During his visit to the Paris Motor Show, business minister Mark Prisk urged international manufacturers and suppliers to take a fresh look at what the UK can offer potential investors in terms of engineering expertise, skilled workforce, innovation and cutting edge design as the UK looks to take the lead in low carbon automotive technologies.

UK automotive suppliers benefitted from record numbers of international attendees at this year’s Automechanika Frankfurt trade show, representing companies looking to source aftermarket parts and solutions.

Today, SMMT released figures for August pre-registrations in the UK new car market. The data shows the number of cars disposed of in August 2010 that were defined as pre-registrations.

Alan Mulally, President and CEO of Ford Motor Company, today delivered the Confederation of British Industry’s (CBI) Annual Lecture to an audience of business leaders.

SMMT has released automotive production figures for August 2010.

The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) has called for intra-company transfers to be excluded from government’s migration limits, over concerns that capping the number of highly skilled migrants could negatively impact UK competitiveness and the re-balancing of the economy.

SMMT has released automotive production figures for August 2010.

Motoring consumer champion, Motor Codes, has launched a national campaign to make the country’s garages better by gathering feedback from customers. As part of the campaign, those providing feedback could win up to £500 against the cost of their last service or repair.

Automotive suppliers from across the UK gathered today at SMMT’s Open Forum event to discuss issues and activities related to the UK supply base.

Motoring consumer champion, Motor Codes, has launched a national campaign to make the country’s garages better by gathering feedback from customers. As part of the campaign, those providing feedback could win up to £500 against the cost of their last service or repair.