• Volvo steps up recycling
    • 18/06/2018
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    Volvo Cars, the premium car maker, today announced its ambition that from 2025 at least 25 per cent of the plastics used in every newly launched Volvo car will be made from recycled material. Volvo Cars also urged auto industry suppliers to work more closely with car makers to develop next-generation components [...]
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  • Automotive HUD Market Worth $1.33 bn by 2021
    • 26/04/2016
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    The report ‘Automotive Head-up Display (HUD) Market by HUD type (Windshield & Combiner), Application (Premium, Luxury & Mid Segment Cars) and by Geography (Asia-Oceania, Europe, North America & RoW) - Industry Trends and Forecast to 2021’, The global market is projected to grow at a CAGR of 21.67%, to [...]
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  • Government should avoid motor tax hikes
    • 06/07/2015
    • 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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  • Road deaths increase 4%
    • 25/06/2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) says more needs to be done to protect vulnerable road users after new figures revealed a rise in the number of deaths on Britain’s roads. The statistics released today by the Department for Transport show an increase in the number of people killed or [...]
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  • Aviva investigating 15,000 claims
    • 17/06/2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    The Actuary reports that Aviva suspects organised motor insurance fraud increased by 28% between 2013 and 2014. The insurer said the value of fraud increased from £30m in 2013 to £38m in 2014, and it currently has more than 15,000 ‘suspicious claims’ under investigation. Tom Gardiner, head of fraud at [...]
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  • Increase in telematics policies
    • 22/05/2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    Newly released research by the British insurance Brokers’ Association (BIBA) shows a nine per cent increase in the number of live ‘black box’ telematics motor insurance policies. These types of policies can offer savings of up to 25% for careful drivers. In particular, young drivers who often struggle to find [...]
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  • ECP bonds with Basildon
    • 13/05/2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    The first new generation hub is being opened by Euro Car Parts (ECP) in Basildon, increasing SKUs by 174%. This major investment is also introducing 13 new vans to increase the frequency and speed of delivery to workshops and bodyshops by local ECP branches. Additional jobs in sales, warehousing and administration [...]
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  • Foreign HGV accidents increase
    • 07/05/2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    Collisions on motorways involving foreign lorries have increased by 14% since 2012, Accident Exchange statistics have revealed. Lorries from Poland and Germany were found to be the most accident-prone by some margin; Polish lorries represented 15.7% of accidents, while German vehicles followed with 13.1% of lorry [...]
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  • AFV registrations up in Q1
    • 30/04/2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    In the first quarter of 2015, total alternative fuel vehicle (AFV) registrations in the EU significantly increased (+28.8 %), totalling 144,421. Of these, electric vehicles (EVs) saw their registrations more than double, rising from 11,304 units in Q1 2014 to 24,630 units in Q1 2015 (+117.9%). Demand for new hybrid [...]
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  • Increased demand for British engine exports
    • 23/04/2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    230,634 engines made in UK this March, up 0.3% with year-to-date output stable.     Positive month for British engine exports, with overall demand up by 2.7%.     Bright future for sector with investments set to be realised throughout the year. ‘Engine manufacturing has seen a stable first quarter, [...]
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