Shop Bodyshop Direct’s own brand of refinishing products Raxon, recently received the Bodyshop Consumables Brand of The Year 2018 Award...
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02 Feb 2017
Valeo launches HydroConnect

Valeo has launched HydroConnect, a new wiper blade range providing 96 per cent OE flatblade car parc coverage with just 42 part numbers. HydroConnect is made up of three different product ranges: HydroConnect Front specially designed for vehicles originally fitted with front flat blades, HydroConnect Rear™ made for vehicles originally fitted with rear flat blades,
02 Feb 2017
Silencio range continues to grow

Valeo Service UK added more than 20 new part numbers to its Silencio brand of wiper blades during 2016. Covering more than 90 applications in total, the additional parts offer excellent coverage on popular makes and models and represent Valeo’s Original Equipment flat blade coverage on Jaguar, Ford, Mercedes-Benz, BMW and Audi marques. The Silencio
01 Feb 2017
January new car sales down 1.7 per cent

The Society of the Irish Motor Industry (SIMI) has just issued the official 171 car sales figures for January along with presenting their final SIMI/DoneDeal Quarterly Motor Industry Review of 2016. Alan Greene President of SIMI officially launched the report in Dublin this morning. Car sales figures for the month of January show that 171
01 Feb 2017
Hidden costs of paint choice exposed

A top UK motoring advice website, Parkers investigation has revealed that more than half of the most popular new models will cost consumers on average an extra £536 if they want to have a choice of more than one colour. Car manufacturers have reduced the palette of solid colours available to just a single offering
01 Feb 2017
RecruitAuto.ie welcomes new jobs plan and focus on Brexit

Auto industry jobs website RecruitAuto.ie welcomes the new Action Plan for Jobs 2017, which is to target 45,000 new jobs this year, and that it puts a strong focus on Brexit measures in this year’s plan. However, RecreuitAuto.ie reminds the Government that creating a level playing field for small and medium businesses, including reduced red
01 Feb 2017
Sealey Vehicle Service Promotion now underway

Sealey’s new Vehicle Service Promotion is now underway, and is packed with with hundreds of products specifically for automotive servicing with discounts up to 54 per cent. This promotion features many new products, one of which is Sealey’s PFT15 On-Vehicle Hydraulic Brake Pipe Flaring Tool, which is ideal for splicing in replacement sections of brake


