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Spring Budget 2017: what motorists need to know

Budget 2017: what motorists need to know

Chancellor of the exchequer Philip Hammond announced his 2017 budget this afternoon. As always, there are important consequences for drivers.
Published 08 March 2017
Nissan wants £100m boost for British car parts industry

Nissan wants £100m boost for British car parts

Nissan has called for the government to find at least £100m to help rebuild Britain’s car parts industry to replace overseas components...
Published 08 March 2017
Mini may be driven abroad by BMW Brexit fears

Mini may be driven abroad by BMW Brexit fears

The long-term future of the Cowley car plant, near Oxford, has been plunged into uncertainty by reports that BMW is planning to build the...
Published 07 March 2017
Car production line

Motor industry must look closer to home for parts

More parts for British-built cars will be sourced from within the UK under plans to insulate the automotive industry from the potentially...
Published 07 March 2017
Peugeot and Citroen owner confirms Vauxhall buyout

Peugeot and Citroën owner confirms Vauxhall buyout

After weeks of negotiations, the French owner of Peugeot and Citroen has confirmed it will take control of Opel/Vauxhall...
Published 06 March 2017
Car insurance to soar after compensation shake-up

Car insurance to soar after compensation shake-up

Car insurance premiums are expected to rise after the government cut the discount rate used by courts in England and Wales to calculate...
Published 06 March 2017
Opinion: If Uber is worth what the investors claim, I’ll eat my brake pads

Opinion: If Uber is worth what the investors claim

With a name like Uber, a business could not make the scale of its ambitions clearer. Deutschland über alles, and all that...
Published 05 March 2017
British Caparo T1 supercar to ride again as T1 Evo

Caparo T1 supercar to ride again as T1 Evo

It is the British supercar with the sad history. The Caparo T1 was lionised by the motoring press as the high-performance vehicle closest to...
Published 02 March 2017
Peugeot rules out job losses at Vauxhall

Peugeot rules out job losses at Vauxhall

PSA Peugeot Citroën has promised to safeguard all existing job guarantees in its €2bn takeover of Opel Vauxhall.
Published 01 March 2017
Uber launches investigation after tech worker exposes ‘culture of sexism’

Tech worker exposes ‘culture of Uber sexism’

Silicon Valley executives like to think of themselves as disrupting tradition. But in certain respects, some seem to remain in the dark ages...
Published 28 February 2017

VW UK boss tells ‘blatant lies’

MPs condemned the boss of Volkswagen in Britain for telling “blatant lies” after he denied that the carmaker deceived customers during...
Published 28 February 2017
Strike threat looming at BMW Group over plans to change pensions

Strike threat looming at BMW

BMW has been warned that it could face the first strike by its British workforce over plans to downgrade its pension scheme.
Published 28 February 2017