Will Rimell

Businesses are being offered the chance to exhibit at this year’s international Equip Auto show with the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders. The biannual exhibition of after-sales equipment and services runs from October 16-20 in Paris and remains a key feature in the automotive calendar.

Automotive industry charity BEN is challenging people to raise £108 for its work through its National BEN Week. Running from July 15-21, the target is set at £108 to reflect the charity’s 108 years of providing care and support for the motor industry. The new theme for the work is ‘Bear Us in Mind’.

Kwik-Fit is standing behind the quality of work at its garages following an investigation by the BBC and claims that corners were cut and unnecessary repairs recommended. Kwik-Fit says the allegations, broadcast following on Your Money, Their Tricks on Wednesday July 10, are untrue.

After months of negotiations and discussions LKQ’s Sator has acquired Kühne Nederland BV. The move will see Kühne Automotive continuing and being integrated with QH Nederland, which will see Jan van Doorn becoming appointed as Managing Director for Kühne as well as QH.

Road transport infrastructure spend and the Department for Transport's capital resource have been given the biggest boost of any area in today’s Spending Round, but a squeeze on local authority budgets and a two-year freeze on council tax could impact on local road maintenance and repair.

Thatcham is running a series of workshops on how to get the most out of Escribe crash repair resource. Crash repair and insurance engineers who use the system will be invited to attend a three-hour session where an Escribe expert will talk them through the extensive features and how to use it most efficiently and effectively.

The Independent Garage Association (IGA) has started out on the road to gain Government-approval for its Trust My Garage (TMG) voluntary code of conduct. The IGA’s move comes as oversight for approved codes transfers from the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) to the Trading Standards Institute (TSI).

Following its purchase of the Quinton Hazell intellectual property rights from Klarius, Tetrosyl has added QH France. CAT spoke with Tetrosyl Chairman Peter Schoffield to find out how the planned August relaunch of QH was going

The increasing level of pollen could provide garages and workshops profit opportunities through new cabin air filters. Factors Andrew Page is urging garages to check the cabin filters and offer a change as a part of a summer check up.

Peugeot’s 308 was the topic of discussion for last month, with the versatile French car giving us plenty of opportunity to discuss fault finding and diagnosing common issues. This month our friends in the market turn their attention to the handsome looking Ford Fiesta.