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Industry News: Automotive Apprenticeship Matching Service
The new Automotive Apprenticeship Matching Service gives engineering companies access to high quality candidates through a fully-managed apprenticeship service… A legacy from the Automotive Industrial Partnership Skills Working Group, the new Matching Service forms the Apprenticeship Clearing House outlined in the AIP’s strategic aims. How does it work? Working in partnership with the UK’s major […]
Event Review: The Future Of Motorsport – MIA Energy Efficient Motorsport Conference 2016
The Motorsport Industry Association’s (MIA) Energy Efficient Motorsport Conference 2016 focused on one main issue: what will the ‘Grid of the Future’ look like? A number of industry experts were on hand to give their views on this issue during the day… THE FUTURE OF MOTORSPORT As with many predictions for the future, the conference […]
Last Of The Current Land Rover Defenders Is Built In Solihull
Land Rover celebrated 68 years of history on 29 January 2016 as the last of the current Defenders was produced at its famous Solihull production facility. To mark the occasion Land Rover invited more than 700 current and former Solihull employees involved in the production of Series Land Rover and Defender vehicles to see and […]
NAA Update: Happy New Year! – are these key events for 2016 in your diary?
Firstly our congratulations go to Lawrence Davies who received an MBE in the New Year’s Honours List. Many of you know Lawrence from his current role at UKTI where he is the deputy director of the Automotive Investment Organisation (AIO), and also from his prior role as UK Purchasing Director at GM. Over the time […]
In the Driving Seat: Liz Towns-Andrews, Director of Research & Enterprise, University of Huddersfield
Liz has recently been involved in carrying out a review of the automotive sector in Yorkshire, and she became an NAA board member in December 2015, along with The University of Huddersfield becoming an NAA member – find out more about Liz below… Name Liz Towns-Andrews Company University of Huddersfield Position Director of Research & […]
NAA Member Company Profile: Tiger Trailers
Tiger Trailers became the first new commercial vehicle body and trailer manufacturer in the UK for more than 20 years when it was formed in 2014. The vision of the company directors John and Steven Cartwright was to create a modern, state-of-the-art manufacturing facility, consolidated under one factory roof… John and Steven were quickly joined […]
NAA Member Company News: BAC Named As “One To Watch” By Sunday Times
NAA member Briggs Automotive Company (BAC) has been picked as “One to Watch” in the 2015 Sunday Times Fast Track 100 list, which heralds the best and fastest growing British businesses… BAC, which makes the highly acclaimed, luxury single-seater Mono, earned its place on the list due to its recent expansion and was lauded for […]
Ginetta G57 prototype racer set for full public debut at Autosport International
The covers are set to come off the all-new Ginetta G57 as the new prototype racecar will receive its full public debut at Europe’s premier pre-season motorsport show, Autosport International, this January. Visitors coming to Ginetta’s stand at Autosport International between 14-17 January, 2016, will be amongst the first people outside of the manufacturer’s HQ […]
Record Year for New Car Market as Registrations Hit 2.6 Million in 2015
* Data for December and full-year 2015: Best ever performance in new car market in 2015 after fourth consecutive year of growth. Unprecedented 2.63 million vehicles registered after 6.3% rise in demand, exceeding forecast. Biggest December on record sees registrations boosted 8.4% with 180,077 new cars registered. Fleet demand at highest ever level, surpassing 1.3 […]
NAA Update: Season’s Greetings from the Northern Automotive Alliance
The Annual Dinner has come and gone, but the diary is already looking very busy for January and further into 2016, so it must be the time for the last newsletter of the year – I cannot believe how rapidly the years fly past!… Amidst a time of change with the demise of the Business […]
