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Automotive industry charity BEN has started work on its new, state-of-the-art facilities and headquarters in Berkshire. The multi-million pound project will create a new retirement community and care facilities on the charity’s existing Lynwood site in Sunninghill near Ascot.

The Independent Automotive Aftermarket Federation has warned the sector it is at risk of unravelling. Chief Executive Brian Spratt expressed his concern that the fighting in the sector over the matching quality debate will be to the detriment of the aftermarket.

Saab Parts UK has announced a new initiative to improve the availability of parts to the independent sector. It hopes to be able to better cater for the trade by increasing inventory and improving delivery. A range of 160,000 parts are available from 80 locations across the UK.

It’s all in a day’s work for Holts’ Research and Development Manager Bruce Ellis who takes CAT around the firm’s laboratory in Manchester. Just around the corner from where Kellogg’s makes cornflakes in Manchester, men in white coats are defrosting locusts and grinding them up.

The 19 SkillAuto finalists are making their final preparations ahead of the battle to see who will be crowned the winner. The young competitors will face off in one of three fields in front of more than 100,000 visitors at the Skills Show

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Remy warns that there are two different starters on the Mini One and the Mini Cooper 1.6 petrol versions from 2007 – on