A pioneering deal to keep disqualified drivers off UK and Irish roads will come into force in  February, Road Safety Minister Paul Clark announced today. UK drivers disqualified for an offence in the Republic of Ireland will no longer escape [...]

Cyclists and pedestrians in Lancashire are to benefit from a £220,000 Highways Agency scheme along the A585 near Fleetwood. Work on an 800 metre stretch of Amounderness Way at Thornton-Cleveleys began on Monday (October 26) and is expected to be [...]

Dealer management systems specialist Pinewood says that the newly-launched version of Windows – Windows 7 – is likely to become the operating system of choice for dealers during the next two-three years. Brought to market last week, Windows 7 has [...]

A 20% increase in the number of new 4×4 leases was seen by medium-term leasing specialist Equalease in October as fleets moved to equip drivers with vehicles for the winter months. The company says that the increase over September, which [...]

DVLA Personalised Registrations is bracing itself for an onslaught of interest in its 10-series of registrations when they become available to view online at dvlaregistrations.direct.gov.uk  on Monday, November 2. The agency believes the series, which identify vehicles registered from March [...]

Michelin Formula Renault UK Championship winner Dean Smith (Wolverhampton) fulfilled his champion’s prize on Tuesday, 27th October as he drove a Formula Renault 3.5 car on the 3.321-mile Motorland Aragon circuit. The 3.5-litre, 425hp machine is used in the World [...]

JCT600 is the latest dealer group to be recognised by the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) as SAF Approved following the company’s commitment to improving the quality of information provided to customers on motor finance.   All 36 JCT600 dealerships have [...]

In a two-year lease deal, Subaru Ireland supply three vehicles to Rugby League Ireland. The three Forester Commercial diesels will be used by the RLI coaches on their day-to-day business of visiting clubs and schools promoting rugby league all over [...]

The Renault–Nissan Alliance and the city of Barcelona today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to promote the development of zero emission mobility in the Catalan capital. The two organizations will work together to identify areas of co-operations in promoting [...]

Actor and reigning Strictly Come Dancing champion Tom Chambers celebrated his return to television this week by collecting a new Fiat 500C. Tom, who appears in the latest series of the BBC1 smash-hit school drama Waterloo Road, (starting tonight, 28 [...]