BUYING IN TO A FRANCHISE
Buying into a franchise should reduce the risk, but it doesn’t always work that way.
Ed Browne
OSRAM LATEST: WORKERS UNION REJECTS AMS BID
German workers’ union IG Metall has rejected the recent €4.3 billion euro takeover offer by sensor firm AMS for lighting company Osram, according to a report by Reuters.
NEW €4bn+ BID FOR OSRAM
Following Bain Capital/Carlyle bid last month, Austrian chip manufacturer AMS AG puts higher offer on the table
GOV. ANNOUNCES INCREASE IN FUNDING FOR EV CHARGING
DfT to speed roll-out of residential charging points
SCHAEFFLER REVENUES DOWN IN ‘PERSISTENTLY DIFFICULT’ MARKET
‘Persistent weakness’ of global automotive market mean increased discipline regarding costs at the tier one supplier
COMPANIES HOUSE – THE CASE FOR REFORM…
Change is coming to the dated work and practices of Companies House
PUTTING A STOP TO BRAKE DUST
It isn’t just smokey exhausts that have caught the attention of the powers that be
IS THE AFTERMARKET EMISSIONS COMPLIANT?
There has never been so many clean air technologies available for traditional powertrains
NEWS
HALFORDS’ FY RESULTS: …Strong results from chain, though predicting supply and demand has 'presented its own challenges' ...
FIX AUTO NEWTON ABBOT OPENS …Bodyshop owner Louise Woolacott and her daughters open second Fix Auto franchise in Devon...
ARNOLD CLARK AUTOPARTS DONAT…Craig McCracken donates a bike to lifeguard and a monkey to Troon lifeboats...
GS YUASA TO CREATE 100 JOBS …Company investment and government grant helps firm expand Ebbw Vale factory...
SUPPLIER NEWS: NEMESIS TAKES…Branded product distributor to stock lubricant brand as Motul expands UK presence ...
NEW ISSUE OUT NOW: CAT SPRING 2021
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