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Charity calls for technology take-up

A report released this month by Brake, the road safety charity, and Licence Bureau, has found many employers with vehicle fleets are not taking advantage of new technologies to protect […]

UK market drives car production past 500k

April sees UK car production hit 500,000 in 2015, boosted by robust domestic market. •    Year-to-date output stable, with billions of pounds of investments still to be realised in production […]

New R&D simulator opens in Norfolk

Multi-million pound R&D Centre will advance simulation technology for the automotive industry. A £2m new research and development centre that features one of the world’s most advanced vehicle simulators has […]

IMI questions apprenticeship target

Chief executive of the Institute of the Motor Industry welcomes the ambitious target of the new Government – but questions whether it’s achievable Steve Nash, CEO of the Institute of […]

Ford brings car sharing experiment to London

Ford Motor Company will begin making its London-based GoDrive car-sharing service available to the public. The service offers access to a fleet of cars for one-way journeys with easy parking […]

JLR reports full year results

Jaguar Land Rover Automotive plc has reported its full year results for the 12-month period to March 31, 2015. The company delivered its fifth successive year of solid growth, robust […]

Ageas appoints National Windscreens

National Windscreens has announced that it is now the sole appointed supplier for all windscreen repair and replacement jobs booked through long-standing customer, Ageas Insurance Ltd’s dedicated Glass Line. Ageas […]

Quindell disposal update

On 30 March 2015, the Company announced that it had entered into a conditional sale and purchase agreement to dispose of its Professional Services Division to Slater and Gordon Limited […]

JLR: ‘subconscious has big potential’

Automotive News Europe reports that Jaguar Land Rover’s connected car boss believes that monitoring drivers’ subconscious actions will make future-generation vehicles even more intuitive. ‘The greatest benefit the connected car […]

Increase in telematics policies

Newly released research by the British insurance Brokers’ Association (BIBA) shows a nine per cent increase in the number of live ‘black box’ telematics motor insurance policies. These types of […]

Is JCC’s Ryan Jones World class?

The 43rd WorldSkills competition will take place at Anhembi Parque, Sao Paulo, Brazil from 11 to 16 August 2015. Occurring every two years, it is the biggest vocational education and […]

Fix Auto expands East Midlands presence

Fix Auto UK has further strengthened its East Midlands presence with the immediate appointment of Morley Accident Repair Ltd as Fix Auto Derby. Based on the Heanor Gate Industrial Estate, […]