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New car market declines in September

New car registrations declined -9.3% in September to 426,170 units. The market is now -3.9% down on 2016 which equates to 2,066,411m registered. Sales of alternative fuel vehicles continue to […]

Fix Auto scores hat-trick at #BE2017

Fix Auto UK is celebrating again after collecting three awards during the 2017 bodyshop Awards, held on Friday night at Birmingham’s Hilton Metropole Hotel. Reflecting its investment in an innovative […]

Revive! West Lincs makes awards shortlist

Revive! West Lincs is one of four finalists nominated for the SME Business of the Year category in the Lincolnshire Media Business Awards 2017. The winner will be announced at […]

WNS wins Century contract

Century Underwriting has chosen WNS Assistance to handle its motor claims. With the desire to deliver a complete end-to-end service with customer satisfaction, Century Underwriting appointed Richard Metcalfe as its […]

Ford seeks 1,000 UK technicians

Ford dealers in the UK are hiring up to 1,000 technicians to support its push into self-driving cars, and electric and hybrid engines. Andy Barratt, chairman and managing director of […]

UK Innovation Centre opens doors

GKN has opened a new UK Innovation Centre for its automotive division, which will focus on developing state-of-the-art vehicle technologies and systems. The centre, in Abingdon, Oxfordshire, will use GKN’s […]

Industry partners for safety initiative

The National Auto Body Council (NABC), Caliber Collision and State Farm teamed up recently with the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety to host a First Responder Emergency Extrication (FREE) training […]

Road deaths hit five-year high

Fatalities on British roads hit a five-year high last year, with pedestrian deaths up 10% and car occupant fatalities rising by eight per cent. Department for Transport (DfT) figures revealed […]

Paul Pancham joins AGL board

Activate Group Limited (AGL) has appointed Paul Pancham, currently claims director at Tesco Underwriting Ltd, as a non-executive director. Paul will provide AGL with specialist knowledge, skills and assistance, while […]

Symach supports European expansion

Symach has installed its versatile FixStation product in five Carglass branches in Belgium. They include Ans, Anvers, Drogenbos, Hasselt and Charleroi. Each location now contains a double cabin as well […]

Audatex introduces latest technology

Audatex has launched the most advanced version of its vehicle damage assessment and estimate solution, Audaenterprisegold 4.0. Audaenterprisegold 4.0 utilises new advancements in Audatex’s technology to launch new features which […]

Fleet costs mount up

There are an estimated three million company cars on the roads and roughly one in three will be involved in an accident each year. Over 17% of these incidents will […]