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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 […]
NAA Member Company Profile: Drive Development Solutions Ltd
Drive Development Solutions provides a Learning & Development consultancy service to the global automotive industry… The company’s vision is to ensure that the sector has a highly skilled, competent and professional workforce that is able to keep pace with the higher demands of the modern customer, new technologies and a changing marketplace. It does this […]
NAA Member Company News: BAC launches new Hong Kong showroom
Briggs Automotive Company (BAC) opened its brand new Hong Kong showroom on 27th November, in direct response to growing customer demand in Far East Asia… Read more Based at the Nan Fung Commercial Centre in Kowloon Bay, the showroom has already had fantastic success, with BAC selling eight of the annual allocation of 12 vehicles […]
NAA Member Company News: Movetech UK moves forward with major site redevelopments
Movetech UK (part of the British Turntable Group) has successfully had its building plans approved for a brand new £500,000 redevelopment scheme at its head office site on Emblem Street in Bolton, Greater Manchester… The planning application for the new manufacturing and headquarters facility was presented to Bolton Council earlier this year and has recently […]
NAA Member Company News: First Bentley Bentayga rolls off the production line
The very first production Bentley Bentayga, the catalyst for one of the biggest investment programmes in the company’s history, has left the assembly line at Bentley’s iconic headquarters in Crewe… Four years on from the initial concept stage, during which time over 1,500 UK jobs have been created, the car – part of an £840 […]
