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Vertu Motors has announced that its financials for the period ended February 29, 2008, are in line with market expectations.

Bob Lutz, GM vice chairman, product development, and chairman, GM North America, explains the company's plans to push forward biofuel technologies at the Geneva Motor Show.

Twenty years after its US launch, Infiniti has gone live in Europe. It's been a long journey for the brand, which was launched in America in 1988 as Nissan's answer to Toyota's Lexus.

The forgotten car brand of South Korea is looking to jump-start sales in the UK.

With an influx of non-English speaking workers it is inevitable that the issue of understanding policy and instructions on Health and Safety will arise from time to time.

In a groundbreaking case (Corr v IBC Vehicles Ltd 28/02/08) an employer through breach of a Health and Safety duty of care had caused horrific injuries to an employee.

A Doncaster company is mounting a challenge to aftersales market leaders with a range of workshop and other products sold under the Sol-X brand name.

A recent case (Allison v London Underground Ltd) has stipulated that the level of training required for Health and Safety purposes is higher than the general duty of the employer.

CCTV may seem like extra pairs of eyes around the workplace but with its use comes responsibilities in the form of Data Protection Law.

Jim Campbell has left Hyundai UK as its marketing director after spending six years with the company.

Toyota is to invest £88 million in a new small petrol engine plant at its factory in Deeside, North Wales.

Volkswagen has signed up actor Ray Winstone to be the voice of Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles for a six-month radio advertising campaign.

Fortis was the best work provider to be employed by in 2007, according to a poll by the Auto Body Professionals (ABP) Club.

Hyundai’s i-mode concept is a future hint at a possible six-seater MPV which is planned for production.

Porsche’s supervisory board has given the go-ahead for an increased stake of more than 50% in Volkswagen which will give it majority control.

Ford has already revealed the first pictures of its new three-door Fiesta, but has now published the first pictures of the five-door version.

Hyundai plans to double its UK sales to 70,000 a year by 2012 once the tap is turned on at its new European production plant.

Chevrolet could be as big as Vauxhall in Europe, believes GM Europe sales and marketing vice-president Jonathan Browning.

Following Volkswagen’s revelation of the production version of its Scirocco, Seat had revealed its Bocanegra sports coupe to the crowds at the Geneva Motor Show today.

Toyota has revealed its city car concept, the iQ, which will go into production late this year, with UK sales to start from spring 2009.

Volkswagen’s new Scirooco will go on sale in the UK in September but order books will open in June.

Mark Adams, vice president, design, General Motors Europe, talks about the Saab 9-X BioHybrid concept revealed today at the Geneva Motor Show.

As i drove past the job centre close by to the factory (which ironically had queues of people waiting outside) I was amazed at just how derelict the building was.

Several presentations were made and they were interesting. I met an extremely enthusiastic David Cresswell during the coffee break and he did an amazing job fielding questions to each speaker and even coming up with some himself.

Rick Wagoner has urged car dealers to lobby government officials to help the industry develop alternative powertrains and to develop the necessary infrastructure.

GM UK will this year step up its efforts to make women car users feel more welcome in dealerships run by its Vauxhall and Chevrolet brands.

Land Rover will preview its latest LRX cross-coupe concept at the Geneva Motor Show tomorrow.

Jemca Toyota has invested more than £10 million in two new Lexus centres in north London and Kent and the redevelopment of one of its aftersales facilities.

Attendants at this year’s AM Awards raised £15,000 for BEN, the automotive charity.