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Nominations for the prestigious Irish Auto Trade Awards 2018 close next Friday, June 9 at 4.00pm. Nominations can be made in two ways. You can nominate a business provided you inform them that their business is being nominated by you and they agree to your nomination. Secondly, a business can also be self-nominated. You can

The Parts Alliance Group in the UK has been acquired from its private equity owner HgCapital by Uni-Select Inc., a Canadian publicly listed, North American Automotive aftermarket distributor. New owners Uni-Select operate as a market-leader in the USA and Canada, distributing automotive aftermarket parts, equipment and refinish products through a network of 14 distribution centres,

  Gowan Distributors Limited, Peugeot Importers in Ireland, has announced details of its 172 Sensation Days event offers at Peugeot dealerships. Passenger car offers include a five year warranty plus finance from as low as 0 per cent APR, with up to €4,500 scrappage or €1,500 deposit contributions on selected models. The Peugeot van range,

New truck tyre levy in Republic €10.50 + VAT each Truck and Bus operators will have to pay a new levy of €10.50 + VAT per tyre, to have have their waste tyres processed in an environmentally friendly manner, under new regulations that are coming into force in the coming weeks. The new Producer Responsibility

Morecambe haulier JM Gorry & Son has switched to a 100 per cent Michelin policy after a trial set of Michelin Remix retreaded tyres outperformed competing brands’ new tyres fitted to identical vehicles. The family run company previously fitted a mix of budget and premium brand tyres. However, they switched to Michelin after the Remix

The recent addition of four new Actros 2545LS ClassicSpace 6×2 tractor units has seen world-leading industrial gases company Air Products make further investments in its Irish fleet of Mercedes-Benz commercial vehicles. Bringing to six the number of Actros trucks now on the fleet, the new additions replace four Mercedes-Benz Axors which have served the company

Double National Rally champions Declan and Brian Boyle dominated the Cavan Kilmore Hotel Stages Rally yesterday, with their Fiesta WRC finishing the eight stages more than half a minute clear of the Impreza of Garry Jennings and Rory Kennedy. The Donegal cousins held second place for the two opening stages, behind the Fabia of Marty

Following an investigation by the Road Safety Authority (RSA), two road haulage operators have been convicted for breaches of road safety and international road haulage regulations. Kilmoss Limited of Ballydrehid, Cahir, Co. Tipperary was before Cashel District Court recently. The company, who operate a road transport business, pleaded guilty to a series of charges for

Giti Tire has released full detail of the Giti GT867, an urban tyre with reinforced sidewalls for single and double decker buses and refuse collection fleets. Specially designed for constant stop and go operating conditions with frequent changes in speed as well as direction, it is available in 11R22.5, 295/80R22.5, 305/70R22.5 and 315/80R22.5. Load capacity

An analysis of the penalty point notices issued for tyre-related offences shows that there were just 853 detected infringements since new regulations came into force in May last year. Commenting on the figures, Tom Dennigan of German tyre manufacturer, Continental Tyres Ireland, said: “In common with road safety campaigners across the country, we welcomed the

Frank Keane Volkswagen has been awarded Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles Dealer of the Year 2016 at the recent Volkswagen Gold Pin Awards. The award, which celebrates excellence within the Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles Retail network, recognises the retailer’s contribution in a number of areas including sales performance, local market share and overall customer experience and is the