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Federal-Mogul in strategic piston rings acquisition

RMIF's Kitemark bodyshop members get press promise

Micheldever Tyre and Auto Services has signed up to the Motor Industry Code of Practice for Service and Repair. The company, which sells some 6 million tyres a year via a national customer base of 4500 retailers, has subscribed its 50 Protyre-branded outlets to the Code [...]

Caerphilly-based Land Rover parts specialist Bearmach has been appointed as an authorised European distributor for Jaguar parts. The news comes a month after the Jaguar marque celebrated its 75th anniversary with a return to Le Mans [...]

Unipart in Mobil1 oil supply agreement

Vehicle pimping may be value spoiler, warns auction house

A Conservative MP is calling for the BSI Kitemark scheme to be made standard for UK garages. Robert Halfon, MP for Harlow, tabled a Motion in Parliament after making a radio appearance alongside Kitemark champion Quentin Wilson [...]

Just one year after the trade convinced the previous government to scrap proposals to reduce the MOT test frequency from once a year to every two years, the threat of a 4-2-2 regime has once more reared its ugly head [...]

The UK Right to Repair CampaIgn Strategy Group has disbanded. Jim Mazza, the Campaign's chairman, said: “The Campaign united the entire independent aftermarket, which added huge weight to our arguments as we were able to speak on behalf of the whole industry [...]

Euro Car Parts has opened a new 400,000 sqft national distribution centre in Tamworth – investing £15 million in new stock in the process. “This is the largest single investment ECP has ever made,” said owner Sukhpal Singh [...]