Alaska launches the ultimate car cleaning solution
Alaska Activebrush® range with patented active valve system uses up to 90% less water than a hose brushStansted, England, 14th January 2009 - Scandinavia’s leading car care product specialist, Alaska, has teamed up with the UK’s best known car care retail store, Halfords, to deliver the ultimate car cleaning solution. Featuring a built-in aqua chamber with patented active valve system and premium quality soft bristles, the new Alaska Activebrush® range provides unrivalled car...

ATA public campaign fires on all cylinders with Top Gear
One of the UK’s most popular motoring websites is being used by the Institute of the Motor Industry IMI to promote the Automotive Technician Accreditation ATA scheme, following the launch of a major public awareness drive at the British International Motor Show.The national campaign, ‘You know you’re OK with ATA’ features on the ‘Top Gear’ website, in the form of a technical knowledge competition called ‘Are you firing on all cylinders?’.  A survey...

Beewi's Innovative Mobile And iPhone/iPod Accessories Arrive In The UK
From possibly the World's Slimmest Car-Kit to Bluetooth Stereo Headphones...   Exclusively distributed by Avenir Telecom...  Samples Now Available For Review!Avenir Telecom, the UK's leading distributor in mobile telecoms - and exclusive UK distributor of innovative French technologists Beewi - today rolls out a brand new range of high-end audio and connectivity accessories to UK retailers and resellers.Unveiled at Mobile World Congress, Barcelona, the range includes possibly the slimmest...

Brand New Volkswagen Van Centre Opens In Glasgow
A new, state of the art Verve Van Centre in Glasgow was officially opened lasthttp://www.volkswagen-vans.co.uk/van-centres/verve/ , which represents a financial investment of £3m and is expected to create 20 new jobs, is a bespoke building in a new location at Glasgow Business Park in Baillieston, Glasgow.  It replaces the previous Verve Van Centre which had outgrown its premises in Rutherglen, Glasgow. The new building will enhance Verve's customer service and experience with more...

Brits’ Travel Fibs Exposed
Name-dropping exotic countries they’ve never visited and citing sites they’ve never seen - the little white travel lies told by British holidaymakers are being exposed. New research from easyCar.com reveals close to one in six 15 per cent Brits have told fibs about their travel experiences to impress someone. In fact just under half 45 per cent of ‘countries visited’ are actually just airport stopovers, with men found guilty in particular 11 per cent of embellishing their jet set...

Cenex and E.ON Official Partners of FS09
Cenex has jumped on board to become the official partner of this year’s ‘green fuels’ Class 1 A category in Formula Student FS 09.The UK's first Centre of Excellence for low carbon and fuel cell technologies is backing Class 1 A A referring to alternative in FS09, Europe’s biggest student motorsport event. FS09 will take place between 16-19 July at the world-famous Silverstone Circuit in Northamptonshire and will challenge university students from Delhi to Dublin to design, build...

Cenex to Host UK National Biomethane Conference
From waste to transport fuel, a two-day event to be held in LoughboroughLondon, 11 May 2009 – Cenex, the UK’s Centre of Excellence in Low Carbon and Fuel Cell Technologies, will host a two-day conference on biomethane between the 3-4th June 2009 at Loughborough University’s Holywell Park. The conference, sponsored by Chesterfield BioGas and Greenlane Biogas, will showcase expertise covering the production of biomethane from organic waste, management of transport fleets and insights...

Cenex welcomes Department for Transport announcement of winning van suppliers in Low Carbon Vehicle Procurement Programme
Ashwoods, Allied Vehicles, Modec and Smith Electric Vehicles to supply innovative hybrid and all-electric vans to public sector partners with green fleetsLord Andrew Adonis, Secretary of State for Transport, today announced that four automotive manufacturers have been approved as suppliers of low and zero carbon vehicle technology for the first phase of the Department for Transport’s Low Carbon Vehicle Procurement Programme LCVPP.  The programme is being delivered on behalf of the Department...

easyCar.com appoints LBi Netrank to drive its SEO activity
London, 2nd October 2008 - SEO and online brand specialist LBi Netrank today announces it has been appointed by easyCar.com, the low cost, online car hire specialist, as part of its pan-European online strategy to improve the site’s search engine ranking in the UK and across Europe.LBi Netrank was named as the retained agency for SEO activity in a two-way pitch against the incumbent agency and will play a crucial role in easyCar.com’s aggressive digital marketing drive for 2009. As SEO...

Finance Offers For New and Used Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles
Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles is helping new and used van buyers in early 2009 with new finance offers on some of its most popular vans, such as the VW Caddy, now available new from £189 a month, or used from the Volkswagen Assured Used scheme from only £99 a month.   Selected new models of the VW Caddy, Caddy Maxi and Transporter van ranges are now available on Contract Hire or Finance Lease programmes from £189, £209 and £229 a month, respectively, over 36...