• Industry cautious about ALKS announcement

    • 28 April 2021
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    The government has announced that self-driving cars could be allowed on UK motorways by the end of the year The Department for Transport has confirmed that automated lane-keeping systems (ALKS) will be the first type of hands-free driving to be legalised, with speeds limited to 37mph Drivers will still need to [...]
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  • RAC reaction to untaxed vehicle data

    • 26 November 2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    New official data shows the number of untaxed vehicles has more than doubled since 2013 RAC chief engineer David Bizley said: ’These are very worrying and disappointing statistics indeed Sadly, the concerns we raised about the number of car tax evaders going up at the time the tax disc was confined to history [...]
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  • Government must focus on ‘quality’ apprentices

    • 18 November 2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    With the UK skills shortage under intense scrutiny – businesses say ‘quality over quantity’ is key to future business success and productivity improvements  Motor industry employers, including garages, dealerships and accident repair centres, are today calling on the Government to focus their efforts on the [...]
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  • New MoT history website launched

    • 19 October 2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    The government has launched a new website (https://mot-historynet/) allowing users to check the MoT history of any UK car by simply inputting in the make and registration number The new service promises to be an invaluable tool for used car buyers The website gives detailed information of the car’s MoT [...]
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  • MP’s unaware of lack of regulation

    • 19 October 2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    New research commissioned by the Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI) reveals that nearly one in five MPs believe all technicians in their local garage are qualified to work on today’s vehicles  According to the IMI, the reality is quite different, with no mandatory requirement for vehicle technicians to be [...]
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  • Welding apprenticeship receives government approval

    • 7 September 2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    The government has approved two new apprenticeship standards developed by a group of companies including The Welding Institute On 21 August, as part of a series of announcements relating to national apprenticeships, David Cameron formally approved both the apprenticeship standard for welding (level 2) – general [...]
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  • Government will miss apprentice target

    • 17 August 2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    Government plans to increase apprentice numbers by 2020 will fail according to training providers and businesses with training academies in England  Many businesses say they would rather take on a migrant worker than an apprentice As 16 year olds prepare themselves for their GCSE results this week, research [...]
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  • Government should avoid motor tax hikes

    • 6 July 2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    Government should avoid motor tax hikes Government should avoid tax hikes on motorists in the Budget, warns the AA A week ago, 73 per cent of a Populus poll of 25,810 AA members said they fear a post-election rise in motoring taxes Among blue collar workers, that worry rises to 83 per cent More than 10 per [...]
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  • Sigmatex receives vehicle lightweight funding

    • 27 March 2015
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
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    Sigmatex has been awarded Government Funding through the Advanced Manufacturing Supply Chain Initiative (AMSCI) for a project that aims to produce higher volumes of composites in the UK to accelerate vehicle lightweighting The Sigmatex Lightweighting Excellence Programme (LX) has been awarded £38 million from the [...]
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  • £7.6m funding for local transport

    • 27 March 2015
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    The government has today announced the winning bids for the Total Transport Pilot Fund that will allow local authorities in England to try new and better ways of delivering joined-up local transport in rural and isolated areas The top three authorities which received the highest funding include Merseyside Passenger [...]
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