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UKGBE on the grid for Bangers4Ben rally
- 25/09/2023
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
The UK Garage and Bodyshop Event 2024 (UKGBE) has announced its team for the Bangers4Ben rally. The rally takes place from 7-10 October and follows a 1,500-mile route across Ireland. The UKGBE team, dubbed the Dublin Driving Dolls, has been set up with support from Messe Frankfurt in partnership with LKQ Euro [...] -
Deadline approaches for MOT assessments
- 20/03/2023
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
LKQ Euro Car Parts is urging MOT Testers to complete their annual assessments before the deadline at the end of March. According to DVSA figures, more than 19,000 testers have still to complete the required training. Bob Wiffen, workshop solutions director, said: “Last year, data from the DVSA showed more than [...] -
LKQ Euro Car Parts makes gender pledge
- 08/03/2023
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
LKQ Euro Car Parts has announced a new commitment to ensure that at least a quarter of its entire workforce is made up of women by the end of 2025. The announcement comes as part of the business’s extensive programme of internal and external International Women’s Day celebrations this week. The ‘25 by [...] -
LKQ Euro Car Parts announces major sale
- 17/01/2023
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
LKQ Euro Car Parts has announced a major sale across more of its range of parts, consumables, training and equipment than ever before. The sale is live now on its trade website, Omnipart, and includes significant discounts on an extensive range of garage equipment including lifts, wheel balancers, alignment units [...] -
LKQ Euro Car Parts delivers Christmas aid
- 19/12/2022
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Categories: Featured, News
LKQ Euro Car Parts has sent a lorry load of Christmas presents to Ukraine following an outpouring of support for its Christmas present appeal. The company, which has already donated two ambulances full of aid to the country in the summer had initially planned to collect presents and drive them to the Ukraine in two [...] -
Hamilton issues Truss administration with six-point plan
- 08/09/2022
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Categories: Featured, News
Andy Hamilton, the CEO of LKQ Euro Car Parts, has issued Liz Truss’s new administration with a six-point policy wish-list for the independent aftermarket, as assumes control of the economy this week. He said: “The UK’s SMEs are facing a cost-of-doing-business crisis. They need support and the economy needs a [...] -
LKQ Euro Car Parts backs Ukraine effort
- 17/08/2022
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
LKQ Euro Car Parts colleagues have raised more than £35,000 to support the relief effort in Ukraine, funding the purchase and delivery of two ambulances, with efforts ongoing to buy more. Spearheaded by Dawid Kozlowski, an inventory analyst at the business’s Tamworth headquarters, teams from across the country [...] -
Speakers unveiled for inaugural event
- 06/04/2022
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Categories: Featured, News
The UK Garage and Bodyshop Event has unveiled its line-up of expert trainers and guest speakers for its inaugural June event at Birmingham’s NEC on 8-9 June. Giving the opening address will be Andy Hamilton of LKQ Euro Car Parts, who will followed by more than 40 others, including Dean Lander of Thatcham, James [...] -
2022 LKQ training programme published
- 11/01/2022
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
LKQ Euro Car Parts has published the 2022 course schedule for its LKQ Academy. The programme includes more hybrid and electric vehicle (EV) training dates than ever before, with the parts supplier committing to upskilling at least 3,000 technicians over the next 12 months. This includes 2,400 training places for [...] -
Battery tests free of charge
- 20/10/2021
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
LKQ Euro Car Parts has launched a new initiative to support good battery health in the run up to winter. As part of its Test to Earn initiative, customers who sign up will automatically receive a battery tester, enabling them to perform a battery test on all vehicles that come in, and those who achieve a pre-agreed [...]
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