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PAAS increases its alternative fuel training
- 12/10/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
PAAS Ltd has been granted permission by IMI Awards to deliver the QCF Level 3 Hybrid Vehicle Practical Assessment, this is in addition to the QCF Level 2 Hybrid Awareness that they have been delivering at repairers’ sites since 2011. Phil Archer, managing director of PAAS Ltd said, ‘This is a great opportunity, [...] -
UK’s first hydrogen station opens
- 12/10/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
The UK has officially opened one of the first publicly accessible, zero-emission, automotive hydrogen filling station. The filling station of the future is located in South Yorkshire, two miles from junction 33 on the M1, and is owned and run by energy storage specialist ITM Power, and is capable of generating up [...] -
ECP ask experts about VW scandal
- 12/10/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Euro Car Parts has asked experts in emissions-related repairs what they make of the VW ‘defeat device’ scandal affecting Audi, Seat, Skoda, VW and VW Commercial vehicles. Tony Wilson, managing director of Klarius said, ‘The Volkswagen emissions scandal began when regulators in America discovered software [...] -
EU could recall VW money
- 12/10/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
The European Investment Bank (EIB) could recall millions in loans made to Volkswagen over its involvement in the ongoing diesel emissions scandal. Werner Hoyer, chief executive of the EIB, said the EU-wide lender was in the process of examining whether any of its funds had been used to help the company cheat [...] -
Health and safety good for business
- 12/10/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Students from the new South Wiltshire University Technical College (UTC), MG Cannon’s Community Group of the Year 2015, visited MG Cannon this month to learn about how good health and safety is good business. Nearly 50 students and their lecturers attended the two 1.5 hour sessions at MG Cannon over two [...] -
BMW engine plant revs up production
- 09/10/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
A large investment programme to develop the BMW Hams Hall engine plant near Birmingham is complete. The production of new three and four-cylinder engines is already being ramped up on brand-new production lines, and over one million components will be machined at the plant for the first time this year as supply [...] -
Young welders to compete in WeldCup
- 09/10/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
THE WELDCUP 2015 will bring together young welders from 6 European countries and one invited team from China on a contest to find the best young welders in Europe. The competition will take place at Cambridge, in United Kingdom, on the 21 October 2015. The competition will feature seven teams and each team will [...] -
Hackers still targeting high-end vehicles
- 09/10/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Car hackers are continuing to target high-tech cars in London, warns stolen vehicle recovery expert TRACKER. The latest victim from South Kensington had their 2015 Range Rover Evoque stolen from outside their home on the 1st October. The owner realised the vehicle had been stolen when he received a movement alert [...] -
UK insurance premiums up 4.8%
- 09/10/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Quarterly comprehensive car insurance premiums in the UK have increased by 4.8 per cent, the biggest rise since 2010, according to Confused.com's car price insurance index. The rise, which has been steady for the past year, pushed the average premium for an annual comprehensive car insurance policy to £629, the [...] -
New car finance volumes up 8%
- 09/10/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
New figures released today by the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show point-of-sale consumer new car finance was up 8% by volume and 11% by value in August, compared with the same month last year. The percentage of private new car sales financed by FLA members through dealerships in the twelve months to [...]