Factor & supplier news

Sukhpal Singh Ahluwalia has tendered his resignation at LKQ and left ECP, the car parts company he started a quarter of a century ago in Willesden

Heading into week three of the Haynes Mechanix course for young people and CAT catches up with Richard ‘Beef’ Frankland, Youth Services Manager at Prospex Youth Club to see his take on the programme.

Working out what to claim and what not to claim can be like walking on a tightrope with potentially painful consequences if you slip. Tax can be an absolute minefield and ensuring that the correct income is declared is vital. However, the matter of what can be expensed is open to interpretation and misunderstanding. On the one hand you don’t want to miss out on valuable reliefs, yet on the other, you’ll not want to mistakenly claim for something that isn’t allowable and possibly give HMRC an excuse to conduct an investigation into your affairs

A new organisation aims to improve the performance of small and medium businesses within the automotive engineering supply chain. Enscite, supported by the European Regional Development Fund and the Regional Growth Fund, has been launched to help automotive manufacturing businesses grow

Groupauto’s Autocare Show and Conference hit an all-time high after breaking its previous records.
The show held for the first time at the Telford International Centre, saw 82 suppliers and more than 600 delegates, including 150 from Autocare garages all under one roof

CAT magazine is delighted to welcome Greg Whitaker as the new editor of CAT magazine. Greg was, until November, the editor of Aftermarket magazine and prior to this was the editor of PMV Middle East and a writer on Classics Monthly

Andrew Page has launched its first interactive aftermarket trade show designed for garage technicians and apprentices. AutoInsider Live will be held for the first time in Harrogate, Yorkshire on May 15. The event will give attendees of all abilities a chance to learn, keep up with latest developments and to grab themselves a bargain

TecRMI is preparing for the future by already including information on tyre pressure monitoring systems on its database. The repair and maintenance information portal, part of TecAlliance, has made the move to include data on both active and passive TPMS ahead of the sensors becoming a legal requirement on all new vehicles from November 1

NGK has announced it will be one of many automotive suppliers exhibiting at Goodwood’s Festival of Speed. The popular OE and aftermarket spark plug, glow plug and lambda sensor manufacturer aims to be centre stage throughout the iconic event staged between June 26 and 29

Autoelectro has teamed up with Bradford City Football Club to be a shirt sponsor. The rotating electrics remanufacturing specialist has completed a deal that will see the company logo placed on the back of the players’ shirts and replica shirts