-
Push for fleet safety reminder
- 27/11/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Fleet managers must remind drivers of the increased dangers of winter driving, according to The Fuelcard People. Commenting on the joint publication from the Department of Transport (DfT) and the Office for National Statistics (ONS) - Modelling the impact of the weather on road casualty statistics - Steve Clarke, [...] -
Minister advises on apprenticeships
- 27/11/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
AutoRaise has received a communication from Nick Boles MP, the Minister of State for Skills advising the government’s views on future apprenticeships initiatives. The letter to all recognised Trailblazer Groups outlines the plans to establish the Institute of Apprenticeships and details of the Apprenticeship Levy [...] -
Ageas picks up more awards
- 27/11/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Ageas has picked up two industry awards in the last fortnight, adding to what has already been a successful award-winning year for the company and its employees. The company picked up the coveted ‘Gold Standard for Insurance’ for the eighth consecutive year at a ceremony at the House of Commons last night. [...] -
Fix welcomes new board
- 27/11/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Ian Pugh has heralded the arrival of three new Fix Auto World board members as ‘vital’ in the network’s bid to become the largest global network of bodyshops. The head of Fix Auto UK was responding to the board-level appointments of Jorge Arruda, Stéphane Léveillé and Daniel Hogg, who join the business [...] -
Penalty points costing £132m
- 27/11/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Penalty points on driving licences are costing UK motorists over £132 million a year in higher insurance premiums, according to new research by the Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM) and MoneySuperMarket. Of these it’s the drivers with the highest number of points who are unsurprisingly paying the most – [...] -
Driverless car championship planned
- 27/11/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Formula E and Kinetik have announced a partnership with the intention to launch a global race series for driverless electric cars. This new championship called ‘ROBORACE’ will provide a competitive platform for the autonomous driving solutions that are now being developed by many large industrial automotive [...] -
Pothole day set for January
- 27/11/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Following the great success of last year’s inaugural National Pothole Day, www.streetrepairs.co.uk is proud to announce National Pothole Day on 15 January 2016. Owner of the website Colin Mahoney, said, ‘The reaction to the first National Pothole Day was overwhelming with the national press, Sky TV, ITV, BBC, [...] -
Emissions concerns fuel LPG conversion enquiries
- 27/11/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Growing concerns about vehicle emissions and poor air quality have sparked a renewed interest in LPG vehicle conversions according to Autogas Ltd. During the last two months, the number of drivers registering their interest to convert their car to run on LPG via the Autogas Ltd website has more than doubled the [...] -
Call for schools to teach driving
- 26/11/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
An early driver education programme is continuing with its campaign to get driving on the school curriculum. A competition has been launched to offer four secondary schools the chance to win a Young Driver at School event for up to 60 children, to show the impact early tuition can have on youngsters. Young Driver [...] -
RAC reaction to untaxed vehicle data
- 26/11/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
New official data shows the number of untaxed vehicles has more than doubled since 2013. RAC chief engineer David Bizley said: ’These are very worrying and disappointing statistics indeed. Sadly, the concerns we raised about the number of car tax evaders going up at the time the tax disc was confined to history [...]