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Career Tracks

VRA elects new chair and deputy chair

Philip Nothard has been elected as the new chair of the Vehicle Remarketing Association, succeeding Sam Watkins, who has held the role for the last two years. With a 30 year career in the used car sector, he is currently insight and strategy director at Cox Automotive, and has also held key positions at Cap HPI as well as other senior roles across the automotive sector.

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  1. New car diesel sales falling fast enough to cause potential shortages in future, says VRA
  2. VRA seminar focuses on key issues facing remarketing sector in 2020
  3. Remarketing fundamentals for 2020 at VRA meeting
  4. Under pressure – VRA survey shows 47% ‘facing work-life balance issues’
19th January 2021 /0 Comments/by Peter Gardner
Product News, UK News

Kordsa is lightening EV batteries with its carbon fibre fabrics

Expanding its competencies with investments in the composites field, reinforcement leader Kordsa will supply British company TRB Lightweight Structures with carbon fibre fabrics for TRB’s mass production of EV battery enclosures.

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  1. Kordsa inaugurates new polyester yarn in Turkey
  2. Kordsa Global Leadership Summit in Istanbul
  3. Electric vehicle battery industry could be worth £2.7 billion for UK chemical companies
  4. LeasePlan and SAIC partner in bringing  zero emission LCV to Europe
19th January 2021 /0 Comments/by Peter Gardner
UK News

Plant closure could be “tip of iceberg” for new car supply issues – VRA

The latest temporary closure of Honda’s Swindon plant because of parts shortages could be the “tip of the iceberg” for new car supply issues in 2021, the Vehicle Remarketing Association is warning. Chair Philip Nothard said that the problem, believed to be caused by poor availability of semiconductors, was potentially a sign of things to come from all manufacturers.

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  1. Honda pauses production at Swindon – again
  2. Honda closes Swindon car factory
  3. Brexit OE tyre red-alert
  4. Port problems cause Honda Swindon shutdown, pressurise UK tyre supply
19th January 2021 /0 Comments/by Peter Gardner
UK News

88 per cent of independent garages offer vulnerable MOT customers a pick-up service

As another example of how the way we are doing business nowadays has been changed by the COVID pandemic, a survey carried out by the Independent Garage Association (IGA) has revealed that 88 per cent of independent garages are currently offering an MOT collection and delivery service for clinically extremely vulnerable and self-isolating people.

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  1. ‘Time to end MOT extension’ – IGA
  2. ‘More than 60%’ of garages closed in pandemic lockdown, survey shows
  3. MOT extension confusion, vehicle neglect ‘could cause chaos’ – Venson
  4. Government consulting on ending MOT extension, NTDA calls for immediate car test restart
15th January 2021 /0 Comments/by Peter Gardner
UK News

IGA launches new COVID-19 Garage Guide to support independents

The Independent Garage Association (IGA) has released the Garage Guide to Working During COVID-19, to help independent garages easily find the guidance they need to support them through the current lockdown.

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  1. ‘Time to end MOT extension’ – IGA
  2. More than half of UK garages closed, similar figures across Europe
  3. MOT extension confusion, vehicle neglect ‘could cause chaos’ – Venson
  4. IGA shortlisted for Covid Champion award
15th January 2021 /0 Comments/by Peter Gardner
UK News

Honda pauses production at Swindon – again

Honda will next week pause car production at its factory in Swindon; the third time it has done so in a little over a month. The Japanese car manufacturer said in a statement that output would be paused from Monday to Thursday next week, the longest such pause so far. It said that global supply disruption as a result of the coronavirus pandemic was responsible for the pause.

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  1. Honda closes Swindon car factory
  2. Apollo Vredestein ‘scaling back’ European production
  3. Cooper Tire reopening US and Serbia tyre factories
  4. SMMT March numbers do not reflect extent of lockdown damage – KPMG
13th January 2021 /0 Comments/by Peter Gardner
UK News

Motor auctions will continue online during lockdown, says NAMA

Motor auctions members of the National Association of Motor Auctions (NAMA) have told their trade body that during the lockdowns announced on Monday 4 January for England and Scotland online auctions will continue despite the closure of non-essential retail.

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  1. NAMA issues advice on opening to auctions
  2. Auction demand expected to ‘level out’ in March
  3. Motor auctions see rising volumes with prices remaining high
  4. It’s an ill wind…
7th January 2021 by Peter Gardner
UK News

Automated car washes can stay open during lockdown

The Car Wash Association (CWA) and Petrol Retailers Association (PRA) represent the 5,350 independent forecourt operators and specialist car wash companies across the UK. This covers 65 per cent of the total fuel outlets (PFS) with more than 50 per cent having high-quality Automated Car Washes (ACW).

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  1. CWA welcomes car wash scheme launch
  2. CWA challenges government to prove action on illicit hand car washes
  3. Car Wash Association welcomes Clewer Initiative’s anti-slavery safe car wash app
  4. CWA welcomes proposals for hand car wash licensing scheme
7th January 2021 by Peter Gardner
UK News

Schaeffler Repxpert announces dates for live ‘Tea Break Training’ sessions

Schaeffler’s Repxpert technical training team has announced more details about its new programme of ‘Tea-Break Training’, designed to appeal to as many people as possible by offering informative and invaluable information in bite-size chunks at three different starting times.

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  1. Workshop technicians praise latest Schaeffler Repxpert INA and FAG training event in Hereford
  2. Repxpert members praise Schaeffler LuK double clutch system training course
  3. Repxpert team supports long-standing Schaeffler customer
  4. Leading Repxpert sets scene in wide-ranging interview
6th January 2021 by Peter Gardner
Market Info, UK News

UK LCV market finishes year down -20.0 per cent

Figures released by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) reveal that UK new light commercial vehicle (LCV) registrations ended 2020 down -20.0 per cent, with the van market rounding off the year in decline following three months of growth. 292,657 vehicles were registered in 2020, as the impact of Covid and uncertainty over the future relationship with the EU brought down demand toward the end of the year, with registrations in the final month of the year dropping -1.0 per cent, albeit with volumes consistent with previous Decembers.

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  1. October LCV sales down 7.4%
  2. LCV registrations down 11 per cent in November
  3. UK new van market shrinks -86.2 per cent in April
  4. May LCV market declines
6th January 2021 by Peter Gardner
International News, Legislation, UK News

Initial automotive industry reactions to UK Brexit deal

Just before Christmas, the UK Government and the EU announced that they had thrashed out a no-tariff trade deal. Negotiations went down to the wire, but, a mere four and a half years after the UK voting to leave the EU, agreement was approved by both sides.

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  1. Roads spending, Brexit caution, business rate relief in spring Budget
  2. Northern Ireland car dealers facing steep price increase
  3. Motor Dealer report pessimistic over profits and Brexit
  4. MP visits NFDA member
4th January 2021 by Peter Gardner
Product News, UK News

EAG to distribute RYMEC clutches

Excel Automotive Group (EAG) will distribute RYMEC clutches to the aftermarket. RYMEC has been a prominent name in the automotive aftermarket for nearly 40 years, providing high quality clutch kits and transmission parts. Its components are accredited to ISO9001 and ISO14001, giving customers complete peace of mind when fitting them.

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  1. Tyre dominance in overall aftermarket beginning to diminish
  2. EAG appoints ex-Suplex expert to assist after it becomes brand’s exclusive UK distributor
  3. Autogem to exclusively distribute Tire Profile software and hardware
  4. Autogem’s Prashant Chopra to speak at Automechanika
16th December 2020 by Peter Gardner
UK News

Used vehicle market ‘could be the key to mass adoption of EVs’

Electric car sales have reached their highest ever level in the used market, according to the online car supermarket BuyaCar.co.uk. After languishing for most of the year at around one in every hundred sales, December has seen them taking a 15 per cent share of the used market.

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  1. ‘Higher risk’ when buying used electric or hybrid cars
  2. Conversion rates set to improve in August, predict NAMA members
  3. Consumers to spend more on next car after lockdown – BuyaCar.co.uk
  4. German brands dominate Britain’s online used car market in sales and searches
14th December 2020 by Peter Gardner
Product News

Michelin enhances RoadBib tyre range

In 2018, Michelin introduced the RoadBib range of agricultural tyres, aimed at tractors of 200+hp that typically spend much of their working lives travelling on tarmac or hard soil roads. Michelin has now expanded the range, adding five new sizes – making nine in total. The new sizes are 540/65 R30, 650/60 R34, 650/65 R34, 650/65 R42 and 710/75 R42 and all tyres are available for the original equipment and replacement markets.

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  1. Free Michelin technical advice helps RP Worth & Son ‘unlock tyre performance boost’
  2. Wet winter, dry spring increase harvest tyre checks importance
  3. Potato farmer reselects original Michelin YieldBib sprayer tyre
  4. Michelin tyres aid soil health at Coolcroo Farm
14th December 2020 by Peter Gardner
Product News

Magna Tyres introduces M-Stacker material handling tyre

Magna Tyres Group has added to its material handling tyre line up with the introduction of the 18.00-25 Magna M-Stacker tyre. This is a tyre for use on reach stackers, empty container handlers and heavy-duty forklifts and is designed to improve the efficiency and productivity of cargo and port operations.

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  2. Magna Tyres Group introduces new products at Intermat
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11th December 2020 by Peter Gardner
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