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Service King launches hiring initiative
- 07/05/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Service King Collision Repair Centers, a multi-state operator of collision repair services, has announced the launch of an aggressive long-term veterans hiring initiative under the title Mission 2 Hire. The Mission 2 Hire initiative is a pledge by Service King officials to hire at least 500 U.S. Armed Forces [...] -
Soberdrive has skills for the future
- 07/05/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Soberdrive from Cirencester College were recently awarded first place in Hyundai Motor UK’s third annual ‘Skills for the Future’ competition, held at its Training Academy in High Wycombe. Of the five participating teams, Soberdrive were chosen by the five-strong judging panel thanks to their innovative and [...] -
New appointment at Farécla
- 07/05/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Farécla has announced the appointment of Jonathan Kent who joins the company as marketing assistant. Reporting to the marketing manager, David Stokes, Jonathan’s wide-ranging duties will include helping organise product promotions and co-ordinating digital and non-digital campaigns and exhibitions. Commenting [...] -
Foreign HGV accidents increase
- 07/05/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Collisions on motorways involving foreign lorries have increased by 14% since 2012, Accident Exchange statistics have revealed. Lorries from Poland and Germany were found to be the most accident-prone by some margin; Polish lorries represented 15.7% of accidents, while German vehicles followed with 13.1% of lorry [...] -
Mainstream automotive design sees simulation technology
- 07/05/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
McLaren Applied Technologies (M.A.T.) and MTS Systems Corporation (MTS) have announced a technical agreement to bring simulators and associated technology to the global automotive market. Under the terms of the agreement, M.A.T. and MTS will create and deliver a next generation Vehicle Dynamics Simulator (VDS), [...] -
LeasePlan extends contract with FMG
- 07/05/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Incident management outsourcing specialist FMG, has successfully secured a two-year extension to its contract with LeasePlan UK, part of the largest vehicle management group in the world. The extended contract will see FMG continue to provide LeasePlan’s fleet with a comprehensive range of incident management [...] -
Future mobility business models
- 07/05/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Frost & Sullivan Automotive Principal Consultant, Pietro Boggia, comments on the latest status of the autonomous car, as presented at MWC The concept of autonomous vehicles has been thoroughly discussed in terms of advancements of the enabling technologies involved. The terms ‘autonomous’ and [...] -
Breakfast meeting addresses big issues
- 07/05/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
The IAAF’s latest breakfast network meeting addressed the big issues affecting the automotive aftermarket, with internet parts dominating discussions. Held at Valeo Service UK, Redditch on Tuesday 21 April, Jeff Bradshaw of Capita – a FTSE business and provider of business process management solutions – urged [...] -
Tyre checking is child’s play
- 06/05/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
With the third UN Global Road Safety Week already under way, UK children have been reminding adults that keeping tyres in good condition helps reduce the chances of accidents and child causalities. Using the tried and tested ‘TyreSafe 20p test’, kids have been showing parents how they can gauge whether their [...] -
Partscheck solves windscreen issues
- 06/05/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
National Windscreens, the UK’s largest independently owned vehicle glazing specialist, has revolutionised its capability to complete all windscreen replacement jobs ‘Right First Time’. The company has developed a unique piece of software, ‘Partscheck’, which correctly identifies the exact piece of [...]