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Government decision labelled ‘scary’ and ‘astonishing’
- 12/02/2016
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Alcohol safety experts have described the Department for Transport’s decision not to lower the drink driving limit in England and Wales as ‘scary’ and ‘astonishing’. The Department for Transport has said it has no immediate plans to lower the limit in line with Scotland and Europe. However, this decision [...] -
Pelkmann appointed chair of ADPA
- 12/02/2016
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
TecRMI’s director of data development, Ralf Pelkmann, has been appointed chairman of the newly created European Independent Automotive Data Publishers Association (ADPA). ADPA has been established to ensure fair and open access to data and information for the independent automotive aftermarket. ‘The new [...] -
Putting the Brakes on bad driving
- 12/02/2016
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
In-vehicle CCTV specialists VisionTrack has partnered with national road safety charity Brake to help promote safer driving across the UK. Both organisations are heavily focussed on raising awareness of the importance of improving driving behaviours to prevent road incidents among drivers and fleet [...] -
RAC launches car passport service
- 12/02/2016
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
The RAC will launch a used-car history checking service for dealers on 26 February. The RAC Car Passport offers retailers a £1 a check rate until the end of March, after which the tariff will be set at £2.99 per check or £2.49 for 5,000 checks or more, £1.99 for 10,000 plus and from 99p above [...] -
Automotive industry caught on film
- 12/02/2016
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
This is the year the automotive industry will create film stars – and we’re not talking about the new Top Gear line-up. Bodyshops, dealerships and workshops recorded more than 65,000 hours of video last year, average more than 8,000 videos a day. Automotive innovator CitNOW believes that trend will only [...] -
Immense Simulations to inform autonomous fleet control
- 11/02/2016
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Transport Systems Catapult (TSC) spin out Immense Simulations and Improbable will collaborate to create a new solution for the coordination of autonomous vehicle fleets. Immense Simulations will develop ‘tools for autonomous logistics operations and management’ building on Improbable’s SpatialOS distributed [...] -
Numbers add up for IGA
- 11/02/2016
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
The Independent Garage Association (IGA) celebrated a bumper year in 2015, with continued growth and record membership retention. A retention rate of more than 94% underscored its success last year, with achievements including receiving CTSI approval for the Trust My Garage consumer code scheme, developing a suite [...] -
Used-car concerns increase
- 11/02/2016
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Nearly half of all used-car checks in January flagged up at least one issue. Figures released by My Car Check revealed that 48% of checks last month identified a problem, a six per cent rise on the same month last year. The most worrying trend was the 16% year-on-year increase in the proportion of finance checks [...] -
UK automotive industry is undertrained and understaffed
- 11/02/2016
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
The automotive industry in the UK is in good health at the moment, but a lack of skills and insufficient training could significantly impact progress. A report from the Automotive Council found that a lack of skills means there up to 5,000 unfilled positions in the industry right now, while a further 20,000 people [...] -
Zurich plans further job cuts
- 11/02/2016
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Zurich has announced plans to withdraw 8,000 roles by the end of 2018 after announcing a 37% reduction in profits for 2015. The roles include the 440 job cuts made last year in the UK and hundreds of roles being made redundant in Germany. Speaking to Post, Zurich's interim CEO, Tom de Swaan, said, ‘We have [...]