Simon Wait

IAL expands team

International Applications (IAL) has made three key appointments as the Oxfordshire-based paints, coatings and consumables supplier continues to strengthen its sales and marketing team. Shaun Perry joins as business development […]

AkzoNobel rejects PPG again

AkzoNobel has rejected a third takeover bid from PPG Industries. The deal, which valued the Dutch firm at €26.3bn, aimed to combine the world’s two biggest makers of paints and […]

Rallying cry

AutoRaise has issued a rallying cry for an industry team to step forward for next week’s REAL Rally. Unfortunately, two of last year’s REAL Rally stars – Andy Walters and […]

Indasa take on cycling challenge

Indasa’s Phill Blowers and Andrew Tindall are cycling 229 miles from Shrewsbury to Colchester to raise money for vehicle repair industry charity – AutoRaise. The two-wheeled fundraising challenge, set to […]

Car tech set for great leap

Black box car insurer, ingenie has partnered with a student in automotive performance engineering at the University of Bolton, to create a digital model of what cars will look like […]

Fix celebrates claims success

Fix Auto Stoke-on-Trent has been named as the 2017 Modern Claims Awards Bodyshop of the Year. Now in its third year, the Modern Claims Awards staged by Modern Claims Magazine, […]

Volvo residuals rising

Record residual values are helping establish Volvo’s new 90 series cars in the highly competitive premium marketplace. According to automotive data experts cap hpi, each model – S90 saloon, V90 […]

Diesel targeted by ‘pay as you pollute’ tech

Diesel drivers could be told to ‘pay as you pollute’ following a new £1m grant to develop tracking technology. Diesel company cars incur an additional three per cent benefit-in-kind tax […]

Fiesta at the front of the queue

The Ford Fiesta is the best-selling car in Europe, according to Ford analysis of March 2017 industry data. Customers purchased 47,000 Fiestas in March, a 12% increase year-on-year to overtake […]

Car show heading to Olympia

The spirit of the Olympia Motor Show will be revived in July 2018. UK’s most successful car events company is launching a major new event to be staged at the […]

Industry welcomes clean air plans

The industry has responded to the government’s air quality plan, which it published on Friday. The strategy includes proposals to retrofit buses, lorries and black taxis as well as a […]

Car criminals turn to eBay

Criminals in Greater Manchester are using eBay to sell stolen and cloned cars. A BBC investigation has uncovered at least three accounts that were switching details with legitimate cars. Car […]