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Rye Street celebrates 25 years

Rye Street Group is celebrating 25 years in business today. From humble beginnings, 19 years after he headed off from East Kilbride to find work in London on the day […]

Caterham appoints Draper Tools

Draper Tools has announced its appointment as the official tooling partner to Caterham Motorsport. The partnership will see each Caterham Motorsport mechanic utilise a bespoke Draper Tools cabinet filled with […]

ChipsAway leads brand recognition poll

A YouGov poll has found that over one third (39%) of respondents named ChipsAway as the brand best known for minor automotive paintwork repairs. A YouGov poll has found that […]

Car industry receives £1bn investment

Britain’s booming car manufacturing industry has received yet another huge boost with three major manufacturers announcing UK investments worth more than £1 billion in the past six days. Honda, Jaguar […]

Older drivers must embrace technology

Older drivers need to be helped to stay safe on the roads for as long as possible through a combination of training and technology, according to the AA Charitable Trust. […]

Covéa reports solid results

Covéa Insurance has today announced its financial results for 2014, with it reporting ‘growth and solid results, despite challenging market conditions’. The company has reported a 15% increase in gross […]

RAC leads on crash detection accuracy

Independent tests have proven that RAC Telematics’ crash detection accuracy is far above current industry averages. TRL, the UK’s transport research laboratory, confirmed the crash detection accuracy of RAC Telematics […]

esure completes Gocompare acquisition

esure has announced that the acquisition of Gocompare is now complete. Further to the announcement on 8 December 2014 that esure Group had conditionally agreed to acquire the outstanding 50% […]

Congestion has ‘worsened considerably’

Traffic congestion in cities across the UK has worsened considerably over the past year, according to a major new report out today. The fifth annual Traffic Index from TomTom shows […]

RAC launches free listing service

Car advertising on the raccars.co.uk website is to become completely free for dealers from today in a move that looks set to ‘revolutionise’ the car portal sector. The change – […]

Glass’s to revisit Leaf forecasts

Following the news that 99.99% of Nissan Leaf battery units remain entirely fit for purpose, Glass’s has stated it will be ‘looking again at its residual value forecasts’. The Nissan […]

Laser Tools selects Brown Brothers

Brown Brothers Distribution has been selected as an official partner to the Laser Tools Racing team for the 2015 Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championships. The Laser Tools Racing team […]