The ACEA, the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association, has appointed Christian Streiff, CEO of Peugeot-Citroen as its new president.
The Institute of the Motor Industry wants a 100% increase in the number of apprentices in the retail automotive sector over the next five years.
Italian aftermarket accessories manufacturer Momo is planning a change of strategy, with an added focus on performance and motorsport tuning, after a marked decline of its core market in recent years.
The crash repair bills of British Motorists are being bumped up unnecessarily by more than £2 billion a year, new research from the Thatcham insurer research centre has shown.
Actor Nathaniel Parker has launched Renault Retail Group’s campaign to send a Christmas message for Barnardo’s.
Unemployment is a greater threat to the retail motor industry than the possibility of a credit crunch. That is the view of corporate stock-broker Panmure Gordon.
Shopping centre racing is helping keep Mazda on track for another sales record this year.
Jaguar has already had 3,000 pre orders for its new XF model.
The Government has increased the funding for small to medium enterprise through the Train to Gain scheme from £4 million to £30m.
The expansion of digital technology is fast eroding traditional customer loyalty to vehicle brands and retailers.
Asked to name the big success stories of the car market at present, most people would mention such sure-fire winners as the Mini and Audi R8.
Is niche the new mainstream? As the marketplace fragments yesteryear’s segments into ever smaller shards, you wonder how much life is left in traditional car types.
Thatcham has launched ReMAG, its Repair Methods Assessment Group, to drive progress towards a standard for crash repair methods.
New car registrations rose by 2.2% to 158,735 units in November.
The Gambling Commission has issued updated guidance on two issues regarding the boundaries between lotteries, prize competitions and free draws.
The Office of Fair Trading and Insolvency Service have issued a press release regarding an “investment opportunity” involving ‘landbank’ schemes promoters.
NAC MG UK has appointed GE Capital Solutions to provide finance for its MG models which will reach the UK in February.
In a recent mobile phone promotion consumers were offered a free quad bike.
Lambeth have issued fixed penalty notices of £200 to Chelsea Motor Company and New Image Barbers for failing to display the legally required ‘No Smoking’ signs.
awgistics has presented a series of articles on the new Corporate Manslaughter legislation.
HSE found Shaun Cosgrove and three others working on the flat roof of his company’s premises at Computatune Car Sales Ltd in Colne, without a safe system of work in place.
In a recent case (Ellis v Bristol City Council) the Council were prosecuted for failing to have a suitable flooring surface in a care home where pools of urine were frequently occurring.
In a recent case (Venniri v Autodex) it was held tribunals are obliged to examine whether the statutory dismissal procedure has been followed.
The Work and Pensions Secretary, Peter Hain has announced plans to introduce a new test to check whether a person who claims to be too sick to work is in fact incapable.
London Borough of Lambeth were ordered to pay £550,000 to a park worker who was discriminated against on the grounds of disability.
A very recent appeal case (Conn v Sunderland City Council 08/11/07) gives some help in deciding when an employee can or cannot succeed in a claim of harassment by their employer.
Trust Lawgistics to be a party pooper!
As we have previously reported, Heyday, the organisation for those approaching retirement or already in retirement, has challenged the Government on the lawfulness of the UK’s default retirement age of 65 (which requires correct retirement procedures to be followed).
A former head of insolvency law at Freshfields, Bruckhaus, Deringer lost a £4.5 million age discrimination claim.
A 20-year-old membership secretary of a private members club, Megan Thomas, has won an unfair dismissal claim and a ruling of age discrimination when she was allegedly dismissed for being too young to deal with the members of the Eight Members Club in Central London.
