Andrew Page acquires Halesowen-based business for an undisclosed sum
Factor & supplier news
THE LAST UNDERSUPPLIED AREA
Entrepreneur and Garage Manager Jonathan Davies, discusses the launch of the first CMF factor branch in Gwynedd.
LEGISLATION LOOMS FOR SUPPLIERS
The spectre of type approval for aftermarket parts looms, but is it safety issues or VMs lobbying politicians that drive this change?
IGA AND GEA CHALLENGE SWOBS DECISION
Director of IGA Stuart James, teams up with GEA Chief Executive Dave Garratt, to challenge SWOBS decision.
SHAFTEC SECURES BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP WITH LIVINGSTON AUTOPARTS
Transmission supplier Shaftec, has announced that it has secured a business partnership with Scottish motor factor, Livingston Autoparts.
Brexit means ‘catastrophic’ crash for UK industry
A UK-based manufacturing company believes that exiting the EU would cause a ‘catastrophic crash in UK manufacturing’s competitiveness’
Writing in the upcoming March issue of CAT, Toby Massey, MD at BM Catalysts says: “Brexit is a divisive issue and from an economic perspective, an increadibly short sighted one”
He notes that 50 percent of his company’s turnover is generated from export, so the corporate stance is ‘naturally pro EU’.
SAS AUTOPARTS ACQUIRED BY PARTS ALLIANCE
Yorkshire-based factor latest acquisition for business group
'LEVEL PLAYING FIELD CLOSER THAN EVER' SAY IGA
A level playing field in the battle for access to information will leave franchised dealers vulnerable to losing more service business to the independent garages – which is no bad thing according to the RMI’s Independent Garage Association.
The IGA say that it has done surveys that shown independent garages taking an increasing market share of service work, despite the difficulty carrying out certain functions. This limitation will soon be removed, allowing independents to carry out every part of a service and repair for their customers.”
DENSO ESCAPE FINE IN CARTEL SCANDAL
EC levy huge fine for Mitsubishi Electric and Hitachi, but Denso escape penalty for providing information
KIA VERDICT ‘HUGE VICTORY FOR AFTERMARKET’ SAY IAAF
The Supreme Court in Stockholm has dismissed Kia Motor’s petition to appeal against their conviction in
December 2012 for breach of competition in the Swedish market on its seven-year new car warranty.
Under the EU Motor Vehicle Block Exemption Regulation 461/2010, manufacturers have a duty to honour the vehicle’s warranty when it is serviced outside of the dealership, and non-OE parts being fitted onto a vehicle is an insufficient reason for the warranty to be declared invalid.