Simon Wait

Tyre industry under threat

Without immediate intervention, the futures of 2,500 employees across the UK’s tyre industry are under threat according to the Retread Manufacturers Association. The statement comes in response to this week’s […]

IAEA heads to Coventry

The Institute of Automotive Engineer Assessors (IAEA) is proud to announce that its National Conference 2016 will take place on Saturday 7 May at the Coventry Transport Museum. Plans are […]

Inaugural Volvo XC90 day a success

Volvo Cars UK inaugural XC90 body and technology training day took place on Thursday 14 January and proved a major success amongst those in attendance which included bodyshop magazine editor, […]

FAB flies through inspection

FAB Recycling has successfully retained its ISO14001 environmental accreditation, passing a recent BSI inspection with flying colours with a resounding 100% positive conformity. According to FAB, receiving a stamp of […]

JLR tops UK employer survey

Jaguar Land Rover (JLR), AstraZeneca and Harrods are the UK’s top three employers according to an independent survey conducted by Statista for Bloomberg’s content and research arm. To identify the […]

Police select Ford for fleets

Police forces nationwide have chosen both the Ford Kuga sport utility vehicle (SUV) and Transit Custom van to renew fleets from 2016. In a total deal comprising 1,100 vehicles, forces […]

AAH Direct acquires Carbodybids.com

Accident management specialists, AAH Direct has acquired car body repair comparison website www.carbodybids.com. AAH Direct has also made the service free for registered bodyshops. Registered bodyshop were previously charged a […]

To Infiniti and beyond

Infiniti had a record-breaking year in 2015 with global sales of 215,250 vehicles, up 16% from the previous year. Overall, Infiniti achieved all-time high results in all of its four […]

What Car? Introduces tech award

What Car?, in association with Stuff, will honour the most technologically advanced new cars at the forthcoming annual What Car? Car of the Year Awards ceremony. The new Technology Award […]

V-Charge wins connected car award

The ‘V-Charge’ research project has won the Auto Bild / Computer Bild 2015 Connected Car Award. ‘V-Charge’ stands for Valet Charge and is pointing the way to the intelligent future […]

IBIS conference

Google heads to IBIS

Richard Offermann, industry leader automotive at Google, and Tanja Hufschmidt, analytical lead at Google Automotive, will deliver the keynote presentation at the IBIS Global Summit 2016, on 23-25 May at […]

JLR sales hit record high

Jaguar Land Rover has achieved its best ever full year global sales performance in 2015, retailing 487,065 vehicles, up five per cent on 2014. Last year sees the company’s sixth […]