guide to GDPR’ […]

Open evening comes to Fix Auto Loughborough

Fix Auto Loughborough is investing in future talent and inviting local pupils, schools and their parents to an open evening tomorrow evening. Young people, parents and local visitors will get […]