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Rolls-Royce Motor Cars has launched the company’s first graduate programme.

Nissan has officially opened its field quality centre (FQC) at the Nissan Technical Centre Europe in Cranfield, Bedfordshire.

BEN, the automotive industry charity, will be making its debut in the ‘Rolex Fastnet Yacht Race’.

Pendragon has entered into a £400 million sale and lease-back deal with Aaim, the property fund in order to cut group debt.

Thatcham, the crash repair company, has proposed the formation of a Repair Industry Welding Action Group (RIWAG) to address key welding related issues in modern vehicle repair.

Nissan is the new title sponsor for Soccer AM, the Saturday morning football breakfast show on Sky Sports 1.

The John Clark Group will be celebrating the opening its new £2.5 million Dundee Audi dealership with a four-day launch party.

Ironside Motors of Winchmore Hill, London has parted company with Nissan after being with the franchise for 33 years.

CAP has appointed Mark Bulmer as its current valuation manager for cars.

Suzuki GB has appointed Darren Ponsford as its new general manager of marketing for its automobiles division.

It’s a great little car, but there’s just one thing that annoys me about it. It’s the indicator stalks. They don’t click down, they just sort of move a little bit. I know it’s a bit pathetic, but it really put me off the car.

The Office of Fair Trading has approved Bosch’s Car Service code of practice.

TV star Ricky Tomlinson has opened his own garage in Liverpool to help raise the profile of the motor repair sector.

Renault will launch its first bioethanol car into the UK at the end of this year with its Mégane E85 hatchback.

Kia Motors UK sold 56 cars through its BCA hosted auction in July.

Landwind, the Chinese car manufacturer, is looking to recruit UK dealers ahead of the launch of its 4x4 and MPV models which go on sale here in next spring.

We want to give you a better service and at the same time reduce our carbon footprint, so we have teamed up with Ceros to provide you with a faster, smarter and environmentally-friendly version of AM.

Lexus, Honda, Daihatsu and Toyota scored five stars in the latest JD Power dealer service survey.

Arriving in Turin this week, the less car-minded visitor could have been forgiven for believing there was a major Hollywood premiere in town.

New car registrations rose by 1.5% in June to 222,863 units.

The European Parliament this week was due to consider CO2 emission limits which could block the launch of most performance cars, luxury saloons and large 4x4s in Europe within eight years.

Citroën has set up three working groups with its National Dealer Council to identify new ways in which its retail network can improve their performance.

The news that Ford wants out of Land Rover and Jaguar is further confirmation that the age of carmaker consolidation is well and truly over.

Lotus has returned to London after a six year absence with the addition of the franchise to London Group’s Park Lane showroom.

On the legal helpline we still get a steady trickle of problems where a fraudster uses a stolen card to buy one or more cars.

The European Commission attempted to sharpen employers Health and Safety duties by challenging the legal duty to “ensure the safety and health of workers in every aspect related to the work ….. so far as is reasonably practicable”.

In a recent incident in County Durham it appears that a leak of acetylene gas in a closed van led to an explosion killing the driver.

In association with Essential Dealership Training, Lawgistics are in the process of developing training material that combines both legal and sales process responsibilities.

In a recent case (GAB Robins v Trigg) an employee began to have problems at work in 2001 when working as a PA / Secretary to two chartered loss investigators.

There are strict time limits to start a claim in the Employment Tribunal.