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No Payne, no gain

Following the successful acquisition of its Northampton site, East Midlands Renault Truck dealer, RH Commercial Vehicles (RHCV) has appointed a Rachel Payne as dealer point manager to bolster the site’s […]

Drive Midlands gets into gear

Drive Midlands, which supports and promotes the region’s automotive industry, is launching a new programme for the supply chain within the area. The Drive Midlands Automotive Partnership will provide sector-specific […]

Wednesbury site joins Fix network

Fix Auto UK recently demonstrated its strategy of having potential franchisees poised to join the network with Wednesbury-based Central Accident Repairs. The 27,000sqft repair centre which also has an IMI […]

SMMT to host automotive conference

The British motor industry is set to benefit from a new two-day conference aimed at improving quality across the automotive supply chain. The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) […]

AW Repair Group opens eighth site

AW Repair Group has announced the opening of site number eight in an exclusive arrangement with LV= General Insurance (LV= GI), taking the company’s annualised turnover to £17m. The 12,000sqft […]

Four new dealers join SsangYong

SsangYong has announced the appointment of four new dealers, and Justin Lamba as the new dealer recruitment manager. A further four new dealers have joined the SsangYong networking, including: Broach […]

Cybercrime up 63%

The latest Office for National Statistics (ONS) reports show that incidents involving computer misuse and malware against business are way up. There were 4.7 million incidents of fraud and computer […]

Matt Vella joins Polestar

Matt Vella has joined Polestar’s global public relations and communications team. Following a career in technology and business journalism, Matt is responsible for global media relations, helping to deliver and […]

Companies begin graphene research

Briggs Automotive Company (BAC) has received funding to undertake research on lightweight material graphene, with a view to pushing the technology towards production-readiness for the automotive industry. The road-legal, single-seater supercar […]

Phil Popham new Lotus appointment

Group Lotus plc has announced the appointment of Phil Popham as senior vice-president – commercial operations for Group Lotus and CEO – Lotus Sports Cars, effective from 1 October 2018. […]

BVRLA ready for future mobility

Introducing electric car club fleets, setting up new integrated mobility platforms or helping businesses to roll-out plug in cars and vans, BVRLA members are driving the uptake of new mobility […]

Argentina to get electric buses

Equipmake has announced that it has signed a partnership with Brazilian commercial vehicle manufacturer, Agrale, to engineer a powertrain for a new electric bus, which will go on sale in […]