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  • Social media mis-use can cost sales

    Small companies could be losing sales and damaging their reputation by bombarding potential customers wit ...

    Small companies could be losing sales and damaging their reputation by bombarding potential customers with their relentless use of social media, according to a business networking organisation. Three ...

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  • New loan opportunities for small businesses

    Business Secretary Vince Cable recently announced that the Government has agreed to put £1 billion into a ...

    Business Secretary Vince Cable recently announced that the Government has agreed to put £1 billion into a new UK business bank which will be created specifically to help fund small to medium sized bus ...

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  • Employers risk massive health and safety costs

    The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has recently confirmed the launch of its cost recovery scheme – Fee ...

    The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has recently confirmed the launch of its cost recovery scheme – Fee for Intervention (FFI) (which commenced on October 1st), meaning business owners need to start ...

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  • Automechanika 2012 - news and reviews

    Spread over six days and with over 160,000 visitors, Automechanika is one of the biggest single sector tr ...

    Spread over six days and with over 160,000 visitors, Automechanika is one of the biggest single sector trade shows in the world. This year’s show in Frankfurt was attended by some of the industry’s bi ...

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  • PMM October issue - available NOW!

    The October 2012 issue of Professional Motor Mechanic Magazine has hit the streets and, as always, the ma ...

    The October 2012 issue of Professional Motor Mechanic Magazine has hit the streets and, as always, the magazine is jam-packed with all of the latest news, technical hints and repair advice, the newest ...

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  • IAAF challenges dealership's servicing statement

    A Ford Fiesta owner, and sometime customer of Matlock Ford, approached an IAAF member regarding a message ...

    A Ford Fiesta owner, and sometime customer of Matlock Ford, approached an IAAF member regarding a message rubberstamped into his 'Service Book' by the Service department at Matlock Ford. The text of t ...

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  • The Skills Show comes to town

    The Skills Show (15th - 17th November, NEC Birmingham) provides the perfect opportunity for the future ge ...

    The Skills Show (15th - 17th November, NEC Birmingham) provides the perfect opportunity for the future generation of technicians to meet employers and to talk with real people about real jobs. There i ...

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  • IAAF takes helm of R2C Campaign

    Supporters of the pan-independent aftermarket ‘Right to Choose’ campaign have asked the IAAF to take over ...

    Supporters of the pan-independent aftermarket ‘Right to Choose’ campaign have asked the IAAF to take over the management of the campaign. Until now the Federation has provided the campaign’s administr ...

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  • Honda announces massive UK production investment

    Independent garages can be confident of seeing plenty of potential Honda servicing/repair work in the fut ...

    Independent garages can be confident of seeing plenty of potential Honda servicing/repair work in the future following the announcement that the Japanese car giant will make a £267 million production  ...

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  • Man dies in garage fire

    A man has died following a fire at a garage workshop in Milton Keynes. The victim was rescued by firefigh ...

    A man has died following a fire at a garage workshop in Milton Keynes. The victim was rescued by firefighters from Pluto Autos on Church Street, Bletchley, in the early hours of September 1st but he d ...

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  • Mountainous effort by KYB staff

    Energetic staff from KYB UK have successfully conquered the highest mountains of England, Scotland and Wa ...

    Energetic staff from KYB UK have successfully conquered the highest mountains of England, Scotland and Wales to raise cash for the motor industry charity BEN. A four-strong team from the supplier of s ...

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  • New tyre programme launched for independent garages

    At the opening of GiTi Tire's European Technical Centre (ETC), MIRA Micheldever Tyre Services', Chief Exe ...

    At the opening of GiTi Tire's European Technical Centre (ETC), MIRA Micheldever Tyre Services', Chief Executive, Paul Fox hailed the enhanced GT Radial Performance Centre (GTPC) programme as “the most ...

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  • Tool rental service launched

    Rent2Repair – an innovative special service tool and diagnostics hire service - has just been launched. T ...

    Rent2Repair – an innovative special service tool and diagnostics hire service - has just been launched. The new member service, supported by some of the world’s largest tool manufacturers including Au ...

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  • TRW goes the extra mile for BEN

    Employees from TRW Automotive Aftermarket, have raised in excess of £2,000 for automotive industry charit ...

    Employees from TRW Automotive Aftermarket, have raised in excess of £2,000 for automotive industry charity BEN. Running, cycling, rowing, X-training and swimming were among the events that saw the tea ...

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  • HMRC launch motor trade tax dodging taskforce

    A taskforce tackling tax dodgers in the motor trade was recently launched by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC). ...

    A taskforce tackling tax dodgers in the motor trade was recently launched by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC). The taskforce is expected to recover more than £22m tackling tax dodgers in the motor trade in ...

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