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After its second year of success, Automechanika Birmingham returns to the NEC on 5-7 June 2018 with exciting plans already afoot. The plans include more workshops including a dedicated Workshop […]

3M has offered its congratulations to the five WorldSkills UK automotive refinishing finalists. The UK’s top young performers in automotive refinishing: Jordan Hemsley; Dylan Russell; Conor McKevitt; Callum Green; and […]

The cost of running a car is the main reason people are being put off learning to drive. A new poll of more than 2,000 people found that 31% said […]

TIDAL has appointed Rainbow Paints headed by Peter Dorey; Jason Andrew’s Turner Supplies; and FMP Motor Factors headed by Colin Thomas as official Alliance Partners. The three strategic appointments further […]

Twenty six automotive apprentices and students from across the four nations have made it through to The Skills Show final in front of 70,000 spectators held at the NEC in […]

LV= has trimmed its workforce by nearly 10% in the last year as it strives to cut costs by £40m. The insurer says that the vast majority of the cuts […]

About 20% of all miles driven are on a motorway, but many motorists still find them intimidating. The RAC Foundation is now leading a campaign to make them ‘welcoming and […]

Orio has launched the ‘Parts for Life’ initiative offering a lifetime warranty on original Saab parts as well as helping to raise money to protect endangered wildlife species. Orio, the […]

Honda has announced that electrified technology will now feature in every new car model launched in Europe. The announcement was made by president and CEO Takahiro Hachigo at the 2017 […]

A new product support engineer has been appointed by ZF Services UK, responsible for driving forward its technical support and mentoring. Simon Ackroyd has been appointed to the role, and […]

Drivers forgetting to renew their MoT on time have been fined over £35m in the last five years, Carbuyer has revealed. A Freedom of Information request to the 45 police […]

The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has found that Tesla’s Autopilot system was partly to blame for a fatal accident in which a Model S collided with a lorry. […]