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Under-insured fleet managers committing ‘commercial suicide’
- 18/03/2016
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Fleet managers could face a rude awakening when they come to make a claim, according to commercial vehicle insurance broker Gauntlet. It says it’s found several instances of underinsurance when quoting for business, and has warned companies to make sure their policies match their business operations or risk [...] -
Time to rediscover former glories
- 17/03/2016
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
eBay is looking for interesting car restoration projects that it can back to the tune of £4,000. As part of the eBay Car Challenge, it will select three projects for funding on 3 April, when each will be given £4,000 to spend on over 270,000 live listings of car and motorbike parts and accessories available on [...] -
IAEA Conference lands historic venue
- 17/03/2016
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
The 2016 IAEA Annual Conference and AGM is moving to the Coventry Transport Museum, which houses the largest publicly owned collection of British vehicles in the world and tells the story of Coventry and its people through the rise and fall of its biggest industry. The museum is now fully reopen after a £9.5m [...] -
Revive! celebrates in style
- 17/03/2016
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Revive! Franchisees from all over the UK met to celebrate their achievements in 2015 and outline their ambitions during 2016 at their annual conference. Managing director Mark Llewelyn opened the conference by reflecting on a proud 2015, which saw the company earn Investors in People status, before outlining a [...] -
Driving Change turns cameras on innovation
- 17/03/2016
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
The Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI) has partnered with ITN Productions to launch a news-style series exploring innovation in the industry. Called Driving Change and hosted by national newsreader Natasha Kaplinsky, the series will comprise four programmes looking at new approaches and online technologies that [...] -
Hunt for HGV talent begins
- 17/03/2016
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
The hunt is on for the UK’s top heavy goods vehicle (HGV) technicians and apprentices as online registrations for the Heavy Vehicle Engineering Competition open. Sponsored by IRTE, the Heavy Vehicle Engineering Competition is part of Skills Show UK, the UK’s largest skills competition, championing apprentices [...] -
Insure the Box adds some Steele
- 17/03/2016
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Insure The Box Ltd has named Adrian Steele as group claims director. Adrian brings more than three decade’s experience to the company, and will fulfil the role alongside his current position as head of claims Europe for Aiosi Nissay Dowa Insurance Company of Europe Limited (ANDIE), which acquired the majority [...] -
Budget roundup
- 16/03/2016
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Chancellor George Osborne has today delivered his eighth Budget downgrading UK economic growth forecasts and warning of the risks of leaving the EU. The statement included: A freeze on fuel duty for the sixth year in a row A 0.5% increase in insurance premium tax (IPT) with any income raised put towards [...] -
Automechanika Birmingham takes to the stage
- 16/03/2016
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Automechanika Birmingham, to be held at the NEC from the 7-9 June, will offer an extensive series of seminars, staged across three theatres. In addition to having the opportunity of exploring the products and services of more than 550 market leading exhibitors, the event will include presentations from industry [...] -
SOTA the take off
- 16/03/2016
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
ABI Research anticipates accelerated adoption of automotive software over-the-air (SOTA) updates with nearly 180 million new SOTA-enabled cars shipping between 2016 and 2022. As the automotive industry ramps up its adoption of the technology, ABI Research forecasts nearly 203 million SOTA-enabled cars to ship by [...]