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FCA announces changes to Maserati leadership team
- 04/07/2019
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles has announced two changes to its leadership team. Davide Grasso joins FCA from Nike as chief operating officer of Maserati, while Harald Wester assumes the role of executive chairman of Maserati, while his responsibilities as chief technical officer will expand to include global [...] -
FTA backs South West ‘powerhouse’
- 04/07/2019
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
The FTA has urged the government to ahead with plans to renew transport infrastructure in the South West. It was reacting to the launch of the Public Accounts Committee’s Inquiry Report into transport infrastructure in the region. Chris Yarsley, FTA’s policy manager for the South West of England, said, 'As [...] -
Fix Auto network celebrates M25 double
- 04/07/2019
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Fix Auto UK has increased the number of franchisees located inside the M25 and the Home Counties following the signing of two new businesses. The network has welcomed DML Car Body Repairs who are based in Mitcham, and Accident Repairs Heathrow to the network. The sites will now operate as Fix Auto Mitcham and Fix [...] -
Tesla earns top Euro NCAP safety ratings
- 03/07/2019
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Euro NCAP’s latest safety testing has awarded the maximum five-star rating to models from DS, Kia, Mercedes-Benz, Škoda and Tesla. The Tesla Model 3 and Škoda Scala have been highly praised for their all-round safety performance in this group of five-star rated cars. Matthew Avery, director of research, [...] -
‘Car ownership a thing of the past’
- 03/07/2019
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Oxford now has more shared electric vehicles per head of population than any other UK city with the roll out of 10 new car club EVs on the city’s streets. The cars are available to anyone for pay-as-you-go hire which means residents and visitors to Oxford have more opportunity to make their journeys in a [...] -
BBC turns up for REAL Rally
- 03/07/2019
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Two apprentices from AW Repair Group’s Training & Apprenticeship Academy were on BBC Look North last week on the starting grid of The AutoRaise REAL Rally. This is the first time AW Repair Group has joined the rally, but it's a cause close to the company's ethos. With 20 young people now in AW’s Training [...] -
‘I put 100% into everything’
- 03/07/2019
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
An automotive tools entrepreneur has won a national business award for young people. Craig Bishop, 32, was named ‘Young Franchisee of the Year’ in the British Franchise Association (bfa) HSBC Franchise Awards. Out of hundreds of entries from across the UK, Craig, who runs his successful Snap-on franchise [...] -
Santander expands partnership with Aston Barclay
- 03/07/2019
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Santander Consumer Finance (UK) plc has expanded its remarketing partnership with Aston Barclay via the addition of monthly sales at its state-of-the-art Wakefield site. The development, which builds upon the highly successful three-year remarketing partnership already in place at Aston Barclays’ Prees Heath [...] -
V12 Finance secures stock funding facility
- 03/07/2019
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
V12 Vehicle Finance, the new vehicle dealer stock funding and financing proposition from Secure Trust Bank, has signed its first dealer stock funding facility with Yorkshire Sports & Prestige Ltd. The new stock funding product was opened to applications just two weeks after V12 Vehicle Finance, in strategic [...] -
ACIS puts a gloss on Mazda bodyshop strategy
- 03/07/2019
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Mazda UK has signed a new contract with ACIS as part of a shared auto paint distribution deal to its 106 approved bodyshops in the UK. The iconic Japanese brand has appointed the UK’s leading distributor to the accident repair sector as part of an agreement which guarantees [...]