Simon Wait

Waregrain Group expands into the South East

Waregrain Group has purchased the business and assets of Body and Paintshop Supplies Ltd in Canterbury, Kent. Waregrain Group have retained all of the Body and Paintshop Supplies staff with […]

Specialist joins BASF CTS

BASF Commercial Transport Solutions (CTS) has appointed Dean Niland as technical sales specialist to support its Glasurit 68 and R-M Graphite high solid VOC compliant paint lines. Dean has over […]

Floating on cloud 9 for BEN

BEN, the automotive industry charity, has announced that Kate Weaver, whose family has benefitted from BEN’s help, ran a 5k park run in under 40 minutes only 18 months after […]

DVLA website struggles with new system

  A new online system created by the DVLA for hiring a car has been experiencing problems, according to reports from customers and car hire providers. A number of people who attempted […]

DVLA is ‘rushing in’ counterpart rules

  The car hire industry has accused the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) of ‘rushing in’ new rules for motorists hiring cars, the BBC reports. The changes, which involve […]

Drivers ignorant to foreign rules

New research from Gocompare.com Car Insurance has found that British drivers have a worrying lack of knowledge of EU road laws, which could land them in hot water when driving […]

Ashmore Ryder completes CSS safety audit

Ashmore Ryder has become one of the first accident repair centres in Ireland to successfully complete its third audit under the Certified Steel Standard (CSS). This is the Society of […]

Motorist’s organisation strengthens team

The Motorist’s Organisation has just strengthened its senior management team with the appointment of Craig Stevens, as a non-executive director. Craig Stevens, a former executive director of Auto Trader, was […]

Video extends reach of dealerships

The use of video can extend the reach of a dealership by up to 65%, according to the latest research by CitNOW. CitNOW analysed 2014 data from more than 10,500 […]

PPG promotes Fleetwatch website benefits

FleetWatch; a PPG brand, is a network of commercial vehicle paintshops and repairers delivered by PPG in partnership with Sopp + Sopp. The new website www.ppgfleetwatch.co.uk has been designed to […]

30 is the new 20

There will be an increase to 30 groups enabling improved differentiation between similar vehicles and therefore a more accurate reflection of risk. Thatcham Research, who administer the insurance group rating […]

Ryan Jones is world class

JCC’s (Just Car Clinics) Ryan Jones has been selected to represent the UK at this year’s WorldSkills competition which is taking place in August in San Paolo, Brazil. Team UK […]