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MotortradesEnergy efficiency: Viessmann says car dealerships should consider ground source heat pumps but must watch out for scammers
By: Danny HewittPublished: 05/09/2013 08:03:00
  Ground-source heat pumps and under-floor heating could transform the green credentials of the automotive retail industry – and save dealerships thousands of pounds in heatin.
Tags: under the hood, car dealership, car dealerships, heat pumps, viessmann
 
MotortradesRoSPA Scotland Congress to focus on innovation, road safety and Commonwealth Games
By: Danny HewittPublished: 15/08/2013 14:00:00
  Breakthrough schemes using innovation to boost safety and health will be a key feature at this year's Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents' (RoSPA) Scotland Congres.
Tags: rospa scotland, rospa innovation, rospa road safety, rospa commonwealth games
 
MotortradesMotorists urged to have eye tests every two years to prevent accidents and save hundreds of lives
By: Danny HewittPublished: 06/08/2013 00:49:00
  A new campaign has called on all drivers to sharpen up their act by getting their eyesight tested every two years to ensure their vision meets legal standards and they aren'.
Tags: eyesight tests, eye tests, poor eyesight, eyesight for driving, eye sight for driving
 
MotortradesLewis Hamilton wins record fourth Hungarian Grand Prix from pole after managing tyres well in dramatic race
By: Danny HewittPublished: 28/07/2013 14:43:00
  Lewis Hamilton stormed off the front of the grid with the perfect start this afternoon, after Mercedes dominated qualifying at the Hungarian Grand Prix yesterday. A dra.
Tags: Mercedes GP, Lewis Hamilton, hungarian gp, hungarian grand prix, lewis hamilton wins fourth hungarian gp
 
MotortradesTiredness is deadly but half of all drivers are forced to drive to work early despite a lack of sleep
By: Danny HewittPublished: 25/07/2013 03:35:00
  Drivers are being advised to take simple steps to avoid falling asleep at the wheel as the holiday season starts and many families prepare for long distance travel to destin.
Tags: Health and Safety, driver fatigue, sleep related road accidents, employer responsibility, tiredness
 
MotortradesEmployers must allow employees to sleep for longer as driver fatigue is linked to one in five road accidents, RoSPA Head claims
By: Danny HewittPublished: 23/07/2013 23:31:00
  It’s Monday morning. You’ve had a lovely weekend and a late Sunday dinner, having stayed awake to watch The White Queen followed by a romantic comedy. Before you know it, yo.
Tags: ROSPA, Health and Safety, driver fatigue, road deaths fatigue, FATIGUE uk road accidents
 
MotortradesMargaret Thatcher: ‘We must have secret ballots’ to save motorhome industry, after hearing of strike at Southampton Ford Transit plant
By: Danny HewittPublished: 18/07/2013 00:20:00
  Richard Holdsworth, the founder and owner of the now defunct Holdsworth Motorhomes, has spoken of how Margaret Thatcher insisted on trying out the new Holdsworth Ford motorh.
Tags: under the hood, Holdsworth Motorhomes, Motorhome Manufacturers, margaret thatcher, MARGARET THATCHER motorhomes
 
MotortradesPutting restrictions on young drivers can make them safer, says RAC Foundation
By: Danny HewittPublished: 17/07/2013 01:47:00
  Placing conditions on the licences of young drivers could reduce fatal accidents amongst this group by more than a half.One in five young drivers (17-24 year-olds) will have.
Tags: rac foundation, Learner Drivers, FORD driving skills for life, minimum learner period, minimum learning period
 
MotortradesLIVE: How to build a car - Toyota builds an Auris Hybrid with updates on Twitter every step of the way
By: Danny HewittPublished: 19/06/2013 10:03:00
  At this minute, Toyota is broadcasting hundreds of tweets that will follow the production of a new Toyota Auris Hybrid, from raw steel to a vehicle ready for customer delive.
Tags: Toyota, under the hood, toyota auris, toyota auris hybrid, twitter
 
MotortradesGrey fleets said to be a ‘risk’ to vehicle leasing and fleet management companies
By: Danny HewittPublished: 17/06/2013 14:31:00
  Vehicle leasing and fleet management companies need to do more to help their corporate customers manage the risk to their businesses posed by what is known as the ‘grey flee.
Tags: Finance, under the hood, grey fleet, grey fleet vehicles, using a car for work
 
MotortradesGO 20mph: 100,000 schoolchildren march to demand safer streets, as thousands declare they are ‘scared by traffic’
By: Danny HewittPublished: 12/06/2013 20:38:00
  Every school day in the UK, 23 children are run over and hurt when walking or cycling to or from school and four of these children are killed or suffer serious, sometimes li.
Tags: go 20, schoolchildren road safety, school children road safety, road safety for school children, road safety for school kids
 
Motortrades£790m Forth Bridge Replacement Crossing to be ‘cable-strayed’ with motorway and hard shoulder , as Strainstall is awarded structural health monitoring contract
By: Danny HewittPublished: 03/06/2013 12:39:00
  The new Forth Replacement Crossing is to be a cable-stayed bridge carrying a motorway with two general lanes of traffic plus hard shoulder in either direction. Supporte.
Tags: under the hood, Forth Bridge, Forth Bridge Replacement, New Forth Bridge, New FOrth Bridge Cost
 
MotortradesJenson Button Quotes: All the F1 race quotes from the start of the 2012 Formula 1 grand prix season
By: Danny HewittPublished: 24/05/2013 01:49:00
  Jenson Button (1st) – Australian GP 2012 “Every victory means a lot - but today shows just how important it was to have a strong winter. The starts of the past two seasons h.
Tags: McLaren, Jenson Button, McLaren F1, formula 1, Jenson Button Quotes
 
MotortradesRoSPA presents health and safety awards to 140 transport and logistics companies
By: Danny HewittPublished: 22/05/2013 16:55:00
  The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) has presented occupational health and safety awards to 140 firms in the transport, storage and distribution sector..
Tags: ROSPA, HGV, under the hood, Logistics, Courier Companies
 
MotortradesRoad Safety Red Squirrel Tufty Fluffytail to be honoured in exhibition as he celebrates 60th birthday
By: Danny HewittPublished: 08/05/2013 12:40:00
  Sixty years since he was created, the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents’ retired road safety squirrel Tufty Fluffytail will feature in an exhibition exploring in.
Tags: Road Safety, ROSPA, RoSPA Red Squirrel, Road Safety Squirrel, Squirrel Nutkin Crossing Road
 
MotortradesMotorcyclists urged to wear good earplugs to prevent hearing loss, as new hearing protectors launched
By: Danny HewittPublished: 23/04/2013 10:41:00
  A British company with two decades of experience of designing custom-fit earplugs has launched Auritech Biker Hearing Protectors – what it describes as ‘the most advanced he.
Tags: under the hood, Motorbike Earplugs, Motorcycle Ear Plugs, Motorbike Ear Plugs, Best Motorcycle Ear Plugs
 
MotortradesCyclists slam ‘small’ £40m investment to make road junctions safer across the UK
By: Danny HewittPublished: 05/04/2013 11:09:00
  Cyclists across England are set to ‘benefit’ from safer roads thanks to a £40m boost to improve dangerous routes and junctions, Transport Minister Norman Baker has announced.
Tags: DFT, Cycling, cyclists, government investment, making cycling routes safer
 
MotortradesDrivers ‘will not be declined car insurance’ if they fail to disclose information to insurers under new Consumer Insurance Act
By: Danny HewittPublished: 04/04/2013 17:26:00
  Drivers taking out new insurance products will be given ‘added peace of mind that their claims will not be declined’ if they unknowingly fail to tell insurers everything abo.
Tags: Finance, Car Insurance, consumer insurance act, new laws, new motoring laws
 
MotortradesJason Plato and Matt Neal top the podium in Kent as British Touring Car Championship kicks off with Easter spectacular at Brands Hatch
By: Danny HewittPublished: 02/04/2013 11:16:00
  Jason Plato leads this season’s British Touring Car Championship after taking two wins from the opening three races of the season on the Brands Hatch Indy circuit in the qua.
Tags: Touring Car, BTCC, British Touring Car Championship , Jason Plato, easter
 
MotortradesSebastian Vettel becomes sixth most successful Formula One racing driver of all time, as controversy over Malaysia win continues
By: Danny HewittPublished: 26/03/2013 16:33:00
  The podium at the Malaysian Grand Prix was arguably the glummest and perhaps the most embarrassing since Michael Schumacher’s controversial win in Austria in 2002.It has dra.
Tags: Sebastian Vettel, Mark Webber, Christian Horner, malaysian grand prix, malaysia grand prix
 
MotortradesSebastian Vettel and Red Bull Racing could destroy Formula One with increasingly ‘unhealthy’ dominance
By: Danny HewittPublished: 26/03/2013 14:30:00
  Sebastian Vettel and his team Red Bull are setting a predictable trend of winning races and dominating Saturday afternoons by claiming pole position – too often.But Red Bull.
Tags: F1, Formula One, Red Bull, Sebastian Vettel, Christian Horner
 
MotortradesAutomotive industry could change half a billion lives if companies donate one per cent of turnover to fight poverty, as World Water Day inspires millions
By: Danny HewittPublished: 22/03/2013 14:49:00
  Millions, if not tens of millions, and potentially hundreds of millions of people could have access to clean water and sanitation if every company in the UK’s automotive ind.
Tags: under the hood, wateraid, automotive industry, goodwill, charity
 
MotortradesRenault reveal electric car Zoe can only achieve a range of 60 miles in cold weather and 90 miles in warmer climates
By: Danny HewittPublished: 21/03/2013 16:43:00
  British drivers are not expected to warm to the new Renault Zoe, an all-electric city car, after Renault today revealed it can only achieve 60 miles in cold weather and 90 m.
Tags: Electric Cars, Environment, Electric Car, Renault, Eco
 
MotortradesFuel duty frozen for drivers as automotive industry displays its proposals for transport and roads
By: Danny HewittPublished: 20/03/2013 15:54:00
  With Chancellor George Osborne announcing his 2013 budget today, motorists want cheaper road tax, reduced fuel duty, cheaper company car tax, investment to fix the milli.
Tags: George Osbourne, Budget, Finance, SMMT, budget 2013
 
MotortradesMOT test of the future to focus on tackling harmful Nitrous Oxide and Diesel Particulate Matter emissions
By: Danny HewittPublished: 19/03/2013 14:12:00
  With the MOT test now incorporating ‘stricter’ new rules, the governmental organisation responsible for issuing certificates has revealed how there will be stricter rules on.
Tags: MOT, Emissions, under the hood, mot test, harmful emissions
 
MotortradesSmokers lose £400 to £500 when selling used cars and are urged to stop smoking in effort to protect vehicle values
By: Danny HewittPublished: 13/03/2013 11:25:00
  Stop smoking in cars. That is the message from the British Medical Association and has been for years, with toxins causing respiratory problems for non-smokers.Taxi drivers .
Tags: British Car Auctions, Finance, National No Smoking Day, Smoking In Cars, Car Values
 
MotortradesAmbulance service aims to improve slow response times with 235mpg electric Vauxhall Ampera
By: Danny HewittPublished: 28/02/2013
  AMBULANCE services are increasingly going green, with paramedics in Yorkshire set to get behind the wheel of the 100-mph Vauxhall Ampera. A hybrid with a potential.
Tags: Motoring Incidents, Emergency Services, Electric Car, Hybrid, Ambulance
 
MotortradesAndreas Mikkelsen: 'I can become WRC World Champion within five years'
By: Danny HewittPublished: 14/02/2013
  Andreas Mikkelsen won the Intercontinental Rally Challenge in 2011 and 2012 - despite not competing in three races last season in his Skoda Fabia S2000. The 22.
Tags: WRC, Andreas Mikkelsen, World Rally Championship, Volkswagen, Volkswagen Polo
 
MotortradesVolvo to become world's largest HGV maker after buying into Chinese firm
By: Danny HewittPublished: 28/01/2013
  VOLVO will become the world's largest manufacturer of heavy-duty trucks, after signing an agreement to acquire 45 per cent of the Chinese-based Dongfeng Commercial Vehicles .
Tags: HGV, Volvo, China, Far East, Dongfeng
 
MotortradesLow income families at highest risk of road accidents
By: Danny HewittPublished: 03/01/2013
  IF the government is to have any chance of restoring its reputation and reducing the number of people killed or injured on Britain's roads, it will need to focus as much on social factors as safety education, according to a new report by the Royal Society for the P.
Tags: Accidents, Road Safety, Poverty, Low Income, Accident
 
MotortradesOverweight drivers destroying costly efforts to improve fuel efficiency
By: Danny HewittPublished: 22/10/2012
  They may wish to save money on their car costs but obesity is having an adverse impact on motorists.But for every additional 7st in a car, fuel economy will drop by two per .
Tags: Road Safety, Drivers, Obesity, Overweight, Fuel Efficiency
 

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