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New world record for fuel efficiency

Honda has set a new GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS title for ‘Lowest fuel consumption – all 24 contiguous EU countries (all cars)’, recording an average 100.31 miles per gallon over 8,387 […]

MIB announces new Uninsured Drivers’ Agreement

The MIB (Motor Insurers’ Bureau) announces the implementation of a new Uninsured Drivers’ Agreement which will come into force for accidents occurring on or after 1 August 2015. The 1999 […]

Solera invest $5m in Chinese training facility

Solera Holdings today announced it will invest USD $5 million to advance the rapidly growing Chinese automobile insurance market with the creation of the country’s first Solera Technology Center (‘STC’) research facility. […]

Key points from Budget 2015

Today, in the ‘Emergency’ July Budget, and the first Conservative majority budget since 1996, George Osborne said he is setting out a ‘Budget for working people’ that will create a […]

New shop for Gemini Australia

Symach has delivered a new shop for the Gemini group in Wacol, Brisbane, Australia, it is the fifth bodyshop delivered by Symach for Gemini in the last 24 months. The […]

UK insurers urged to exploit digital

Only those insurers who are agile and flexible enough to reshape their business to suit the digital and economic challenges will succeed, according to Innovation Group’s ‘The Future Now Report […]

Cromax devise range of repair systems

Cromax has devised a range of four repair systems that cover everything from spot repairs to refinishing top of the range, premium vehicles. They have been designed to help refinishers […]

Report on paints and coatings released

Market research store ‘Research and Markets’ has announced the addition of the ‘Global Market Study on Paints and Coatings: Industrial Paints and Coatings to Witness Highest Growth by 2020’ report to their website. […]

Axalta receives Volvo quality excellence award

Axalta Coating Systems, was presented with the Volvo Cars Quality Excellence (VQE) Award at a dedicated ceremony held at Axalta’s Wuppertal, Germany, site on June 30, 2015. The VQE Award […]

Millennials Prefer Backseat Driving

A new report from Key Note ‘Motor Insurance (Consumer) 2015’, suggests that Millennials prefer to be driven as opposed to driving themselves, despite the recent fall in motor insurance premiums. According […]

Fraudulent insurance claims increasing

Cash for crash’ and organised fraud are causing the number of spurious insurance claims to increase, according to new figures from Aviva. Around 14,000 fraudulent insurance claims worth £95million were […]

Google tests autonomous cars in Austin

Google has started testing its autonomous cars in Austin, Texas, increasing efforts to gather information on how its prototypes interact with the surrounding environment. Google has been testing self-driving cars since 2009, […]