Caterpillar’s Building Construction Products Division has announced it is to invest

JCB, the world’s third largest manufacturer of construction equipment, today announced plans for a new £31 million engine development project in the UK that will create around 350 jobs across its Midlands and Wales plants.

Mark Prisk, Business Minister, visited the home of Rolls-Royce Motor Cars in Goodwood, West Sussex today to learn how the company will expand in 2012. Rolls-Royce is investing in a significant expansion of its Assembly Hall and Surface Finish Centre. The Minister toured the manufacturing plant to meet the craftsmen and women responsible for building the company’s super luxury cars.

This guide concentrates on the safe use of light trailers and trailer caravans. Its purpose is to increase awareness of the additional rules and regulations which have to be obeyed when towing. (Includes 36 pages of text, colour illustrations and a protective cover)

SMMT’s weekly round-up, including all the latest news from UK automotive and a message from our Chief Executive.

1. New £125 million fund to boost UK advanced manufacturing supply
2. UK commercial vehicle market up 19.1% in November
3. Additional £60 million investment in bus industry
4. Access to finance key to automotive supply chain growth states report
5. Week ahead

1. UK vetoes EU treaty change
2. European Commission present plans to assist SMEs in getting access to credit
3. European Commission proposes vehicle noise reduction
4. 18 new MEPs to take their seats on 12 December
5. Week ahead

Over the past 18 months, Vauxhall Motors has awarded more than €230m worth of contracts to UK suppliers, making a significant contribution to the UK economy, securing higher revenue, export value and employment within the automotive sector.

Bus services across England are set to receive £90 million to make them greener, more efficient and easier to use, Transport Minister Norman Baker announced today.

The latest arrival in SMMT’s Westminster exhibition space celebrates the 125th anniversary of Robert Bosch GmbH. The multinational industrial technology company is the largest supplier of automotive components globally, and shares its anniversary with the patent of the world’s first motor car in 1886.