• Manufacturing sees best Q1 since 2004
    • 28/04/2016
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Categories: Magazine, News
    British car manufacturing continued its strong growth in March with output increasing 9.8% to 159,074 units, according to figures released today by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). Overseas demand showed the biggest gains, up 14.3% in the month, while production for the home market was broadly [...]
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  • OAP’s driving hopes crushed
    • 10/06/2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    The BBC reports that Surrey pensioner has been left counting the cost of failing to renew his driving licence after his car was impounded and then crushed by police. Jerome Lee, 70, from Oxted, was stopped in St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex, for driving with an out-of-date licence. He was told his Peugeot 306 [...]
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  • ClickMechanic secures £320,000 investment
    • 23/04/2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    London-based ClickMechanic, the online marketplace for car repairs, has today announced the closure of a financing round of £320,000 from angel investors led by former Just Eat CEO Klaus Nyengaard. The investment will be used to fuel ClickMechanic’s growth, make new hires and accelerate product [...]
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  • Insurance website corrupter sentenced
    • 20/04/2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    A Liverpool man who manipulated an insurer’s website to get £10,000 worth of car insurance for just £10 has been sentenced. Callum Mullen had previously been found guilty of two counts of fraud by false representation at Liverpool Crown Court, following an investigation by the City of London Police’s [...]
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  • Consumer launch for RAC BuySure
    • 10/03/2015
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    A major consumer launch for the RAC BuySure used car programme is set to provide a boost to the RAC approved dealer network. Set to take place in mid-April, it will use the marketing strength of the RAC brand through channels such as advertising, public relations, direct mail and e-marketing to RAC members and [...]
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