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M6 To Be Closed At Night In The Cheshire Area Next Month

The M6 in Cheshire will be closed in both directions for one night next month to remove a damaged bridge. The Hollowood Farm footbridge over the M6 between Knutsford and Lymm was struck by a lorry in July and now [...]

Need For Caution When Deciding On How To Use Hard Shoulder

Fifty per cent of AA members are supporting the controlled use of the hard-shoulder as a running lane with just 29 per cent opposed. The AA has warned that 58 per cent are opposed to the Government’s idea of charging [...]

DVLA – Improved Customer Service

Motorists will have greater flexibility when renewing their vehicle tax disc after improvements introduced by the DVLA. Two changes mean that motorists will have longer to tax their vehicle. The first of the changes has come about because DVLA has [...]

Vauxhall Vans online campaign

Vauxhall Vans have just launched a major online campaign on the biggest van website in the UK http://www.thevanwebsite.co.uk/. They are offering a 3 year 0% finance deal and 5 years free servicing. The offer is on the whole of the van [...]

Fiat Grande Punto Abarth road test

The legendary Scorpion motorsport badge is back and anyone that knows their motorsport will be expecting the Grande Punto Abarth to be a car that really excites. Let’s get this straight from the off, this is not a Fiat, it [...]

Portfolio Launches New ShowReel Service

Portfolio, Europe’s leading provider of showroom and online retail marketing services and part of the Manheim Group, has enhanced further its offering with the launch of ShowReel, a product that enables online customers to view a dealer’s stock in a [...]

Retail Interest In Used Cars Holding Up

A survey of 100 UK franchised dealers conducted by Manheim Retail Services, shows that demand for used cars is holding up in spite of the general economic uncertainty. Across the five main vehicle segments (Small Hatchback, Medium Family, Large Family, [...]

Northgate puts fleets on the road to a safer future with free driver profiling

Driving on business, for most employees, is the most dangerous task they undertake during their working life with an estimated 25%-33% of road traffic accidents involving somebody who was using the road for work purposes. As a result of this [...]

Catering Supplier opts for MAXUS

A Morecambe-based LDV dealership has delivered six MAXUS refrigerated panel vans to a wholesale catering butcher in a deal worth £150,000 at showroom price. The 3.5 tonne refrigerated MAXUS vans were supplied by Pye Motors to Clifton Quality Meats, with [...]

AA insurance advice to CAT victims and diesel thieves

Business drivers should be careful where they park as thieves are adding to the misery of sky-high motoring costs by stealing catalytic converters and fuel from parked cars according to AA Insurance. From the findings CAT’s are worth quite a [...]

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