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Americans don’t trust autonomous parking
- 29/09/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
According to the results of a new survey from AAA, nearly 80 per cent of American drivers are confident in their parallel parking abilities and only one-in-four would trust this technology to park their vehicle. Despite this, AAA testing found self-parking technology outperformed unassisted drivers in four key [...] -
VW saga continues
- 29/09/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Following yesterday’s revelation that bosch warned Volkswagen back in 2007 about using ‘diesel duping’ software, German prosecutors have launched a criminal probe into former chief executive Martin Winterkorn, as two other car manufacturers names are added to the controversy. Audi and Skoda, who both fall [...] -
JCC raise over £43K for Macmillan
- 28/09/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Macmillan Cancer Support has been Just Car Clinics’ official charity since 2012, with the partnership now stronger than ever entering into its fourth year. Sadly, six years ago (24th September 2009), JCC lost a work colleagues and friend, Sandra Hirst, who worked in the Leeds branch, to cancer. Unfortunately, [...] -
Thatcham gathers international expertise
- 28/09/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Automotive research and repair experts from around the globe met together in the heart of England this week to discuss some of the burning issues affecting the automotive and insurance industries worldwide. As the UK’s insurer research centre, Thatcham hosted delegates from 24 international research [...] -
Axalta lead discussion at EACC
- 28/09/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
At the recent European Coatings Conference on Automotive Coatings on 25-25 September in Düsseldorf, Germany, Dr. Klemens Bartmann, global technology director at Axalta Coating Systems, discussed how today’s advanced automotive coatings can favourably affect vehicle performance and fuel economy, benefitting both [...] -
AW Repair Group share success with charity
- 28/09/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
AW Repair Group has won bodyshop magazines coveted title of Medium Bodyshop of the Year 2015. And to celebrate they are donating £1 to charity for every Comment, Like, Tweet and Email received from congratulatory supporters. The group’s Lincolnshire headquarters scooped the award for the medium sized category [...] -
BE2015: consolidation ‘unstoppable’
- 28/09/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Consolidation is here right now and will not stop was the message from an expert panel discussing consolidation at the bodyshop Event 2015. The seminar session – ‘Consolidation – what does it mean’ – saw a standing room only audience hear how Harvard breaks industry consolidation down into four stages – [...] -
Intelligence the way forward
- 28/09/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Glass’s head of valuations, Rupert Pontin believes ‘highly accredited repairers who understand technology’ will be the first choice for vehicle owners of the future. The suggestion came during Rupert’s ‘The changing mobility landscape’ seminar session at the bodyshop Event 2015 (BE2015) during which he [...] -
FIX AUTO UK conference sells out
- 28/09/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Fix Auto UK’s 2015 National Conference, which kicks off at St George’s Park near Burton-Upon-Trent next month, is set to draw the network’s largest attendance figures yet after the event sold out for the second year in succession. The new home of English football will provide the backdrop as more than 200 [...] -
DriveRight expands into new markets
- 28/09/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
DriveRight, the global vehicle fitment data specialist, has secured a six-figure equity and mezzanine investment from Finance Wales to fund its ongoing expansion into new markets in Europe, Asia and the Americas. ‘The company has managed growth since formation, yet an investment of this scale will accelerate our [...]