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Autoglass raises €1.5m for charity
- 29/10/2019
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Autoglass has raised €1.5m for global charity partner Afrika Tikkun at the 2019 Spirit of Belron challenge. The event saw employees from over 20 countries running, swimming and cycling to raise vital funds for Afrika Tikkun, which provides education, health and social services to young people in South [...] -
EV training underway at ACIS
- 29/10/2019
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
ACIS has staged the first of a series of vehicle technology seminars to prepare the crash repair market for the onslaught of electric vehicle (EV) and advanced driver assist systems (ADAS). Ed Matthews of RWC Training took ACIS employees and sales staff through their paces on vehicle technology at ACIS’s offices [...] -
Stanners to demonstrate at LKQ event
- 28/10/2019
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Stanners Equipment plans to demonstrate its new hand-held UV LED lamp at LKQ’s bodyshop technical and training event in Milton Keynes on 30 October. Stanners has introduced the new UV LED lamp in response to the increasing number of fast track repairs and smaller size refinish jobs which use UV paint systems [...] -
Middlesbrough launches new Ford Store
- 28/10/2019
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Lookers Ford Middlesbrough hosted its first Ford Family Festival event to celebrate the completion of its recent transformation. There was something for everybody at the open day, which celebrated all things Ford, including a display of classic models, from heritage Mustangs to a WRC Ford Fiesta rally [...] -
Volta Trucks partners with Prodrive
- 28/10/2019
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Prodrive is working with Volta Trucks to help engineer its 16-tonne electric HGV designed, not only to meet zero emissions requirements, but also to help keep vulnerable road users safer in crowded urban environments. The Volta Trucks concept HGV positions its driver low down, centrally and forward of the front [...] -
MINI partners with EVEC
- 28/10/2019
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
MINI UK has announced its official partnership with the Electric Vehicle Experience Centre (EVEC), Milton Keynes. As part of the new partnership two MINI Countryman Plug-In Hybrid1 vehicles have joined the Experience fleet and are on display so visitors can explore the car or book a test-drive. In March next year [...] -
FLA appoints new director general
- 28/10/2019
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
The Finance & Leasing Association’s chairman and board have announced that Stephen Haddrill has been appointed director general of the FLA and will take up his role in early December. Haddrill has had an extensive Whitehall career, and also held numerous senior industry positions, including chief executive [...] -
DHMB plans UK expansion
- 28/10/2019
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
DHMB, Yorkshire’s largest cosmetic vehicle repairer, is set to expand throughout the UK following a multi-million pound deal. Phil Newstead, an experienced Yorkshire businessman, has become the co-owner of the Leeds-based company. He joins founder Dan Besau at the helm of DHMB, which boasts most of the [...] -
Fix Auto Skegness celebrates 10 years
- 25/10/2019
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
In recognition of its 10-year anniversary of being part of the Fix Auto UK network, the owners of Fix Auto Skegness, Joe and Peter Chapman, have been presented with a commemorative plaque by Fix Auto UK’s Ian Pugh. Peter said: “The time has flown! It’s hard to believe we have been part of Fix Auto UK for 10 [...] -
Thatcham launches IMI-accredited ADAS course
- 25/10/2019
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Following the launch of industry-first ADAS repair guidelines in May, Thatcham Research has announced new IMI-accredited ADAS calibration training designed to close an emerging skills gap. The new course will provide vital competencies to technicians, including how to interpret information relating to a specific [...]