Tyresafe, the not-for-profit organisation raising awareness of tyre defects and failures to motorists, is urging the trade to get behind its Tyre Safety Month in October.
Oxford Brookes University has opened a Sustainable Vehicle Engineering Centre.
XPart has recruited 250 UK garages to its AutoService repair franchise in less than three years since it was started.
Vauxhall has made a VXR styling pack available for its Astra TwinTop model.
Dealers fear that difficulties in underwriting trade-ins, due to rapidly declining used car values, could have a knock-on effect on their September new car sales.
Some franchised outlets could be cut as sales decline.
The Bank of England has kept interest rates on hold at 5% for a fifth month.
Euro NCAP has chosen Thatcham to carry out its whiplash protection tests which will be included as part of its crash test ratings from November.
Catherine Elston is named AM/Accident Exchange receptionist of the year.
The Czech government will be using Skoda Superbs for its EU presidency next year.
Mazda will be showcasing its new urban city car platform at the Paris Motor Show next month in the form of a new concept.
From next summer insurer will only deal with accident repairers that achieve the standard.
Insurer RSA will open the fifth bodyshop in its own Quality Repair Centre (QRC) network this autumn after agreeing terms to lease the former Bryan Brothers repair centre in Bristol from new owners Carco.
A further 17 regional assessment centres have been approved by the Institute of the Motor Industry to offer the online theory test for ATA vehicle damage assessor (VDA) accreditation.
Competitors link rival parts distribution services to combat rising costs.
Windrush Volkswagen has moved its aftersales centre to a separate site from the showroom.
Three ex-Kwik-Fit managers have launched a UK-wide online tyre sales operation for retail car owners.
A company that claims it can help dealers to make “the perfect service booking” is planning to pilot online servicing bookings using a similar method to online hotel or airline ticket reservations.
Thatcham’s UK parts accreditation scheme is to join with the equivalent German certification body, TUV Rheinland, from September.
Kwik-Fit Fleet has opened a £10 million national distribution centre in Northamptonshire, which will see a vast increase in recycling.
Ayaz Khalid has won Nationwide Autocentres’ inaugural Apprentice of the Year competition.
In the first eight weeks since online registration went live, more than 80% of the independent garages involved in NGK Spark Plug’s Boxclever loyalty promotion have joined online.
Tews Engineering in Petersfield, Hampshire, has been fined £10,500 and ordered to pay £10,500 in costs after admitting failing to protect the health of employees.
Goodyear Dunlop UK has been fined £13,500 and ordered to pay £2,888 costs and £4,000 compensation for health and safety breaches.
The RAC Breakdown Britain report links poor road condition with increasing damage to vehicles.
Peugeot is retraining its dealer network sales force to recognise blue as its new eco colour.
All eyes are on Pendragon and its half year results date of August 28.
Brian Carte has stepped down as chairman of publicly listed dealer group Caffyns.
Car sharing club Whizzgo, which went into administration earlier this month, has relaunched as Whizzgo Europe, thanks to a cash injection from new owners.
Audi is piloting menu pricing and a single national labour rate across 130 of its authorised repairers to help boost fleet customers.
