Simon Wait

Endeavour opens new Hyundai showroom

Endeavour Automotive has opened a new Hyundai showroom and service facility in the centre of Watford. Endeavour made the decision to relocate its Hyundai Watford dealership from the outskirts of […]

Autofarm announces moving plans

After 26 years at Oddington Grange, Autofarm’s directors Steve Wood and Mikey Wastie have announced their plans to relocate to new premises at Boxengasse in 2019. After 45 years of […]

Four new dealers join SsangYong

SsangYong has announced the appointment of four new dealers, and Justin Lamba as the new dealer recruitment manager. A further four new dealers have joined the SsangYong networking, including: Broach […]

Matt Vella joins Polestar

Matt Vella has joined Polestar’s global public relations and communications team. Following a career in technology and business journalism, Matt is responsible for global media relations, helping to deliver and […]

Companies begin graphene research

Briggs Automotive Company (BAC) has received funding to undertake research on lightweight material graphene, with a view to pushing the technology towards production-readiness for the automotive industry. The road-legal, single-seater supercar […]

Phil Popham new Lotus appointment

Group Lotus plc has announced the appointment of Phil Popham as senior vice-president – commercial operations for Group Lotus and CEO – Lotus Sports Cars, effective from 1 October 2018. […]

BVRLA ready for future mobility

Introducing electric car club fleets, setting up new integrated mobility platforms or helping businesses to roll-out plug in cars and vans, BVRLA members are driving the uptake of new mobility […]

Argentina to get electric buses

Equipmake has announced that it has signed a partnership with Brazilian commercial vehicle manufacturer, Agrale, to engineer a powertrain for a new electric bus, which will go on sale in […]

Customers value trust over convenience

According to new research commissioned by CDK Global, by far the biggest reason customers return to a workshop is ‘trust’ (cited as the most important factor by 72% of respondents), […]

bodyshop Event sponsor interview – AkzoNobel

AkzoNobel is a proud sponsor of this year’s bodyshop Event & Awards. Here, we speak to Frank Delaney, manager strategic accounts, AkzoNobel, who shares the positives he feels the Event […]

Ring invests in new website

Ring has invested over £30,000 in its new website to showcase its updated branding across all product lines, while also improving the customer experience for visitors in the UK and […]

Inchcape celebrates retail centre launch

Inchcape UK celebrated the official launch of its new Mercedes-Benz retail centre in Coventry with an opening event held at the end of August. The new flagship showroom and service […]