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Ghost broking on the rise
- 16/03/2020
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
New research has found that ghost broking on the rise. Ghost broking is the sale of sale but fake car insurance, or the sale of genuine policies but with various details changed, making the policy invalid. This is according to exclusive data for This is Money from Which?. It revealed that 50 of its members [...] -
Fix Auto Skegness invests to grow secure parking
- 13/03/2020
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Fix Auto Skegness has invested to buy the land adjacent to its repair centre in order to increase the secure space for car storage. Owners Joe and Peter Chapman (pictured) have invested in the additional plot which is suitable to store more than 35 vehicles as well as a building that they have converted into a [...] -
Copart reassures customers on coronavirus
- 13/03/2020
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Copart UK, the global vehicle remarketing business, has reassured its customers that it is fully prepared to deal with any further fallout from coronavirus. Handling over 400,000 vehicles on behalf of their customers every year, Copart has the logistical discipline required to collect, assess, [...] -
Allianz names new security chief
- 13/03/2020
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Allianz UK has appointed Jamie Whitcombe-Jones as chief information security officer. Reporting to chief operating officer Stephanie Smith, he will have company-wide responsibility for information security across Allianz Insurance and LV= GI. Smith said: “With LV= GI now part of our Allianz [...] -
Motorpoint named among best employers
- 13/03/2020
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Motorpoint has been named one of the Sunday Times Best Companies to Work For in the UK for a sixth consecutive year. It featured in the Sunday Times Top-100 Best Mid-Sized Companies to Work For category. The honour comes only a matter of weeks since Motorpoint became one of a select number of [...] -
Pothole funding ‘doesn’t go far enough’
- 13/03/2020
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Despite the government pledging £500m to solve the pothole crisis in Wednesday’s Budget, more than two million potholes could remain unrepaired each year, according to new research by Citroen UK. Last year’s 2019 Annual Local Authority Road Maintenance (ALARM) report showed councils in England and Wales were [...] -
Fine Cars joins SsangYong network
- 13/03/2020
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
SsangYong Motors UK has announced a new dealer to its growing network – Fine Cars, trading as Fine Cars SsangYong. Fine Cars SsangYong, which also operates the Kia franchise, first opened its doors in 1982 and is still a family-owned business. It has four sites including two show rooms and offers a range of [...] -
PSA’s Jones named Woman of the Year
- 13/03/2020
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Groupe PSA’s UK group managing director and senior vice-president Alison Jones was named as the Barbara Cox Woman of the Year by Cox Automotive. She collected the award at the Women With Drive event, which coincided with International Women’s Day. Jones said: "I feel very privileged to be recognised by the [...] -
RWC supports St Lucia’s EV uptake
- 12/03/2020
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
RWC has been contracted to support the government of St Lucia in its drive for electric vehicle (EV) uptake by providing internationally recognised training to the Caribbean Island’s automotive technicians. Getting underway in December 2019 with 15 automotive technicians undergoing the internationally recognised [...] -
Parking prangs often unreported
- 12/03/2020
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
New research has revealed that nearly a third (32%) of UK motorists would choose to drive away if they damaged a car while parking rather than tell the owner, with men more likely to simply drive away than women (36% to 28%). The study of over 2,000 UK drivers, by online car parts supplier Euro Car Parts found that [...]