Comline has taken on a new Marketing and Communications Manager to help with its plan to reach a turnover target of £50 million over the next three years. Simon Hutchinson has twenty years of service under his belt from ADL/Blue Print, so this is only the 39-year-old’s second aftermarket job.
It would be easy to take different business decisions with the benefit of hindsight, but that’s a mystical power that none of us have. When Steve Catling, Robin Etherington and Peter Ground succeeded in their […]
Autodata says it has bought another bogus vendor of its products to justice. The company has applauded the conviction of a Mario Langton by Staffordshire Magistrates Court for infringing the Trademarks Act 1994. Autodata says […]
The Alliance Group, which operates under the Groupauto UK name in this country, has acquired a majority stake in Precisium Group. The Precisium Group is the the largest automotive parts trading group in France, and […]
Motorists taking their cars to an independent garage could find themselves spending up to £40 an hour less than a franchised dealer, research by the IGA has revealed. The IGA polled over 2000 of its […]
Groupauto is hoping to stem the tide of complaints about independent garages with the launch of its public-facing Approved Garages scheme. The Citizen’s Advice Bureau Customer Line has recorded over 11,400 complaints about repairs carried […]
Businesses are in favour of re-negotiation Britain’s status in the EU, a new survey into British businesses has revealed. Almost 4500 businesses responded to the British Chamber of Commerce’s new “EU Business Barometer” survey, the first of its kind since the Prime Minister’s policy speech on Europe.
CAT Council member Ed Savage draws some interesting comparisons between the aftermarket and the meat industry. The British public has woken up in recent weeks to find the media informing it that everything was not […]
The IGA is working to transform Trust My Garage into a household name and a brand for all UK motorists. The group has appointed an external PR agency, Bridge PR & Media Services, to increase […]
Motor Codes has revealed the winners of its Garage of the Year competition. Top Marques of Hitchin picked up the award for best independent garage, while Leicester-based Sturgess Jaguar scooped the best main dealer prize.
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