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Climb4Cancer fundraising reaches new heights

In May a group representing the Irish accident repair industry and their motor trade partners took on the gruelling Climb4Cancer four peaks challenge to raise funds for the Irish Cancer […]

Nicky and Movac target Olympics

ACIS member, Movac Group is supporting British hopeful, Nicky Hunt, in her quest for Rio 2016 Olympic glory. Nicky is set to take part in a crucial European competition in […]

IAM urges promotion of road safety

The Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM) is urging the new government to increase its efforts in promoting road safety by giving targeted enforcement a higher priority. With the yet-to-be-revealed figures […]

Google car ‘rear-ended’

Co-founder of tech giant Google, Sergey Brin, has revealed that one its self-driving cars was involved in an incident, taking the total number of accidents to 12. The Telegraph reports […]

Mazda airbag recall in Japan

Reuters reports that Mazda has recalled 75,000 cars in Japan to replace airbag inflators made by Takata Corp after the Japanese supplier was ordered to expand a multi-million-vehicle recall in […]

Axalta adds cosmetic assessment

Axalta Coating Systems has added a new ATA Cosmetic Repair Technician assessment to its training offering in the UK, for each of its three global refinish brands – Cromax, Spies […]

Smart parking set to soar

The parking industry in Europe is rapidly innovating towards ‘smart’ by using adapted technologies from the communications and IT industry. Migration to intelligent parking systems, rapid progression of wireless technologies, […]

O2 considers car insurance market

Telecommunications services provider O2 is currently looking at the possibility of entering the car insurance market. Sources say that the network provider sent surveys out to some of its customers […]

Diesel discrimination is ‘unjustified’

The European Automobile Manufacturer’s Association (ACEA) has voiced its surprise and disappointment at yesterday’s announcement that Euro 6 diesel cars will not be included in Category 1 of the new […]

Real-time maps becoming reality

TomTom (TOM2) has today launched the world’s first NDS (Navigation Data Standard) powered navigation portal giving users access to fresher maps. This portal called ‘MyDrive’ can be used to plan […]

Local charities urged to ‘click and claim’

EDAM Group has launched a new charitable website encouraging local charities to visit and apply for up to £50,000 of charitable funds. The new ‘wheelsforgood’ website- launched this week- has […]

Valspar snaps up Quest

Quest Specialty Chemicals has completed the sale of the Quest Automotive Products and Quest Industrial Products businesses to The Valspar Corporation. The two Quest divisions account for approximately $190 million […]