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Looking beyond the current situation, one of the great challenges we are going to face is getting people, in particular commuters, back on buses. Although the perception of public transport has always been mainly positive, active user numbers were very…

Happy New Year to everyone, and welcome to what promises to be another eventful year. We start things off with some clarity over our new relationship with the EU, and while adjusting to the new trading environment will require some…

Tell us a bit about your business. When were you founded, where are you based and how many people do you employ? For more than 70 years, the Schaeffler Group has been a global supplier to the automotive and industrial…

I’ve dedicated my entire career to this industry and this must be, by a clear mile, the most challenging year in my experience. As of the time of writing, we don’t yet know what we will face in the new…

Tell us about the Club and why you joined SMMT? The Club was formed in 1907 with 11 members and we now represent the interests of around a million leisure vehicle users. We operate a network of around 200 campsites…

There is currently considerable uncertainty over the most cost-effective and feasible decarbonisation option for Heavy Duty Vehicles (HDVs). The Committee on Climate Change’s recommendation to set an end of sale date for HDVs at 2040 is an ambitious one, but…

Interview with Matthew Terry, director Tell us a bit about your business. When were you founded, where are you based and how many people do you employ? Tipmaster was established in 1968 by our current Chairman, Ian Terry. The roots…

Despite the turmoil of current events, we as an industry have remained focused on key issues: air quality for example, and how to improve it, will certainly rise back up the agenda in 2021. One of the key ways government…

Interview with Richard Drinkwater, marketing, PR and business development manager Tell us a bit about your business. When were you founded, where are you based and how many people do you employ? Established in 1993, SvTech is headquartered in Leyland,…

From a first look, it might not seem that such a small country as Slovakia has so much to offer in the automotive sector. But don’t judge this 5 million book by its cover. Slovakia has many things going for…