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Lords to report on driverless cars

The House of Lords Science and Technology Committee will publish its report ‘Connected and Autonomous Vehicles: The future?’ on Wednesday 15 March. The report sets out recommendations for the government […]

Alton Cars apprentice day hits capacity

Alton Cars is all set to host over 300 young people during its ‘apprentice day’ tomorrow (Saturday 11 March) at its flagship site in Leeds. The format of the day […]

Tyre Company gets customer approval

The Tyre Equipment Company has been awarded a Feefo Gold Trusted Service Award, an independent seal of excellence that recognises businesses for delivering exceptional experiences, rated by real customers. Trusted […]

Joint venture to make EVs in Leamington Spa

More than 400 new jobs will be created in Leamington Spa after Detroit Electric signed a joint venture deal with Far East Smarter Energy Group of China worth $1.8bn. The […]

Meet the Buyer back at Automechanika

The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) will bring the UK automotive industry together at a special event in Birmingham this summer as part of efforts to boost supply […]

JLR breaks ground on redevelopment

Jaguar Land Rover has begun construction work on a £200m redevelopment of its design and engineering centre at Gaydon in Warwickshire. The company says the expansion will create one of […]

‘It’s been another phenomenal year’

The Wheel Specialist’s 2017 annual conference highlighted the growing demand for alloy wheel refurbishments, with the franchise completing nearly 106,000 wheel refurbs last year alone. Diamond Cut wheel refurbishment saw […]

Could EVs solve domestic energy riddle?

Cenex has announced the UK’s first domestic vehicle-to-grid unit which provides power to a home through the owner’s electric vehicle (EV). Developed through the Ebbs and Flows of Energy Systems […]

Discount rate blamed for rising COR

Aviva has blamed the change in the discount rate for a combined operating ratio (COR) of 112.3% in 2016. It says without the change it would have reported a COR […]

AW appoints group operations manager

AW Repair Group has appointed James Dunn as group operations manager. James, who joined the company nine years ago as a branch manager, will now oversee the five site operation. […]

First Low Emission Zone introduced in London

London mayor Sadiq Khan has introduced a Low Emission Bus Zone to a street that exceeded legal levels of nitrogen dioxide on 1,248 occasions in 2016. Putney High Street missed […]