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Workplace perks ‘pointless’
- 07/01/2016
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
A study from CV-Library has revealed how automotive workers believe ‘workplace perks’ are pointless and that most would rather bank the money. The job site conducted research amongst over 2,400 UK professionals this winter to determine how UK workers feel about workplace perks offered by their employers. The [...] -
VW breaks ground at CES 2016
- 06/01/2016
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Volkswagen has presented two ground-breaking, progressive cars at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2016 in Las Vegas: the zero-emission BUDD-e van and the e-Golf Touch. The BUDD-e is the first Volkswagen concept car based on the new Modular Electric Drive Kit (MEB). This zero-emission van gives us a glimpse of [...] -
Irish telematics company to double size
- 06/01/2016
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Dublin based telematics company, Transpoco is set to create 20 jobs in 2016 which will double its employment to 40. The expansion follows the launch of a new service designed to help Europe’s car, van and truck fleets reduce fuel, maintenance and insurance costs. The company already doubled its employment from [...] -
Chris Collings joins Markerstudy
- 06/01/2016
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Chris Collings has joined Markerstudy as non-executive director. With a career at Swinton Insurance spanning more than four decades, Chris was the insurer’s longest serving employee, and brings considerable knowledge of the broking arena to his new position at Markerstudy on the board of directors. Kevin [...] -
Finance packages to power 2016 market
- 06/01/2016
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Growth in the number and variety of finance packages available to private buyers is set to power the new and used car markets in 2016, predicts Glass's. In the new car sector, which will see growth in registrations of around three per cent, further finance packages will need to stimulate consumer interest and [...] -
Microsoft connects with Harman
- 06/01/2016
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Harman, a connected technologies company for automotive, consumer and enterprise markets, has announced a connected car collaboration with Microsoft Corporation at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2016. The project will introduce new mobile productivity services, as well as utilise existing products, services [...] -
Fix and RSA sign agreement
- 06/01/2016
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Fix Auto UK has secured a new national agreement to provide motor repair services to RSA Group. The new agreement takes the number of central insurance contracts now operated by the network to five, and enables RSA’s claims team to call upon the network’s 75 bodyshops to provide repair support to its [...] -
DTU confident of battery breakthrough
- 06/01/2016
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
The Technical University of Denmark is working on a project to develop batteries for electric cars that are twice as powerful as those currently available. Poul Norby, senior researcher at DTU Energy, the Department of Energy Conversion and Storage, said, ‘The only real challenge is that the battery needs to be [...] -
GM invests in Lyft Inc
- 05/01/2016
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
General Motors Inc is poised to invest $500 million in Lyft Inc a sign of plans to develop an on-demand network of self-driving cars with the ride-sharing service. The move is the biggest single investment yet by a traditional vehicle manufacturer in a new mobility company, and is an acknowledgement by GM that the [...] -
Revive! receives IIP accreditation
- 05/01/2016
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Revive! has been awarded the Investors in People (IIP) accreditation – an international standard for people management. The business which has its headquarters in Rugby spent the past 18 months putting systems and procedures in place to meet the rigorous IIP criteria which focuses on how organisations lead, [...]