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Gender gap widens despite diversity steps
- 23/04/2024
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Diversity within automotive is much improved, but there is still further to go. That is the verdict of the most recent report published by the IMI’s Diversity Task Force, Driving Towards Inclusion. It has revealed that the proportion of automotive employees with a disability has increased by 2.2% since the [...] -
Dealership enquiries spike on Tuesdays
- 23/04/2024
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Tuesdays are the busiest day for enquiries at dealerships, according to new research. iTrackLEADS has examined data from 400 dealerships to find that the number of enquiries was 47% higher on Tuesdays than on Fridays, while Saturdays and Sundays were the quietest days for enquiries. This reveals an evolution in [...] -
LCV values enjoy steady growth
- 23/04/2024
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Average LCV values at BCA rose by £115 – or 1.3% – to £8,855 in March 2024. This comes after the wider LCV market grew 11.1% to 52,916 units across the month to record the best March performance for three years. Growth was driven by a 45% uptick in demand for small vans, while even the large van market [...] -
Government rules out new EV grants
- 22/04/2024
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
The government has resisted industry calls to reintroduced electric car grants to boost stalling car sales among private buyers. Vehicle manufacturers and industry bodies such as the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders have urged the government to provide financial incentives to drive an increase in [...] -
Smart motorway faults exposed
- 22/04/2024
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
A new investigation has revealed the extent of safety concerns around the UKs smart motorway network. There are 193 miles of motorway with no hard shoulder in the UK, a further 63 miles where the hard shoulder is sometimes used as another lane for traffic, and 140 miles where the hard shoulder has been [...] -
Recovery rates of stolen cars plummet to 5%
- 22/04/2024
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
New figures have revealed that just 65 of the 1,169 cars stolen in Kent last year were recovered. This represents just 5.6% of vehicle thefts compared to the average of 50% that are from recovered from neighbouring areas. These figures have been revealed by specialist motor insurance loss adjuster Claims [...] -
UK car parc at highest level
- 22/04/2024
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
There were more vehicles on UK roads than ever before last year, according to data produced by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). It reported that the number of vehicles increased by 1.7% to 41,404,589 during 2023, the biggest annual growth recorded since 2016. The number of cars rose by 1.6% [...] -
Vella Group acquires Axiom to strengthen footprint
- 19/04/2024
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Categories: Featured, News
The Vella Group has acquired the Axiom Accident Repair Centres sites in Peterborough and Daventry to strengthen its footprint across the east of England. The move lifts Vella's total number of sites to 14. Axiom ARC was founded in January 2020 by Jordan Fisher and Tony Hodgson, with the opening of the first site [...] -
Whaley Bridge ARC declared first carbon negative bodyshop
- 19/04/2024
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Categories: Featured, News
Whaley Bridge Accident Repair Centre (WBARC) in Derbyshire has been recognised as the UK’s first carbon negative bodyshop. Working with Carbon Neutral Repair (CNR) since 2020, WBARC became the first accident repair centre to achieve CNR's carbon neutral status, in accordance with PAS2060 certification and [...] -
Premium prices show signs of easing
- 19/04/2024
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
New figures have revealed that car insurance premiums fell by five per cent in the last three months. According to Confused.com’s price index, produced in collaboration with WTW, comprehensive car insurance prices decreased by an average of £54 to £941. The price index analyses data from over six million [...]