• Nicole Shaw named new MD for Volvo Car UK
    • 06/10/2023
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Volvo Car UK has announced that Nicole Melillo Shaw will replace Kristian Elvefors as managing director. She will step up from her position as commercial operations director on 1 November. Elvefors, who took the helm in June 2019, said: “I am proud to have worked with a great team to help the company through a [...]
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  • Volvo joins Accelerating to Zero Coalition
    • 18/11/2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Volvo Cars has joined the Accelerating to Zero Coalition, which will be launched at this year’s UN Climate Change Conference (COP27) in Egypt. It is also calling on countries to step up their own climate action and meet the threat of global warming. The Accelerating to Zero Coalition consists of a broad group [...]
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  • Volvo Cars names new financial chief
    • 01/09/2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Volvo Cars has appointed Steve Catlin as new managing director of Volvo Car Financial Services UK (VCFSUK). He takes up the reins of the business which provides wholesale funding to Volvo Cars’ UK retail network and competitive finance products for customers purchasing new and used cars. VCFSUK was established [...]
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  • Volvo announces key appointments
    • 03/08/2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Volvo UK has announced two senior management team appointments, with Nicole Melillo Shaw named commercial operations director and Ben Roth new consumer director. Melillo was previously consumer director, while Ben was UK online business director. Succeeding Matt Galvin, Melillo will lead a change programme to [...]
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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 [...]
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  • Volvo commits to fossil-free steel
    • 01/06/2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Categories: Featured, News
    Volvo Cars has become the first car maker to sign up to the SteelZero initiative, which aims to increase demand for fossil-free steel and accelerate a transition to carbon neutrality in the global steel industry. By signing up to SteelZero, Volvo Cars commits itself to stringent CO2-based steel sourcing [...]
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  • Volvo adds additional training date
    • 25/03/2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Volvo has made available a further date for its product technology update course. The course covers repair methods, safety systems, windscreen and ADAS, bumper repairs, SRS and WHIPS systems, and hybrid and electric vehicle technology. It is aimed at vehicle damage assessors, engineers and technicians from [...]
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  • Volvo extends Motor Ombudsman accreditation
    • 22/03/2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    The Motor Ombudsman has announced that the Care by Volvo subscription service has been accepted for accreditation to its Chartered Trading Standards Institute (CTSI)-approved Motor Industry Codes of Practice for Vehicle Sales and Service and Repair. The latest approval builds on Volvo Cars UK’s long-standing [...]
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  • Volvo secures prestigious award
    • 21/02/2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Volvo Car Insurance and the Volvo Approved Bodyshop Network has been awarded the 2021 Feefo Trusted Service Award for consistent high quality body repairs and customer excellence, along with exceptional experiences. This is the fifth year running Volvo has secured this prestigious award. Steve Plunkett, Volvo [...]
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  • Volvo announces new training date
    • 16/02/2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Volvo Car UK has announced a new training date, with a Body Technology Day available to the wider sector. Steve Plunkett, Volvo/Polestar Body & Paint Manager, said: “On the back of the overwhelming success of the courses that we were running before lockdown, we are now back up and running with the Body [...]
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