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Last chance to pre-register for BE2015
- 21/09/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Today is the last chance to pre-register for the bodyshop Event 2015 - BE2015. With the event now only three days away and places strictly limited, today is the last chance to pre-register for what promises to be another great occasion. Friday’s daytime exhibition provides a mecca for discussion, meeting [...] -
New dates for Volvo course
- 21/09/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Due to a continued overwhelming response, Volvo Cars UK has made available a further one day product/technology update course for its latest information on Volvo’s range of cars. The next session date is 14 December 2015 and 8 January 2016. The course is held at Volvo’s training and development facility in [...] -
Business backed by new Enterprise Bill
- 21/09/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
The government has published an Enterprise Bill that aims to back business to drive growth, create more jobs and ensure economic security for all. The bill will help tackle the scandal of late payments holding back many small businesses, ensure high quality apprenticeships, and make further cuts to burdensome red [...] -
UK road death figures revealed
- 21/09/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
UK road death figures revealed The Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM) has obtained a breakdown of figures showing the numbers of people killed and seriously injured on roads in England and Wales for the last full year by police force area – showing which were the best and worst performing areas. The figures [...] -
Motorists unwittingly driving illegally
- 21/09/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
A staggering 1.5 million motorists in the UK are unwittingly, driving illegally as their vehicles have not got a valid MOT. Motoring.co.uk has undertaken a survey of 20,000 motorists and the results have given dramatic figures. With this snapshot of the population, 1,663 motorists have not got a valid MOT for their [...] -
IFB evolution ‘on track’
- 21/09/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
The evolution of the Insurance Fraud Bureau (IFB) is ‘on track,’ according to the Bureau’s strategy project board Chair, Mihir Pandya. Following a cross-industry consultation in 2014, the IFB’s new five-year strategy (2015 – 2019) was launched, with two primary areas of development [...] -
VW apologise for emissions error
- 21/09/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Volkswagen has apologised after US regulators found some of its cars disguised pollution levels. VW chief executive, Martin Winterkorn said, ‘I personally am deeply sorry that we have broken the trust of our customers and the public.’ An investigation has now been launched into the device that allowed VW [...] -
Cuvva to launch Pay and Go insurance
- 21/09/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Insurance provider Cuvva, will offer a new type of UK car insurance through a smartphone app that gets you covered on a car for only as long as you need it. The Scottish based firm offer temporary insurance cover to those who have borrowed someone else’s car and the customer selects how long they require cover [...] -
Zurich abandons RSA deal
- 21/09/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Zurich Insurance has announced that it has finished discussions with RSA and does not plan to make a bid. The insurer had previously announced in July that it was considering buying RSA for £5.6bn. RSA said that Zurich's decision not to proceed had not been a result of anything unexpected in the due diligence [...] -
Blaze rips through Central Sports Cars
- 18/09/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
A number of luxury supercars worth hundreds of thousands of pounds have been destroyed after a fire tore through a car bodyshop. Eight fire crews tackled the severe blaze which took hold of Central Sports Cars in Stourbridge, West Mids, at around 4.30pm on Thursday. More than 30 firefighters had to withdraw from [...]