Nationwide Autocentres improves customer service with the Confirmit platform
...Confirmit helps to halve costs and increase revenue….New York, NY and Oslo, Norway – Oct 29, 2009: Nationwide Autocentres, the leading UK MOT and car service specialist, has today announced that it has implemented a technology solution from Confirmit, the on-demand, multi-mode platform for customer feedback, employee feedback and market research.  The Confirmit customer feedback system has had an impact on speed, efficiency and clarity of the Nationwide Autocentres customer service...

Barloworld Logistics to challenge cost of transport across the supply chain
With more pain at the pumps this month1, one company is set to challenge the cost of transport across the supply chain. In a bid to help businesses manage their transportation more cost effectively Barloworld Logistics is today launching ‘Transport as a Managed Service’ to the UK and European markets. Based on the knowledge acquired from managing over 500 000 loads per annum in this manner the Barloworld Logistics offering will enable businesses to save up to 20 per cent of their overall...

Tata Group Chairman wins The Economist’s Innovation Award for Business Process Innovation
Core FactsThe Economist is pleased to announce that Ratan Tata, Chairman of the Tata Group, is the winner of this year's Business Process Innovation Award. Tata has forged a company that is shaping businesses across the globe and changing the way Indian companies conduct business. The company is also responsible for inventing the Tata Nano, the world's lowest-cost car. Innovative methods through which the car is designed and manufactured enable Tata Motors to offer a more affordable, safe and efficient...

Jet-inspired DIY Marotti trike has a lot of power to offer
In the realm of homemade or DIY trikes, the Marotti would probably be the king. The trike uses the best in the world of motorcycles and cars, and finally merges it all with a jet-like shape. Power comes from a 100hp Honda V4 engine that when combined with its low 970 lbs 440kg weight, gives an excellent power-to-weight ratio of 4.4hp per kg.   The trike is built on a steel frame, and all the power from the engine goes to the lone rear wheel by means of a chain. It has a low center of gravity, and...

Nationwide Autocentre Launches Fundraising Initiative For NSPCC’s Child’s Voice Appeal
Wednesday 20 May 2009: Esther Rantzen has launched a Nationwide Autocentre initiative to raise crucial funds for the NSPCC’s Child’s Voice Appeal. Nationwide Autocentre, which has 223 centres across the UK, was touched by an appeal issued by the NSPCC earlier this year, urging people not to forget about the charity even though the country was struggling through a recession.  The company has launched an initiative which will see it donate £10 on behalf of customers paying for...

Electric Vehicles
Designing an automobile for the future is no mean task as it not only needs to find the perfect blend of balance and style, but it needs to find the right marriage of economy and ecology so that it can be used a sustainable model or even an initial blueprint to mould all future vehicles on. The ‘Sprit’ is one such vehicle which carries style along with substance and elegant aerodynamic design with emission-free travel making it a wonderful and practical blueprint for all the vehicles which...

Saab 9-Griffin concept
We would applaud a car that had the wings of an eagle and the body of a lion, but the 9-Griffin concept doesn’t actually follow its name; though it does have an unconventional design. The Saab luxury sedan goes asymmetric in design, pushing the driver a bit ahead of the first seat passenger. Windscreen on the four-seater concept follows the asymmetry and creates a bubble around the driver’s head. Doors on the concept also follow asymmetry; the passenger side has one large door, while the...

Designer creates concept for an unlikely brand: Chanel Fiole
  Korean designer Jin Young OJ has created a concept car, for Chanel. The brand is far from cars, and designers usually build upon the designs of established car corporations and follow the design language. The designer’s interpretationfor the Fiole concept is a luxury sports car with a 2+2 seating arrangement. The design looks good, and is based on the black-white contrast so prevalent with Chanel. She has created quite a car; we’re tempted to make parallels with the Batmobile, but...

Hyundai Nuvis concept
Hyundai Nuvis concept was unveiled at the New York Auto Show in all its gullwing door glory. The crossover with a hybrid powertrain has exteriors designed to create an illusion of perpetual motion, much like the way water flows around the hull of a boat. The exterior creates the effect of a tall, premium urban vehicle. Interiors have a blue acrylic theme, the center stack and ambient lighting are blue as well. Fabric on the seats comes from recycled soda bottles. The hybrid powertrain combines a 2.4-l...

Sunbeam Tiger Concept
The Sunbeam Tiger Concept is a sports car that will wow you completely. Its designed by Ryan Skelley, who is a Coventry University design student and it was created to mark the 100th year of the original Sunbeam car. This sports car has an electric engine and it can speed to 160mph. It can work on a single charge for up to 800 miles. The entire car is made from materials that are environment-friendly. For example it has vegetable oil resin body panels and the seats are made from Biofabric. This is...