Volvo Cars has named the Hain family, from Gothenburg in Sweden, as the first people chosen to take part in a real-life autonomous drive research programme. The family of four will participate in the Drive Me project – a collaborative research programme consisting of several players from public, private and academic fields. The project will [...]

Belron Canada has acquired vehicle damage repair company Speedy Collision with a network of 24 franchise collision service centres located across Alberta, Saskatchewan and Ontario. The move comes soon after Belron’s, Carglass Belgium acquired CARe Carrosserie Belgium, specialists in vehicle damage repair with 16 branches. The move was classed as ‘the first major acquisition as [...]

Horizon Insurance has changed its status to managing general agent and ceased writing new business. The Gibraltar-based insurance carrier, formerly known as Octagon, stopped renewing and accepting new motor policies after 31 December 2016. The company said that all policies issued up to that date remain in force and all customer, policyholder and claimant enquiries [...]

Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has achieved its best ever full-year global sales in 2016, selling more than one car every minute with retails of 583,313 vehicles, up 20% on the previous year. This is the company’s seventh successive year of growth in sales, with retails in 2016 almost triple the 2009 figure. Sales in December [...]

Belron is looking for start-ups to join its acceleration programme. Drive, the 10-week global accelerator, which follows a pilot run in 2016, will continue to seek disruptive start-ups who can effectively improve the company’s operations, and want to trial their products with a global organisation. Run with innovation partner L Marks, the accelerator is looking [...]