NEWS 
25 January 2012
‘Biggest deal’ in aftermarket history
25 January 2012MANUFACTURING giant SPX has agreed to sell its ‘Service Solutions’ business to Robert Bosch for US $1.15bn.When the deal goes through, it is set to… Read More
15 Nov 2026
| 
The voice of the independent garage sector
NEWS
NEWS 
23 January 2012
Ben Autojobs live
23 January 2012AUTOMOTIVE industry charity Ben has launched a free online recruitment advertising service, exclusively for the automotive industry.Ben Autojobs, is a dedicated section of the charity’s… Read More
NEWS 
20 January 2012
Classic fans slam government
20 January 2012A PLAN to scrap the MOT for pre-1960 cars have been criticised by the very group designed to benefit from it – namely classic car… Read More
NEWS 
20 January 2012
Quentin says ‘disaster’
20 January 2012MPs from the Transport Select Committee heard in January of the overwhelming opposition to Government plans to reduce the frequency of MOT tests.Bill Duffy, co-ordinator… Read More
NEWS 
19 January 2012
Golden Garages rebranded
19 January 2012PRE-registration for a competition to find the Garage of the Year has begun.The competition was formerly known as Golden Garages, but now simply as Garage… Read More
NEWS 
17 January 2012
Top Tech goes live
17 January 2012Put Friday May 18 in your diary, when the latest car technology and repair advice will be shared at Mercedes-Benz World… Read More
NEWS 
13 January 2012
Bosch takeover Unipoint
13 January 2012THE Bosch Automotive Aftermarket division has successfully completed the takeover of the Unipoint Group, based in Taipei, Taiwan. The takeover was approved by the antitrust… Read More
NEWS 
13 January 2012
4-2-2: MOT campaign confusion
13 January 2012INSURANCE body ABI is ‘unaware’ of an insurance premium rise of 5% cited in an MOT campaign report The ProMOTe campaign released a report entitled,… Read More
NEWS 
6 January 2012
Technical website
6 January 2012A NEW website has been set up by a parts distributor to combat frivolous warranty returns.The new site, – named partinfo.co.uk – carries a variety… Read More
NEWS 
3 January 2012
New MOT rules take effect
3 January 2012A RAFT of new rules have come into place on the MOT test.Around a dozen items are now testable that were not previously part of… Read More