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Volvo doubles TTP numbers
- 23/06/2022
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Categories: Featured, News
Volvo Car UK has doubled the number of contractors within its Temporary Technician Programme (TTP) with Autotech Recruit due to the ongoing success of the initiative – which has helped the vehicle manufacturer cover over 30,000 hours across its UK sites since its launch in 2018. TTP was created to enable Volvo to [...] -
School of Thought to attend inaugural industry event
- 27/05/2022
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
The inaugural UK Garage and Bodyshop Event presented by Automechanika Birmingham (8-9 June at the NEC) will feature education initiative School of Thought, as statistics reveal that the automotive aftermarket industry is facing the imminent retirement of up to 40% of its workforce. School of Thought is a collective [...] -
Materials and labour costs continue rising
- 31/01/2022
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Rising prices of raw materials and labour costs are here for the long term, as ongoing supply chain issues continue to affect businesses around the world. BM Catalysts is highlighting the issue to the automotive aftermarket, citing a 20-plus per cent increase in the price of stainless-steel tube, since the start of [...] -
IMI predicts severe EV skills shortage
- 11/11/2021
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
New analysis from the Institute of the Motor Industry is predicting that the automotive industry will be 37,500 electric vehicle technicians short by 2030. It has calculated that 90,000 automotive technicians will be required to serve the volume of zero emissions vehicles predicted to be on UK roads by 2030 – [...] -
Recruiters form new alliance
- 15/10/2021
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Automotive recruitment specialists Autotech Group, Glen Callum Associates and KPI People have together formed the Automotive Recruitment Alliance to support the sector’s growth through the placement of quality, skilled candidates at all levels. Collectively, each company’s recruitment specialism covers the [...] -
Bentley welcomes largest ever intake
- 14/09/2021
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Bentley has welcomed its largest ever intake of apprentices, undergraduates and graduates, with 112 new recruits joining the 4,000-strong Crewe-based workforce. As part of a phased introduction, 39 apprentices and 39 undergraduates started their Bentley careers in the past two weeks, with 14 more graduates to [...] -
Conversion course launched to bridge HV skills gap
- 24/08/2021
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Remit Training has launched a new free course intended to help technicians convert light vehicle skills to heavy vehicles. It hopes this will go some way to bridging the severe skills shortage in the heavy vehicle sector. The 12-week Heavy Vehicle Skills Bootcamp course is being delivered in partnership with [...] -
Petition launched to recognise ‘skilled’ HGV drivers
- 14/07/2021
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
A new petition has been launched to recognise HGV drivers as skilled workers. It is hoped this will attract more people to the industry and help address the skills shortage in the sector. The petition is being led by driving recruitment specialist ARC, and it is hoping to attract enough signatures to get the [...] -
Aftermarket Pulse speeding up
- 12/05/2021
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
A new report published by GiPA has examined the impact of Covid-19 on the UK Aftermarket. The quarterly aftermarket activity report, below, called Aftermarket Pulse will assess the state of recovery of the aftermarket in 2021 on a quarterly basis. Its first report looked back on the impact of the virus in the [...]
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