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We are already into week five of the Haynes Mechanix car course for the young people of Islington, and this week CAT catches up with London Youth’s Sport Development Officer, Jas Hothi to get his take on the course and how it is all going.

Industry watchdog Motor Codes is set to open a contest to find which of its members is the ‘Garage of the Year’. Open to all Code subscribers, the competition will be a month-long campaign running from 27th of May to the 22nd of June. Customers will be encouraged to leave feedback via an online form

Sovereign Rotating Machines has launched an innovative way for factors and garages to check warranty claims. The remanufacturing specialists has set up a method where a factor takes three photos of the starter or alternator via a smartphone or tablet, and then send them with a brief description to Sovereign’s technical team, they will be able to assess by a team of experts

BBC Superfactors are celebrating its 30th anniversary by employing its 100th employee. The Lancashire based factor, a member of The Parts Alliance, has developed from selling brake pads and shoes to dealing in car parts and accessories

As Haynes Mechanix heads into its fourth week , CAT catches up with Daniela Rathke, Trainer from RM Training, who explains the challenges the young people are tackling over the duration of the course

Sukhpal Singh Ahluwalia has tendered his resignation at LKQ and left ECP, the car parts company he started a quarter of a century ago in Willesden

Heading into week three of the Haynes Mechanix course for young people and CAT catches up with Richard ‘Beef’ Frankland, Youth Services Manager at Prospex Youth Club to see his take on the programme.

Roger Buttle and Ross Barnes explain how they generate good profits from cat recycling. Refine Metals is a busy, thriving recycler, quietly tucked away in the picturesque Surrey Hills

Working out what to claim and what not to claim can be like walking on a tightrope with potentially painful consequences if you slip. Tax can be an absolute minefield and ensuring that the correct income is declared is vital. However, the matter of what can be expensed is open to interpretation and misunderstanding. On the one hand you don’t want to miss out on valuable reliefs, yet on the other, you’ll not want to mistakenly claim for something that isn’t allowable and possibly give HMRC an excuse to conduct an investigation into your affairs

A new organisation aims to improve the performance of small and medium businesses within the automotive engineering supply chain. Enscite, supported by the European Regional Development Fund and the Regional Growth Fund, has been launched to help automotive manufacturing businesses grow