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A group of 40 pupils aged 15-18 will tour the Michelin plant, followed by a careers fair and group work. Date to be confirmed.  Venue Michelin Tyres plc-Stoke Campbell Road, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire ST4 4EY Organizer Joel Andrew

Since 2009, Jaguar Land Rover has undergone a period of unprecedented growth.  Its manufacturing output has doubled, with 425,000 cars rolling off its various UK production lines last year. This has been driven by a raft of exciting new models…

In a major step to diversify the range of low emission vehicles available, £11 million investment has been announced by the Office for Low Emission Vehicles (OLEV) towards the development of a hydrogen fuel infrastructure in the UK.

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Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills Dr Vince Cable MP discussed the Liberal Democrats’ commitment to supporting long-term thinking for the UK automotive industry at the Party Conference in Glasgow today.

Purpose of the Post: To operate, monitor, develop and ensure quality delivery of operations and services within the Communications, Sales and Marketing and Account Management areas and contribute positively to the running and development of Motor Codes as part of…

Bus and coach registrations down 23.9% this September, driven by fall in converted bus registrations.
Coach registrations are strong, up 3.3% this month and 5.4% for the year so far.
Purpose-built bus market dropped 26 units for September, with a 10% fall year-to-date.

Today, SMMT released figures for August pre-registrations in the UK new car market. The data shows the number of cars disposed of by vehicle manufacturers in August 2014 that were defined as pre-registrations. CLICK HERE: Download the August 2014 release.

September registrations up 10.8% to 54,497 units; 269,456 commercial vehicles registered so far this year, up 12.6%.
Van market continues to drive growth; up 18.1% year-to-date to 242,071, and 14.1% in September to 49,123 units.

SMMT has published Electric Vehicle (EV) registration figures for September and the year-to-date.