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UK manufacturing suffers November fall

UK car manufacturing fell 4.6% in November, according to figures released by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). It found that 161,490 cars left British factories last month, […]

VW UK extends scrappage scheme

Volkswagen UK is extending its successful Scrappage Upgrade scheme into 2018, further encouraging the switch to its latest generation, lower-emission new cars. Almost 5,000 older diesel vehicles that comply with […]

Clarke joins PPG

PPG Refinish UK has announced Mark Clarke as the new national sales manager. Mark has a wealth of experience having joined the refinish market over 40 years ago, working in […]

Have a van-tastic Christmas

Britain’s van drivers could make as many deliveries as Santa himself this Christmas. Only a third of van drivers will be taking time off over Christmas (33%) to spend the […]

Motorclaimguru wins award

Motorclaimguru has won the ‘motor insurance advisory of the year’ award for Wealth & Finance International. Wealth & Finance International claims to provide a platform to the brightest, best performing […]

Wesprayanycar enters the fray

Wesprayanycar has entered the refinish market supply chain with ambitions to do what its namesake did for used car buying. The man behind the business Dale Tate, and his business […]

NBRA stars in Channel 4 investigation

Tom Curtis, NBRA head of market operations, has made an appearance on Channel 4’s programme Supershoppers. The broadcaster requested NBRA’s help because many people had ‘nightmare stories’ with car hire […]

Sonne enjoys first year

Hella Sonne has enjoyed a successful first year in the UK, in the process establishing some true partnerships along the way. A shining example of this comes in the example […]

L&I Eaton opts for ACIS

L&I Eaton has rolled out ACIS’s web-based Ascribe technology at its latest flagship Accident Repair Centre in Edinburgh. The technology is fitting of the state-of-the-art facility which described as more […]

Insurance Pal funds social premiums

Peer-to-peer insurers Insure Pal is hoping to raise £15m in an Initial Coin Offering to fund its UK motor launch in the first half of 2018. Insure Pal offers lower […]

Covea and Calderdale brew success

Covéa Insurance has joined with Calderdale College to support students with learning difficulties and disabilities, to gain practical work experience and provide enhanced prospects of paid work. In 2017, the […]

Recruitment directors

Revive! expands mobile flying squad

Revive! has added two more technicians to its mobile sales division. As the volume of national accounts work continues to increase, Revive! has recruited Maidstone based Thomas Harrison to the […]