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Nissan announces top shops

Nissan has revealed the finalists in its Bodyshop of the Year Competition 2015 as well the winners of its BASF Paint Challenge 2015. Nissan has revealed the top five bodyshops […]

L&I Eaton adopts Ascribe

ACIS’ web-based Ascribe technology has been adopted into three L&I Eaton sites, with the remaining three sites scheduled to be implemented over the coming months. L&I Eaton Accident Repair Centres […]

AW Repair Group launches App

AW Repair Group has launched a mobile device app which includes on-the-scene crash data capture. More than a year in development, the group’s AW Accident App is now available to […]

F-Gas under spotlight

The Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) looks set to delve further into F-Gas regulation compliance over the next six months. Following concerns raised, the Environment Agency has […]

Simon Marsh heads car tech at Markerstudy

Simon Marsh, former Managing Director of SmartWitness, has joined Markerstudy Group of Companies as managing director of TeleMGA Ltd. With his wealth of road safety knowledge, this appointment will see […]

ECP invests in major training programme

Euro Car Parts is investing over half a million pounds in a major technical training programme that will deliver around 300 events by the end of 2015 involving 225 nationwide […]

IAM encourages rest brakes for drivers

As many as 65 per cent of drivers on long journeys do not to stop to take rest breaks on the motorway because they don’t feel they have any need […]

Electric car sales surpass 2014 total

Registrations of plug-in cars have accelerated rapidly over the first six months of 2015, growing 256% against the same period last year and surpassing the 2014 full-year total with six […]

NAB expresses salvage revamp concerns

The National Association of Bodyshops (NAB) has expressed concern that the new Code of Practice for the Disposal of Motor Salvage negates to protect consumers. Representatives of NAB and the […]

Horiba acquire UK group Mira

A Japanese industrial group has swooped on Mira, the British automotive company that is a pivotal player in the future of driverless cars. Horiba announced on Tuesday that it had […]

Carsharing to grow in Europe and US

Over the past three years, peer-to-peer (P2P) car sharing in Europe and North America has changed from a basic service provided by grassroots organisations to a widely recognised, transformative urban […]

AA enter partnership with BOI

The Automobile Association and the Bank of Ireland and have announced a new 10-year minimum financial partnership in the UK, which will offer AA members financial services ranging from credit cards, unsecured […]