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IMI calls for EV training fund

The IMI has urged the government to allocate a portion of the £400m set aside for electric vehicle infrastructure to training the technicians who will work on these vehicles. Steve […]

Phone use yields £5.5m in fines

Police in Britain have handed out over 27,000 fines to drivers for illegally using a mobile phone since March this year, when the penalty for the offence doubled. Research by […]

Apprenticeship numbers fall by 59%

The BBC reports there has been a big fall in the number of workers starting apprenticeships since the introduction of the government’s apprenticeship levy earlier this year. According to Department […]

Volvo takes used website accolade

The Volvo Selekt Approved Used Car website has been named Best Used Car Website in the What Car? Used Car Awards 2018. The Volvo Selekt website was honoured for its […]

Pro-Align and Texa team up

Pro-Align and TEXA have joined forces to help workshops overcome one of the biggest challenges they currently face, resetting advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS). Pro-Align has teamed up with TEXA […]

CitNOW strengthens sales force

CitNOW has appointed Ollie Parsons as UK head of sales and client services. He brings over a decade of experience with blue-chip vehicle manufacturers, including two stints with BMW where […]

New lease of life for Goblin

British engineering company Goblin is being revived as Goblin Works Garage. Goblin was launched 75 years ago but closed in 1981. Now Jimmy DeVille, engineer, adventurer, petrolhead and former soldier, […]

Nippon muscles in on possible merger

Nippon Paint Holdings Co Ltd has made an all-cash offer to acquire US coatings company Axalta Coating Systems Ltd, reports Reuters. Nippon Paint confirmed it has made ‘a proposal’ to […]

UN regulation to save lives

New UN regulation on automatic emergency call system for road traffic accidents will reduce response times and save lives. Every second counts in a road traffic emergency; reducing the time […]

Chancellor unveils Autumn Budget

Chancellor Philip Hammond has allocated an extra £2.3bn for the research and development of new technologies, with a further £540m supporting the growth of electric cars, including the installation of […]

TSC welcomes CAV’s in Budget

In his budget today, Chancellor Philip Hammond is expected to announce that driverless cars will be able to be tested without any human operator inside or outside the car, and […]

UK aftersales revenue up £6.4m

UK aftersales departments are benefitting from a £6.4m revenue boost as vehicle health check completion rates continue to rise. Data from electronic vehicle health check provider autoVHC, which sampled 500 […]