Easter Opening Hours 2017
By Ben Scott Marketing Manager Please be aware of our amended opening hours for the upcoming holidays:
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Legislation Changes
By Ben Scott Marketing Manager On the 6th April, all UK business will have several new pieces of legislation that they have to need to obey unless they wish to incur fines and penalties. This article should help ensure that businesses are prepared. The five most important changes are: Gender Pay Gap Apprenticeship Levy Modern Slave Act Reports National Living […]
Keeping your Van Secure
By Ben Scott Marketing Manager Stolen vehicle recovery firm Tracker reveals that the Ford Transit is the most-stolen van in the UK. Only 1 in 3 stolen Transit vans are ever recovered, compared to the national average of more than 1 in 2 cars. Tracker says that many vehicles are not recovered because when thieves steal the vans instead of selling them […]
Summer Time & Mother’s Day
By Ben Scott Marketing Manager On the 26th March 2017, the clocks will go forward indicating the start of British Summer Time (and hopefully we may get one this year). Daylight Saving time was the idea of William Willet in 1907 to stop people wasting precious daylight house in the summer months. Williams suggested that the clocks should be advanced […]
The Donna Louise
By Georgina Bailey Marketing Executive The Donna Louise Children’s Hospice was registered as a charity in 1999. They were set up to respond to the need for a children’s hospice service for Staffordshire and Cheshire. The charity takes it names from a young local girl, Donna Louise Hackney who sadly passed away from a life limiting condition at the age […]
Ogden Discount Rate
By Josh Brian Marketing Apprentice From the 20th of March 2017 the “New Ogden Discount Rate” will come into effect which will see the Ogden Discount change from 2.5% to -0.75% this will likely impact the cost of all insurance premiums. The Ogden Discount Rate is used to readjust Personal Injury (PI) claims in relation to the variations in the finance sector […]
Get to Grips with Tyre Maintenance
By Josh Brian Marketing Apprentice 2016 saw in excess of 10,000 British drivers punished for driving with defective tyres. The accumulative total in fines exceeded £27m, with a maximum of £2.5k per balding tyre, risking a £10,000 fine if caught with all tyres with a tread depth below the legal limit of 1.6mm. As well as enormous fines you will […]
Diesel Scrappage Scheme
By Josh Brian Marketing Apprentice Plans are being drawn up to introduce a scrappage scheme for diesel cars, in order to reduce emissions and improve the air quality across the UK. The Department for Transport and Defra (Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs) are working on a scheme to offer cashback or a discount on-low emission vehicle if drivers […]
Pancake Day 2017
By Georgina Bailey Marketing Executive This year Pancake Day is celebrated on Tuesday the 28th February. Pancake Day always falls 47 days before Easter so the date does move around but it will always be between February 3rd and March 9th. Pancake Day is also known as Shrove Tuesday and is the day that precedes Ash Wednesday. Shrove Tuesday comes from the word ‘shrive’ meaning absolution for sins by […]
Motoring Premium Increase
By Josh Brian Marketing Apprentice From figures released today, motorists are being hit with the highest insurance premiums on record. This is due to a mixture of reasons, including the number of whiplash claims and tax hikes in the industry. According to statistics from the Association of British Insurers (ABI) the average comprehensive insurance premium in the final 3 months of […]