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Motor premiums drive esure results

Esure Group Plc’s has reported a fall in pre-tax profits for the first half of the year, but its gross written motor premiums rose 18.2%. After a slow start to […]

Fix Auto’s Phil-good factor

Fix Auto has bolstered its UK network by adding Car Care of Kings Norton of Birmingham to its franchise. Owned and managed by Phil Jones, Fix Auto Kings Norton has […]

Fix Auto heads Down Under

Fix Auto is ready to move into the Australian crash repair market after selecting the bodyshops it wants to make up Fix Auto Australia. The company held a series of […]

RSA profits on the up

RSA has reported an increase in group operating profits in the first half of the year, and says it believes Brexit will be good for business. It’s recorded a group […]

Hudd joins Thatcham

Tom Hudd has been appointed as operations manager for Thatcham Research’s Repair Technology Centre (RTC). Tom will lead a team of 32 technical repair experts with a focus on continuing […]

Self driving track days arrive

Europe’s first open testing event for autonomous vehicle development will take place in the UK later this year. The move comes as start-up Self Driving Track Days has announced a […]

Premier takes overall glory

Premier Panel Skills and Porsche Centre Guildford were the overall winner’s at this year’s Porsche GB Restoration Competition ‘40 years at the front’. Iain Gibbs, service manager at Porsche Guildford […]

AA benefiting from transformation

In its pre-close statement, the AA has declared trading, which is in line with market expectations, is benefiting from the ongoing transformation of the AA. The statement reads: ‘In recent […]

CitNOW out-broadcasts BBC

CitNOW claims it is now broadcasting more daily video than the BBC. At its peak, CitNOW’s servers upload 21,000 videos – more than 500 hours’ worth – every day and […]

Aviva continues growth plans

Aviva has reported operating profits up 13% to £1,325 million with general insurance net written premiums up seven per cent to £3,991 million in its 2016 interim results. Mark Wilson, […]

New car market ‘cooling’

UK new car registrations experienced a moderate increase in July, up 0.1% for the month, according to figures released by SMMT. New car registrations so far this year stand at […]

ECP acquires Hella Ireland

Euro Car Parts/LKQ has acquired Dublin-based Hella Ireland. Already with branches in Northern Ireland, the move gives ECP its first base in the Republic of Ireland and extends its coverage […]