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Fix Auto’s inspirational Alena Woolacott collects 30% Club award
- 15/03/2024
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Alena Woolacott was honoured by the Automotive 30% Club on Wednesday when, during The Institute of the Motor Industry Awards Dinner, she received her Inspiring Automotive Women Award. The Fix Auto Mid Devon and Newton Abbott finance director was one of 17 recipients who gathered at the Hotel Intercontinental in [...] -
NFDA spotlights apprentice successes
- 15/02/2024
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Drive My Career has hosted its sixth DMC Apprentice Takeover campaign to spotlight the numerous apprenticeship opportunities available within the automotive retail sector. Held to mark National Apprenticeship Week earlier this month, the campaign encouraged National Franchised Dealer Association members to showcase [...] -
Inspiring duo recognised in Automotive 30% Club Awards
- 24/01/2024
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Categories: Featured, News
Fix Auto Mid Devon finance director Alena Woolacott and Solus area operations manager Steph Brindley have been named among the 17 2024 Inspiring Automotive Women Award winners. They will be presented with their awards at a prestigious ceremony hosted by the Automotive 30% Club in London on 13 March, when the [...] -
IMI names Muir and Forrester as vice-presidents
- 07/12/2023
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
The Institute of the Motor industry (IMI) has appointed both Julia Muir Hon FIMI, founder of the Automotive 30% Club, and Robert Forrester, chief executive and co-founder of Vertu Motors, as vice-presidents. Muir has advocated for stronger female representation in the automotive sector throughout her 30-plus-year [...] -
CarGurus MD joins Automotive 30% Club
- 12/10/2023
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
UK managing director of CarGurus Amanda Symonds has joined the Automotive 30% Club. The club is a voluntary group of MDs and CEOs from automotive manufacturing, retailing, and supplier companies dedicated to improving gender balance across the automotive industry. It aims to fill at least 30% of key leadership [...] -
IMI becomes Automotive 30% Club sponsor
- 18/09/2023
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
The Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI) has become the key sponsor of the Automotive 30% Club for 2023/24. The Club was founded in 2016 with the purpose of encouraging inclusive leadership and achieving a better gender balance within the industry. This new sponsorship supports its aim of creating forums for [...] -
IMI COO secures prestigious Automotive 30% Club award
- 18/05/2023
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Institute of Motor Industry’ chief operating officer and Diversity Task Force lead Lesley Woolley has been named as one of this year’s Automotive 30% Club Inspiring Automotive Women Award winners. The Awards were launched to recognise and celebrate the unsung heroes of the automotive industry. Unique in the [...] -
IAAF chief joins Automotive 30% Club
- 17/11/2022
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Chief executive of the Independent Automotive Aftermarket Federation (IAAF) Mark Field has become the latest member of the Automotive 30% Club. Founded by Julia Muir, the club is a voluntary group of MDs and CEOs from automotive manufacturing, retailing and supplier companies looking to create fair gender [...] -
Closing the automotive gender gap
- 18/10/2021
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
“Equality” – such an emotive word, isn’t it? It’s something that we should all be entitled to from birth and in whatever walk of life, yet the gender gap in the workplace, and specifically in the automotive sector, still has a long way to go. Research from global mobility brand Lynk & Co and global [...]