Richard Roberts is the new Fleet Marketing and Motability Manager at Vauxhall. He brings a wealth of experience gained from working across the Vauxhall and GM mutli-brand business ranging from regional retail sales and aftersales operations, to central forecast and business planning and was recently the Fleet National Contract Hire and Leasing Manager … [Read more...]
West Wales school given mini-bus
Staff and pupils from Myrddin Special Unit, Carmarthen have been presented with a new Lord’s Taverners wheelchair accessible minibus. Since 1976, the Lord’s Taverners has placed over 1,100 accessible minibuses across schools in the UK. This year marks the 40th anniversary of the first minibus giveaway and to celebrate this the charity … [Read more...]
Newslines 20 December
The proposed joint venture EV platform underpinning next generation Nissan LEAF and Renault Zoe models will be used by Mitsubishi as well, says Japanese media. Mitsubishi was recently acquired by Nissan after it got into financial difficulties and has its own EV platform in the Outlander, so the future models to carry its tri-diamond badge are … [Read more...]
Best selling Audi A3 emissions probed
The latest best selling Audi A3 released excessive toxic diesel emissions in results from lab tests run by the European Commission and seen by Reuters, raising suspicions of wrongdoing at Volkswagen Group's luxury division. The results may embroil Audi, the main contributor to VW Group profit, further in the scandal that has engulfed the company since it … [Read more...]
Newslines 19 December
In an unseasonal move, Vale of Glamorgan Council has banned a “lollypop lady” from giving pupils a high-five greeting. The school crossing patrol at Llantwit Major has been subject of two complaints and the council says she has not followed guidelines but parents are said to be on her side and the guidelines are not prescriptive. With drivers’ use of … [Read more...]
Sunday drive: Kia Optima PHEV saloon
Time is running out if you want to save yourself from a little known tax and benefits hike with 'green cars', says David Miles With significant tax changes due for all new cars bought from 1 April next year, both in terms of VED road tax and Benefit-in-Kind company car tax, sales of alternatively fuelled vehicles (AFVs) in the UK will only continue to … [Read more...]
Weekend roadtest: New Citroen C3
The arrival of the new Citroen C3 takes the company in two directions at once. The French maker’s legendary comfort returns while its forward looking technology is projected with the availability of ConnectedCam. This is a real-time forward-facing camera which continually records what it sees through a very wide angle lens, ideal for use with incident … [Read more...]
Inside Aston Martin’s St Athan centre
These are the first images of the luxurious visitor reception area for the proposed Aston Martin car plant at St Athan. The contract has been awarded to Ammanford construction company TRJ and a rapid conversion is underway of military buildings on the site into company offices and a VIP centre as well as restaurant for workers on site. Aston Martin … [Read more...]
Newslines 17 December
The £50m A486 Ceredigion link road is now officially open after Economy and Infrastructure Secretary Ken Skates marked the completion of the £5.7m stretch from Post Bach to Synod Inn. Designed by Capita and constructed by Alun Griffiths (Contractors) Ltd, this last part of the wider scheme has seen construction of approximately 3km of highway realignment, … [Read more...]
Highways England is destroying accident evidence
An insurance claims management company has lodged a formal complaint with Highways England over destruction of potentially vital CCTV evidence. “When Highways England are aware of an incident, why on earth is the CCTV footage not retained?”, said MD Philip Swift, of Claims Management & Adjusting has formally written to Highways England about its … [Read more...]
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