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Tech giants team-up

Alphabet Inc’s Waymo has partnered with Lyft Inc with plans to test autonomous cars on public roads. The move comes in light of a breakdown in relationships between Waymo and […]

DLG man scoops mentor prize

Mentor Aidan Pickles of DLG Auto Services has scooped Thatcham Research’s Apprentice Mentor of the Year Award. Aidan collected the award at the recent British Bodyshop Awards, along with apprentice […]

SOS gets industry call

Autoflow and Vizion, in partnership with Save Our Solider (SOS), have developed a jobs portal for the automotive accident repair industry. The move comes off the back of well-known industry […]

MIB appoints COO

The Motor Insurers’ Bureau has appointed Anna Fleming to the role of chief operating officer, following her role as acting chief claims officer at Zurich. Anna will bring her knowledge […]

Fix flying the charity flag

Five teams will be flying the Fix Auto UK flag during the three-day REAL Rally charity challenge which gets underway later this week. Phil Whitaker and Steve Lawrence of Fix […]

Toyota backs flying car

Toyota is set to back Cartivator group engineers in a bid to develop a flying car. The vehicle manufacturer has agreed in principle to support the project to the sum […]

Having a ball

Places at the AutoRaise Summer Ball, which takes place on Friday 23 June in London, are now available at a special ‘summer time’ booking rate. Taking place at the Thames-side […]

Double joy for Nationwide

Nationwide is celebrating winning two industry awards – Best Loved Bodyshop and Best for Customer Individual of the Year. Nationwide Torbay collected the Best Loved Bodyshop award from LV= Insurance. […]

Opening up on the road

The car has become today’s confessional with a new study finding that people talk more openly on the road than anywhere else. Research from Renault UK found that more than […]

Falling profits blamed on Discount Rate

Allianz UK seen first quarter profits fall from £47.4m last year to £37.5m. It says though, that without the discount rate change its profits would have been £46.8m. Meanwhile, its […]

The road to Wigan peer

Fix Auto UK has strengthened its position in the north west by adding S&D Pollitt Ltd to its network as Fix Auto Wigan. Owned and managed by brothers Dave and […]

Industry and MPs aligned

The Environmental Audit Committee’s report into the future of chemicals regulation after Brexit has been welcomed by the British Coatings Federation (BCF). BCF claims the report was aligned with the […]