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Ageas UK reports rise in profits

Insurance provider Ageas UK, today released its half year report showing an increase on year on year profits, helped by better weather conditions and an improved Commercial result. The group […]

Police spent £53K per month on cars

Dorset Police spent more than £53,000 per month on their fleet of vehicles last year, reports the Dorset Echo. Figures obtained show that between January 1, 2014 and January 1, […]

Camber Ridge launches $60m test facility

Camber Ridge has announced its financial partnership with Teton Capital of Jackson, Wyoming, to launch a new state-of-the-art facility for vehicle tyre characterisation, which will begin operations in 2016. The […]

Toyota Safety Sense added to small cars

Where Toyotas are concerned, being small is no barrier to benefiting from the latest safety technology. The Aygo city car and Yaris supermini are now available with Toyota Safety Sense, providing […]

One in 10 UK imports previously written off

New research from consumer car-history check experts MyWheels.ie, carried out on behalf of the Irish Independent, shows that one in 10 vehicles imported this year had previously been written off. […]

British motorists urged to go electric

British motorists are missing out on savings of almost £24.5 billion every year by not taking advantage of ultra-low emission motoring, according to new research released today. The figures, from […]

Direct Line profits rise as claims decrease

Direct Line has reported a big increase in profits for the first half of 2015, after improved weather conditions led to fewer claims. The group said it saw lower costs […]

‘Car market cadence creates opportunities’

Following five years of unprecedented light vehicle production growth in North America where volumes essentially doubled to more than 17 million units, the industry will face the challenge of slower […]

New appointment at Glass’s

Jayson Whittington has been appointed to the newly created role of manager of commercial vehicle and leisure valuations at Glass’s. The new position will cover all commercial and leisure vehicle […]

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bodyshop Awards 2015 Jury meet

The bodyshop Awards 2015 jury will gather today, Tuesday 4 August, to decide on this year’s bodyshop Award finalists and winners. As the industry’s only, and most hotly contested, independent awards […]

Axa profits up 2.3%

Axa’s first-half profit rose 2.3 per cent, helped by higher life-insurance earnings in the U.S. and France. In a statement released by France’s largest insurer, profits climbed to 3.08 billion […]

Service King acquires Cathedral City Collision

Service King Collision Repair Centers, a multi-state operator of collision repair centers and one of the fastest-growing collision repair companies in the US, announced continued expansion in the southern California […]