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bodyshop Event sponsor interview – AutoFlow
- 04/09/2018
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Here we speak to one of our proud sponsors AutoFlow, managing director Chris Yates, about his thoughts and experience with the bodyshop Event & Awards. What are you most looking forward to about the bodyshop Event & Awards? I am really looking forward to meeting up with our customers first [...] -
Dyson investing in EV testing
- 04/09/2018
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Dyson has plans to invest £200m in a vehicle testing campus as it continues with plans to launch an electric vehicle (EV) in 2020. Dyson announced in 2017 that it had started work on a battery for EVs due by 2020. Details on the EV itself have not been revealed, but Dyson announced last year that it had [...] -
Fix Auto promotes Paul Smith
- 04/09/2018
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
After joining Fix Auto UK 11 months ago, key account manager Paul Smith has been promoted to head of key accounts. Reporting directly to Ian Pugh, the move has been made to reflect the role Paul, who joined the organisation in October last year, has been undertaking since March. He will oversee all of Fix Auto [...] -
September to have most MoTs
- 04/09/2018
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
September looks set to be the biggest month in history for MoT tests and could hand garages, mechanics and service providers one of their biggest boosts ever, according to MyCarNeedsA.com. More than 2.6m cars were registered in 2015, with September alone seeing 462,517 registrations according to figures released [...] -
Outdated hazard perception tests
- 04/09/2018
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
New research from LV= General Insurance has found that over half (53%) of newly qualified drivers – almost two million people - say the current hazard perception test is out of date and is in need of modernisation. The current test contains hazards such as cyclists, cars turning ahead and horse riders, but new [...] -
TIDAL partner with BASF
- 04/09/2018
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
TIDAL Alliance signs partnership agreement with BASF to supply R-M and baslac to the UK refinish market. The new partnership will see TIDAL offer R-M and exclusively introduce baslac into the UK market. Paul Blunt, director TIDAL UK said, ‘Obviously, we are delighted to be working with BASF on this exciting [...] -
Ultra-Low Emissions Streets
- 04/09/2018
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
The Road Haulage Association is surprised at the decision by Hackney and Islington councils to ban petrol and diesel vehicles from several streets in the two London boroughs. Ultra-Low Emissions Streets sees non-compliant vehicles prohibited from nine roads near Old Street during peak times in a bid – the [...] -
True cost of owning a car
- 04/09/2018
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
According to recent data analysis by Moneybarn, people living in East Anglia are feeling the biggest pinch when it comes to the cost of car ownership, spending 24% of their monthly salaries (£437) on their motors. The average monthly salary is £1,800, the lowest of all the UK regions analysed. Interestingly, [...] -
HELLA sales of FTZ and Inter-Team
- 04/09/2018
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
HELLA has concluded the sale of the Danish and Polish wholesale businesses FTZ and Inter-Team. After approval by the antitrust authorities responsible, both companies were transferred to the Swedish wholesaler Mekonomen. Subject to the terms of the transaction, the purchase price amounts to €395m. ‘We are [...] -
Grove acquires Avon Auto Colours
- 04/09/2018
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
The Grove Group has acquired the remaining branches of Avon Auto Colours. The business and assets were transferred on 1 September. The acquisition will grow the Grove network, increasing the number of branches from nine to 11 in England, Scotland and Wales. Avon Auto Colours opened in 1982 in the Bristol area, [...]