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Manbat has appointed Jon Bailey as sales director.
Bailey has been in the battery business all of his working life, leaving school in 1980 to work in a small auto electrical battery distribution business in south Manchester.
In the late 80’s he joined the then importer of Banner batteries, managing their Northern Branch operations, before moving to VB Automotive in 1998. Read More..
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IAAF puts team in place
As the pace of the IAAF's progress continues to escalate, the new personnel structure throughout the IAAF has now been put in place.
Tony Sackett, IAAF's President explained: "It was important to make sure we had the right people on board and I'm delighted that everything we wanted has fallen into place so well." The main positions are: The roles of President IAAF and Chairman IAAF-D (distributors) go to Tony Sackett. Read More.. News
Fisher joins First Line
First Line is pleased to announce the appointment of Terry Fisher as General Sales Manager.
Terry is a well known and highly respected figure in the UK aftermarket, thanks to his 22 years service at multi-product rivals Quinton Hazell, and the vast amount of knowledge and experience he has gained during this time will begin to be applied to the First Line cause in April. MD Peter Joyner, announcing the appointment, said “I am delighted that Terry has decided to join the First Line team, and we plan on continuing to invest in good people, new products and the best ranges to ensure that all of our customers, old and new, can be assured of the highest levels of service available to the UK aftermarket. Read More.. News
British motorists name the nation's top ten garagesMotor Codes has revealed the top ten garages in the UK as voted for by British motorists. The second round of public voting has closed as this nationwide competition - Golden Garages - approaches its climax to find the best local garage in Britain. Over 8,000 motorists have voted for their favourite local garage, with the final ten named online at: . Read More.. |
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Manbat puts Lucas on two wheels
Manbat has extended its product range with the introduction of Lucas motorcycle batteries.
The Lucas Motorcycle range of batteries caters for virtually every motorcycle application, from road and sport to scooters. It also covers many motorcycle related applications such as ATV’s, jet-ski and snowmobiles. Read More.. News
ACDelco targets UAN growth
ACDelco has strengthened its association with UAN.
Having initially struck an accord with UAN involving the supply of ACDelco’s beam and spoiler wiper blades, under the terms of the new agreement, UAN will continue to recommend ACDelco’s complete aftermarket product range to more than 115 distributors with over 195 branches. Totaling in excess of some 3,500-part numbers, the ACDelco product offering takes in batteries, oils and lubricants, spark plugs, bulbs, filters, wipers, clutch kits and braking. Read More.. News
Sovereign targets Goodwood
Sovereign is again running a promotion to the Goodwood Festival of Speed on Saturday 2 July 2010.
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Scrappage scheme ends
The government's scrappage scheme, which has taken more than 400,000 vehicles viable for service and repair out of the market, has ended.
The scheme was designed to deliver a boost to the motor industry, offering a £2,000 grant to scrap an old car in exchange for a new one. Lord Mandelson, Business Secretary said: “The scheme was always time limited and as it closes I am pleased to see scrappage has delivered the results we aimed for – not just for manufacturers, but for the whole industry and its supply chain. Read More.. News
IBL news
UAN understands that Independent Batteries Ltd has gone into administration.
Continuity of supply of the Moura brand can be sourced from FPS distribution.. Read More.. News
NGK sparks McLaren in F1 2010
NGK Spark Plugs has announced that it is to be the technical partner and official supplier of spark plugs to the Vodafone McLaren Mercedes Formula 1 Racing Team in the 2010 season. As well as Vodafone McLaren Mercedes almost all the leading contenders for this season’s FIA Formula 1 World Championship will also be sparked by NGK.
The launch event to unveil the Vodafone McLaren Mercedes 2010 Formula 1 season car was a spectacular occasion with the team’s joint-world champion driver line-up of both McLaren’s British drivers, Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton present; marking the first time in Formula 1 history that the sport’s two most recent world champions have been partnered together. Read More.. |
