SMMT News

MINI has installed more than 11,500 panels on the roof of its new bodyshop, helping to harness renewable energy to power Oxford’s MINI Plant.

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

1. SMMT holds 2014 International Automotive Summit
2. Government fund to boost manufacturing open for bids
3. Manufacturing grows at fastest rate since 2011
4. £30 million fund to boost numbers entering engineering
5. EEF: Manufacturers upgrade growth forecast
6. Week ahead

1. EU and EIB join forces to support R&I investment
2. 2015 EU draft budget adopted by Commission
3. London MEP to lead ECR Group
4. Commission points to innovation to sustain economic recovery
5. Commission adopts new rules supporting transnational projects
6. Week ahead

Over the next two weeks, the footballers of Mexico and Brazil will be facing one another in the group stages of the World Cup. While few are expecting Mexico to triumph in that encounter, the contest for the title of leading automotive producer in Latin America is much closer.

SMMT officially launches its prestigious Award for Automotive Innovation for 2014.

Income generated by UK car exports more than doubled over the last decade according to new analysis by automotive industry body the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT).

Ian Harnett outlines challenges to growing the UK supply chain at SMMT International Automotive Summit

‘In an age of connectivity, the connected car is the potential base for a huge subscription opportunity for the future consumer, and also the automotive industry.’ That was the key message from the British Screen Advisory Council at the 2014…

Everyone in the UK automotive industry needs to play their part in marketing and promoting the sector as effectively as possible.