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U-Pol’s Raptor gains industry interest

The wave of interest from a varied body of businesses following U-Pol’s attendance at the recent Commercial Vehicle Show has furthered the success of the Raptor Coatings System. The Wellingborough-based […]

Frost & Sullivan Intelligent Mobility event

Frost & Sullivan will be evaluating the future of transport, new mobility business models and the digital transformation of the automotive industry at its tenth annual Intelligent Mobility event. Leading […]

Axalta renews Movistar Yamaha sponsorship

Axalta Coating Systems has been confirmed as an Official Sponsor of the Movistar Yamaha MotoGP team for the 2018 MotoGP World Championship. This renewal of the sponsorship, which was signed […]

AkzoNobel inspires Apollo Motor apprentices

AkzoNobel has helped inspire the vehicle repair industry ‘talent pipeline’ in the south of England at the Apollo Motor Group academy open day. The open day, attended by the Lord […]

Volvo and Amazon offer test drives

Motorists in the UK can now book test drives with Amazon through a collaboration between Prime Now, and Volvo Car UK. The ‘Prime Now test drive’ initiative allows customers to […]

Smartdriverclub hunts ghost-brokers

Smartdriverclub Insurance has seen a 14% rise in policies that have been ghost-brokered over the past year. In response, the insurance provider is using its data analytics skills to identify […]

EMaC relaunches corporate identity

EMaC is relaunching its corporate identity to reflect its ambitions to bring to market a wider suite of services designed to enhance dealer profitability. The new identity reflects its own […]

Test drives increase sales

Cooper Solutions encourages dealers to recognise the power of a test drive as new research from What Car? reveals more consumers expect to test drive more than two models the […]

Inchcape opens new Mercedes centre

Inchcape UK has opened a new Mercedes Benz retail centre in Coventry. The flagship showroom and service centre are located on John Wigley Way and replaces Inchcape’s previous Mercedes Benz […]

Jaguar opens new service centre

A new Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) service centre has opened on Bailey Drive in Christchurch, Dorset, following a £7m first phase investment in the brands by the Westover Group. The […]

Cost cutting can cost bodyshops

Bodyshops are being urged to beware of expensive economy measures. Managers often see data subscriptions, equipment servicing and recalibration as easy cost cutting targets. Allowing subscriptions to vehicle set-up data […]

Medium sized cars hold popularity

The non-premium, medium sized car segment remains very popular with car buyers. Some of the UK’s most popular cars sit within the medium sized segment, the Ford Focus, Volkswagen Golf […]