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Drift Bridge grows courtesy fleet

Surrey-based VW and Audi dealer group, Drift Bridge, has increased the capacity of its bodyshop courtesy fleet by a fifth since utilising Accident Exchange’s onward mobility provisions. For the past […]

UK auto sector announces historic high

New figures released today by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) confirm the growing strength of the UK automotive industry and its ascendancy as a major global player. […]

Nationwide Hire supports car sharing

Nationwide Hire is supporting the business car sharing craze, with over 50% of people saying they would share their car if they could find someone suitable. The phenomenon of car […]

Court confiscates £650,000 from ‘ghost broker’

Insurance Age reports that the Old Bailey has ordered £658,460.84 to be confiscated from a ‘ghost broker’ currently imprisoned for masterminding what is believed to be the UK’s biggest fake […]

Slater & Gordon confirms accounting errors

Law firm, Slater & Gordon is under investigation by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) over errors in its reporting of UK cashflows. Slater & Gordon, which recently acquired […]

Quindell results delayed

According to reports, Quindell has said its 2014 results will not be published before the end of June due to the ‘complexity of the process’. Alliance News Ltd reports Quindell […]

Rival self-driving cars suffer near-miss

A rare meeting between rival self-driving cars on a Californian road almost ended in a crash, Reuters reports. The robot cars, one made by Delphi Automotive and the other by […]

bodyshop/IAEA VDA of the year awards 2015

Yesterday (25 June) bodyshop magazine travelled to the Thatcham Research centre, to check out the competition at the final of bodyshop/IAEA Vehicle Damage Assessor of the year awards. The competition had been narrowed […]

Radical change needed to lower road deaths

The Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM) is extremely concerned at the alarming increase in road deaths in Britain, following the publication of the latest accident statistics from the Department for […]