The company responsible for distributing OE parts to the remaining Saab dealer network has established a UK parts hub
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WILCOMOTOSAVE TO OPEN IN SWINTON
4,500 sqft retail store and rapid-fit workshop will be chain's first in Manchester
Is the parts sector revelling in the classic car boom?
Interest in classic cars has continued to increase across the board, but can the same be said for the classic spare parts industry?
CAT Retail Lives: TMC Towcester
Neal Palk talks to CAT about his first 18 months in the car accessory retail world
CAT Factor Lives: B.J Ashpole
Operating against competition from the likes of ECP in a British market town Bernard Ashpole explains how he stays ahead of the game
Employee monitoring: the legal issues
All managers will keep an eye on their employees, but how much does the law allow? Mark Stevens takes a close look at related legal cases
The importance of planning and measuring
Fail to plan, plan to fail goes the old adage, but is this still true today? Mike Owen advises on how to measure your business’s performance
CAT Retail Lives: Discount Motor Spares
Andy Fletcher explains how a retail store has made the transition to factor, with a little unintentional remodelling along the way
Why racing is vital for testing
The 24-hour race at the Nürburgring, Germany, sees 700 drivers in 175 vehicles compete while the brands and car sponsors take advantage of the 300,000 plus visitors and TV viewers. But to Falken Tyres, this race is an opportunity to do some heavy testing on its tyres to try and find any techniques that can benefit its passenger vehicle tyre developments
Optimism is the theme at Autopromotec
Autopromotec took place from May 20-24 in Italy with the theme: ‘The economy is picking up, Cars can restart’. 100,000 visitors were projected to visit the show, and even an uncharacteristically cold and wet Bologna didn’t put them off'