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Porsche helps refugees gain qualifications

Porsche has launched its integration programme for a second year, with 15 men and women from Afghanistan, Syria, Eritrea and Iraq. The programme aims for participants to either obtain a […]

Electric vans to trial in London

Ford have joined forces with London to help improve city air quality with a new plug-in hybrid (PHEV) van. The multi-million pound project will launch in autumn, working with Transport […]

Hyundai launches maintenance menu

Hyundai’s new eSENSEtials Servicing features a ‘maintenance menu’ for vehicles that are no longer under warranty. eSENSEtials includes three servicing tiers: Base, Interim and Full. The three tiers include either […]

CAPS council sets the framework

CAPS Consortium, the organisation behind the Common Automotive Platform Standard, marked the formation of its National Advisory Council (NAC) with an inaugural meeting on 11 January 2017 to set out […]

ITB ready for ‘real turning point’

Mike Brockman, group CEO of Insure The Box (ITB), believes its telematics business is at a ‘real turning point’ in 2017. Responding to new research from BIBA showing a 65% […]

Team building at Kommerling

Kommerling UK has strengthened its team with two key appointments. Lee Foulkes has been made general manager for the company’s manufacturing operations in Preston, while Dr Andrew Carr has been […]

Government proposes MOT changes

New cars and motorcycles could no longer require an MOT for the first four years under plans unveiled by transport minister, Andrew Jones. The government is consulting on the plans […]

Which? reveals huge data sharing issue

Personal and financial data is being traded on a ‘huge scale’ – and sometimes illegally – according to an investigation by Which? Undercover researchers from the consumer group contacted 14 […]

Second-hand car surge

Industry experts believe 2017 will see a surge in demand for second hand cars, with trade purchases in the first 12 days of the year triple what they were in December. […]

Mobile crackdown catches thousands

Almost 8,000 drivers were caught using a mobile phone behind the wheel during a week-long crackdown by police according to reports by BBC. Officers in England, Wales and Northern Ireland […]

The home comforts of car buying

Peugeot has launched what it says is the world’s first all-encompassing online car-buying process. ‘Order Online by Peugeot’ offers customers the chance to complete every step in the buying process […]

Ryan rolls-out Ascribe

ACIS has appointed Ryan O’Neill as manager for customer programmes, responsible for the roll-out of Ascribe. Having joined ACIS in August 2016, Ryan is now travelling the UK training technicians […]