• IMI launches vehicle recycling standard

    • 14 April 2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    The Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI) has taken another important step in setting the standards for professional recognition in the automotive aftermarket with the publication of National Occupational Standards (NOS) for vehicle recycling Developed by the IMI in collaboration with key stakeholders in the [...]
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  • Government petition to tackle skills crisis

    • 13 April 2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    A new petition has been launched urging the government to allow the automotive sector to tackle the skills gap by recruiting foreign workers The petition has been launched by Ingenia Recruitment together with the IMI and the NBRA Steve Shaw, Director of Ingenia Recruitment, said: “The vast majority of [...]
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  • IMI urges skills investment

    • 23 March 2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    The Institute of the Motor Industry has urged the government to improve funding for skills training in today’s Spring Statement It said the skills crisis was as bad as it’s been for 20 years, and will only become more acute without proper investment IMI CEO Steve Nash said: “There’s no question the [...]
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  • IMI publishes diversity report

    • 21 March 2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    The Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI) has published the final Diversity Task Force report, which has identified five key steps to take the lack of diversity within the sector IMI President professor Jim Saker said: “The Task Force set out to understand how the sector can be more attractive to work in for all [...]
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  • Muir the merrier after IMI recognition

    • 21 March 2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Founder and chief executive of the Automotive 30% Club Julia Muir received the Sue Brownson Award at the IMI Dinner, in recognition of the significant strides she’s achieved in increasing female leadership representation in the industry Established in 2016, the Automotive 30% Club is a voluntary group of 60 MDs [...]
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  • IMI celebrates outstanding achievers

    • 18 March 2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Over 350 members, supporters and industry partners of the Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI) met at a gala awards night in London to applaud the accomplishments of individuals and organisations across the sector in driving continued development and raising already exemplary standards Steve Nash, CEO of the IMI, [...]
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  • IMI reveals drastic HGV skills shortage

    • 10 March 2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    The Institute of the Motor Industry estimates that just three per cent of HGV technicians are trained to work on high voltage systems Steve Nash, CEO of the IMI, said: “We have long championed for the government and the automotive industry to collaborate to overcome the financial, administrative and skills [...]
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  • IMI manager wins diversity award

    • 8 March 2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    The Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI) has announced that competitions manager Richard Hutchins has won a prestigious WorldSkills UK’s Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Heroes Award The awards celebrate the individuals and organisations championing diversity and inclusion within the business and technical [...]
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  • Repairify adds ADAS and EV skills

    • 3 March 2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Repairify has invested in IMI ADAS and EV training programmes for all its employees and technicians This is intended to provide confidence to repair shops about the accuracy of calibrations while developing potential new revenue opportunities to help grow their businesses All technical staff members have [...]
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  • IMI warns of missed apprentice opportunities

    • 11 February 2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    The Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI) has released new analysis that paints a worrying picture for apprentice recruitment in the automotive sector According to the IMI’s recent Automotive Education Report, there was a 67% increase in apprenticeship starts in the full academic year 2020/21 compared to 2019/20 [...]
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