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UK Driving Test Myths & Mistakes

By Lewis Kemp Marketing Trainee Over the years there have been many bizarre tales about driving tests and lessons if you have learned to drive or are currently learning you’ve most likely heard them all! Today we will find out if there is any truth to these myths and common mistakes. The test is fixed; they can only pass so […]

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Summer Driving Increases Accidents

By Lewis Kemp Marketing Trainee Summer is truly upon us with the World Cup thoroughly underway and mighty England grabbing their first win! But what does summer mean for summer driving? According to recent studies, June is the most problematic month for drivers as it brings a spike in insurance premiums. After analysis of its telematics devices a major insure […]

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Yes, You Should Have Cyber Insurance

By Ben Scott Marketing Manager Like most emerging insurance products, Cyber Insurance initially struggled to gain traction in a marketplace that undervalued it’s importance, but studies now show an incredible 30% annual growth in uptake. If you operate a business and don’t have Cyber Insurance yet, it may be time to consider investing before it is too late. It isn’t […]

No Paradise By The Dashboard Lights

By Ben Scott Marketing Manager Meat Loaf may have found Paradise By The Dashboard Lights, but where most drivers are concerned, all they find is confusion and headaches. If you are one of the motorists confused by your dashboard symbols, you are not alone. When it comes to misinterpreting dashboard symbols it appears to be a widespread problem with a recent […]

£19 Million Spent on Replacing Licences

By Georgina Bailey Marketing Executive Almost one million driving licenses were reported as lost, stolen or damaged last year, according to the data released by the DVLA (Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency). A replacement license costs motorists £20, meaning that they have had to pay a collective sum of £19 million on new ID in 2017 alone. The main reason for drivers […]

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Winter Driving Essentials For Your Car

By Georgina Bailey Marketing Executive Even when a few inches of snow falls in the UK the whole nation seems to come to a standstill. This week was no exception to that and the cold winter weather meant that the snow has stuck around, leaving many drivers across the country trapped in the snow. Snow storms can be unexpected and […]

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10 Mistakes Motorists Make That Can Invalidate Insurance

By Georgina Bailey Marketing Executive Drivers all across Britain are costing themselves £114 million a year in claims by making simple and unnecessary mistakes that invalidate insurance. According to new research by uSwitch, two thirds of drivers are putting their payout at risk by a lack of awareness about actions that could make their policy worthless, meaning you wouldn’t receive your payout. The top […]

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Protect Yourself Against Cyber Attacks

By Ben Scott Marketing Manager As technology evolves so do the hackers, they are constantly finding new and inventive ways to install malware onto your device. People are usually ‘baited’ into these cyber attacks through spam emails if you click on one of these spam emails it allows the hacker to install the harmful material. The reason this happens so often is […]

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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 […]

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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 […]