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Annual Trade Show Celebrates Star Garages and Motor Factors
14 Oct 2019
For the second consecutive year the Alliance Automotive Group brought together GROUPAUTO & UAN trading groups members, garages from the AutoCare and United Garage Services networks and Top Truck workshops for the two-day event centred around their business and how...
AUXILIARY SOLUTIONS FOR VOLVO APPLICATIONS
11 Oct 2019
Dayco, a leading engine products and drive systems supplier for the automotive, industrial and aftermarket industries, is a major player in the heavy duty sector, where it supplies important original equipment (OE) components, such as tensioners, idlers and belts, to...
BORG & BECK CV STEERING & SUSPENSION
11 Oct 2019
New additions further enhance the range First Line Ltd is a highly regarded supplier of premium quality aftermarket components and the owner of the globally recognised Borg & Beck brand. Alongside its well established passenger car range, the company...
HELLA - the new distributor of Hengst CV filters
11 Oct 2019
New deal between the companies gives more CV filter distribution Chipping Warden. September 2019. An agreement has been struck between HELLA and Hengst, to enable HELLA to add Hengst’s commercial vehicle (CV) filters to its comprehensive product portfolio. Two years...
Ben’s new whitepaper reveals that mental health could cost automotive industry employers up to £1.2bn a year
10 Oct 2019
A whitepaper released today by automotive charity, Ben, has found that mental health is still one of the biggest issues affecting the industry’s workforce and could cost employers as much as £1.2bn a year[1] collectively. Ben’s new whitepaper called Mental...
BBIF urges aftermarket to help promote battery industry
30 Jul 2019
Follows new Government alliance on battery misrepresentation The British Battery Industry Federation (BBIF) is calling upon the automotive industry to join its ranks and lend support to its campaign after meeting with Government to discuss misrepresentation of batteries. The Product...
Roadlink’s Powell partnership gaining traction
26 Jul 2019
Roadlink International has been the braking partner of choice for Steve Powell Racing for five years, as the leading CV parts supplier supports the truck racing champion in the 2019 British Truck Racing Championship (BTRC) for what is turning into...
DAYCO LAUNCHES HEAVY DUTY AUXILIARY BELT KITS
26 Jul 2019
To further assist both installers and parts suppliers, Dayco has introduced a range of auxiliary belt kits, with the prefix KPV, that combine the necessary original equipment (OE) quality belt/belts and the accompanying tensioners/idlers, to allow a complete FEAD (front...
IAAF hails lobbying success with battery exclusion from Offensive Weapons Bill
17 Jul 2019
The Independent Automotive Aftermarket Federation (IAAF) is delighted to announce that following intense lobbying over the last year in conjunction with several of its members and the British Battery Industry Federation (BBIF), the Government has now confirmed that batteries will...