Simon Wait

bodyshop partners with GALM

bodyshop magazine has secured its place as media partner for the flagship European Global Automotive Lightweight Materials (GALM) event again in 2016. Supported By Audi, Bentley, Jaguar Land Rover, Lamborghini, […]

Devonshire Motors scoops top award

Devonshire Motors is celebrating after scooping another major award – this time for how well it looks after its customers. The Barnstaple business beat off stiff competition to win the […]

New occupations leave insurers trailing

Specialist insurance broker, Adrian Flux has brought the car insurance rating rule-books up to date by adding a number of overlooked occupations to its official list. The digital tribe of […]

Battery development gets a boost

A consortium, led by Thurso based AGM Batteries, has been awarded funding towards a £5.4 million project to develop the next generation of battery packs for high performance, low carbon […]

Stratstone takes top spot

Stratstone’s Aston Martin Wilmslow and Mayfair dealerships were ranked the first and second best-selling Aston Martin dealerships in the world in 2015. The prestigious accolade is based on retail registration […]

IMI welcomes apprenticeship enquiry

Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI) is offering to help the Inquiry into the government’s 2020 apprentices target, announced by the sub-committee on Education, Skills and the Economy. Steve Nash, […]

What Car? calls for AEB

What Car? is calling for vehicle manufacturers to fit autonomous emergency braking (AEB) in order to save thousands of lives. AEB systems use a combination of laser, radar and cameras […]

Pelkmann appointed chair of ADPA

TecRMI’s director of data development, Ralf Pelkmann, has been appointed chairman of the newly created European Independent Automotive Data Publishers Association (ADPA). ADPA has been established to ensure fair and […]

Zurich plans further job cuts

Zurich has announced plans to withdraw 8,000 roles by the end of 2018 after announcing a 37% reduction in profits for 2015. The roles include the 440 job cuts made […]

Ghost brokers sentenced

Four men from Birmingham have been sentenced after a ghost-broker insurance scam was uncovered by detectives from the Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department (IFED), part of the City of London Police. […]

Four years lost to car commute

New research by OSV, an independent vehicle supply professional, has revealed that motorists are now spending approximately four years of their life in their car commuting to work. A further […]

Repair Qube surpasses 300 repair mark

Bodyshop entrepreneur and multi-site operator, Steve Peart saw his Repair Qube – a fully modular, pre-assembled repair facility – surpass the 300 vehicle repair mark yesterday (Tuesday 9 February 2016). […]