• Synetiq publishes first sustainability report
    • 26/04/2023
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Salvage, dismantling and vehicle recycling company Synetiq has published its first sustainability report, which highlights its progress against the company’s carbon reduction strategy. The business has reported a 5.6% reduction in its own greenhouse gas emissions between 2020-21 and 2021-22 and achieved Silver [...]
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  • Copart CEO chairs judging panel
    • 25/04/2023
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Copart UK and Ireland CEO Jane Pocock has released the shortlist for the first ever Broker News Awards, which highlight excellence in the leasing broker sector. She has been chosen to chair the judging panel, which also includes industry experts Steve Cocks from Lex Autolease, Chris Swallow from Novuna Vehicle [...]
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  • IAA announces new site
    • 10/06/2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Leading global digital marketplace IAA and its subsidiary Synetiq has announced the opening of a state-of-the-art, full-service facility in Bristol. The Bristol site will greatly increase the company’s capacity and enable it to meet the growing needs of current and new customers. Tom Rumboll, UK managing [...]
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  • Copart unveils new green offices
    • 02/03/2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Copart UK has opened a new eco-friendly office building in Bristol as part of its ongoing Plan-Net-Zero sustainability commitment. As part of a programme to upgrade and replace offices at their nationwide Operation Centres, this new environmentally-friendly office building in Bristol will now be a blueprint for the [...]
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  • Hills Group expands in the south
    • 18/02/2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Hills Group will open a new delivery hub in the south west after announcing the acquisition of a new parts delivery hub in Gloucestershire. The new site will allow Hills and the Green Parts Specialists to despatch freight in bulk to the new facility overnight from headquarters in Skelmersdale, ready for delivery [...]
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  • SYNETIQ celebrates apprenticeship scheme
    • 03/02/2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Ahead of National Apprenticeship Week, salvage and dismantling experts SYNETIQ has been reflecting on the success of it Metal Recycling General Operative apprenticeship scheme, which launched in September 2021. The first of its kind in the industry, the scheme offers students the chance to learn on the job at [...]
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  • Ageas celebrates green parts landmark
    • 22/11/2021
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Ageas has announced it is now using green parts in around one in five of its vehicle repairs following the expansion of its green parts programme and willingness of its repair network to embrace more sustainable repairs. Ageas pushed the accelerator on its use of green car parts in March 2020, following a successful [...]
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  • Hills strengthens management team
    • 11/06/2021
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Hills Group has appointed Jason Bishop and Christopher Barnes to its senior management team. Bishop has become UK regional manager and Chris Barnes as warehouse operations manager. Bishop said: “Hills have long been recognised as an early adopter and leader of Green Parts supply to the insurance industry. This [...]
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  • A million parts available for next-day delivery
    • 25/05/2021
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Hills Group has announced a £10m investment that will make its green parts warehouse and distribution centre the largest in the UK. This latest investment will see Hills’ headquarters expand to 26 acres, with warehousing capacity of over 250,000 sqft. This will enable it to hold all of its inventoried parts on [...]
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  • 15,000 write-offs back on UK roads every year
    • 19/05/2021
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    One-in-50 vehicle write-offs are being put back on the road with a clean vehicle history. According to an Autocar investigation, a loophole in a database used by the insurance industry is leaving buyers at risk with up to 15,000 cars that have been written off returning to UK roads every year. The Motor [...]
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