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Dealership’s fleet targeted by fraudsters

A dealership in the Midlands has fought back against fraudsters who were making up to 40 bogus claims a year. Research Garage in Nuneaton was targeted because criminal gangs presumed […]

BEN goes on the campaign trail

Automotive industry charity BEN is shining a light on the often unspoken issue of mental health with a new campaign underpinned by its first ever national fundraising day. Mental wellness […]

Century of cities up for TomTom

TomTom’s new traffic portal has extended to 100 cities in six months since launching. TomTom City is accessible from any computer, tablet or smartphone and provides freely accessible content showing live […]

Let’s put a brake on drink driving

Brake has urged the government to lower the UK’s drink driving limit, an opinion shared by 77% of the public. England and Wales have one of the highest drink drive […]

Japanese brands top reliability charts

The Mitsubishi Lancer is the most reliable family car according to extensive research from Warranty Direct. Through its Reliability Index website, it analyses 50,000 live policies on three to eight-year […]

Further recalls hit VW

Volkswagen is recalling about 300,000 Volkswagen and Audi brands in North America because of fuel leaks. The company has issued three separate recalls to address three separate faults causing the […]

Covéa appoints underwriting expert

Covéa Insurance has appointed Gavin Dollings as director of commercial underwriting. Gavin, who spent the last 10 years at Allianz where he was regional manager for the south east, will […]

Sales soar with video support

CitNOW measured results over four months at 120 Volkswagen retailers and found that video technology cut on average two weeks off the selling time, while one dealer reported an increase […]

If the CAPS fits

CAPS Consortium has appointed John O’Roarke as chairman of its advisory board. John joins from LV= General Insurance, where he had been managing director for more than a decade. Before […]

Used volumes continue to soar

Strong demand is driving record used vehicle volumes according to cap hpi. The market is set to hit 7.6m vehicles in 2016, beating last year’s figure of 7.2m. The industry […]

RH set to grow workforce

After the recent successful launch of a new ‘twilight hours’ service, RH Commercial Vehicles (RHCV) in Derbyshire is expanding its workforce. The move follows a £40,000 investment in the site’s […]

Acton Coachworks gains Rolls Royce approval

Acton Coachworks has become an official Rolls Royce manufacturer approved repairer, 12 months on from setting itself the goal to do so. North London based Acton Coachworks is already an […]