Simon Wait

Used values remain high

The headline average value of a used light commercial vehicle (LCV) rose for the third month running according to BCA’s latest Pulse report, reaching the highest point this year. A […]

BEN back with challenge cup

After an incredibly successful first year, The Automotive Challenge Cup, supporting the automotive industry’s charity – BEN is back in the summer of 2016. Starting from Port Solent, Portsmouth on […]

Covéa revamps private car policy

Covéa Insurance has revamped its private car policy with the aim of making it easier to understand and more appealing for customers to read. Using behavioural economics techniques, the company […]

AkzoNobel pioneers powder body coatings

AkzoNobel and, Chinese auto maker, JAC Motors have pioneered the first use of VOC-free powder technology for automotive body coatings. As sustainability continues to gain increasing importance in China, AkzoNobel’s […]

Focus tops service charts

Autodata has published a list of the most common vehicles taken into independent garages during 2015, with the Ford Focus coming out on top. The compact car started production in […]

DVSA advises Vauxhall on safety recall

The Driver Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) has requested that the inspection and rework programme Vauxhall has implemented for its Zafira B vehicles, be reclassified as a safety recall. Prior to […]

McLaren appoints sixth retailer

McLaren Automotive has appointed McLaren Bristol – its sixth retailer to be opened in the UK. McLaren Bristol will be responsible for the south west of England, and complements the […]

TyreSafe appoints new vice chairman

TyreSafe has appointed Michael Bourne as vice chairman. Michael has been a member of the TyreSafe steering committee member since its inception in 2006 and the organisation’s treasurer since 2010. […]

DuPont and Dow to merge

DuPont and The Dow Chemical Company will combine in an all-stock merger of equals to create DowDuPont. The parties intend to subsequently pursue a separation of DowDuPont into three independent, […]

JLR to open Slovakian facility

Jaguar Land Rover has confirmed that it will be the first British carmaker to open a manufacturing facility in Slovakia. The announcement follows an agreement between the company and the […]

VW sales figures down

The Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand delivered 5.34 million vehicles to customers from January to November this year, 4.5% below the same period last year. ‘Developments in world markets, which are […]

IFB set to expand reach

The Insurance Fraud Bureau (IFB) will extend organised fraud detection into property and liability business lines from 2016, following sign-off on future strategy plans from the Association of British Insurers’ […]