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Growth in used car market continues
- 19/11/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
The UK used car market continues to grow, with recent DVLA statistics showing that used car transactions have grown by three per cent year on year during the July to September period for 2015. Year to date used car transactions have also increased, by 4.2% and 225,000 units year-on-year. The 4x4 segment showed the [...] -
UK car production reaches record high
- 19/11/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
British car manufacturing has hit its highest level for the year-to-date in a decade, according to the latest figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). A total of 1,318,452 new cars rolled off UK production lines in the first 10 months of the year, the best performance since 2005 and up [...] -
Volvo unveils Concept 26
- 19/11/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Volvo Cars’ ongoing research into autonomous driving has confirmed what we all know - that the daily commute is taking the joy out of driving. It is during the commute and on long motorway trips that people are most willing to delegate the act of driving to their car. With this in mind, Volvo has developed [...] -
CitNOW strengthens senior team
- 18/11/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
CitNOW has strengthened its senior management team further by hiring new UK Field Sales Manager, Pam Cameron and Head of Client Services, Stephen Bateson. Stephen brings 23 years of experience in the automotive manufacturer sector to his role, heading up the newly-created client services division. Meanwhile, Pam [...] -
Allianz unleashes its inner superhero
- 18/11/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Allianz Global Assistance UK had a heroic team of 100 volunteers working behind the scenes on Friday evening to answer phones for BBC’s Children in Need 2015. The volunteers were on hand at the company’s Croydon call centre, collecting over £53,163 in donations. Once again the call centre was a hive of [...] -
10 year celebrations with Fix Auto
- 18/11/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Fix Auto UK’s 10th anniversary celebrations have continued, with the network honouring six further franchisees that joined the then fledgling network a decade ago. Fix Auto Dagenham were honoured during the summer for being the first franchisee to sign up to the Fix Auto concept, now they have been joined by [...] -
Support Road Safety Week
- 18/11/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Road Safety organisation GEM Motoring Assist is offering suggestions for drivers to support Road Safety Week (starting Monday 23 November), and to do their bit to reduce the number of deaths and injuries on the UK’s roads. GEM chief executive David Williams MBE puts the safety picture into perspective. ‘Every [...] -
The IMI Professional Register revs up
- 18/11/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Award winning digital agency Cyber-Duck announced today that it will be launching a consumer campaign for the IMI Professional Register. The IMI Professional Register is a database of IMI approved professionals in the automotive industry. The register is used widely within the industry, and increasingly among [...] -
‘Speed cameras are cash generators’
- 18/11/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
An overwhelming number of motorists believe that speed cameras are currently being used as cash generators and not as safety cameras. In a poll undertaken by www.motoring.co.uk, 88 per cent of the respondents believe that speed cameras are used by police forces to generate income. This poll comes as a response [...] -
Prescott Bike Festival 2016 date announced
- 18/11/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Prescott Bike Festival is often hailed as the ‘Start of the Season’ Motorcycle Festival and will take place once again on Sunday 17th April 2016 at Prescott Hill Climb, home of the prestigious Bugatti Owners Club, Cheltenham. The 2016 Prescott Bike Festival will be bigger and better than ever before, and [...]