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International automotive consultancy Ricardo expand test facilities in Germany

Ricardo, the international automotive consultancy with a major operation in the West Midlands, has expanded its test facilities in Germany to accommodate what it said was a “significant increase in demand”. Read

Fleet manager urged to drive out mobile phone abusers

Company owners and fleet managers are being urged to change business practices and sack – or severely discipline - staff found guilty of breaching the laws on the use of mobile phones while driving. Read

WTO warns countries act unfairly in trade restrictions

Governments are unfairly blocking trade in response to the global downturn, squeezing automotive and steel exports and hurting wealthy economies most, the head of the World Trade Organisation has claimed. Read

French aiming for bigger slice of supermini market

A rash of new superminis will soon be hopping across the Channel from France. Read

Former LDV dealer Imperial Commercials has new lease of life

A former LDV dealer hit by the collapse of the Birmingham vanmaker has reopened for business under the Ford brand name. Read

Serious Fraud Office to probe collapse of MG Rover

The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) is to investigate the collapse of MG Rover after a four-year probe into the Midlands carmaker's demise, it was reported today. Read

Ratan Tata still delighted at purchase of Jaguar Land Rover

The man at the helm of Jaguar Land Rover says Indian conglomerate Tata’s move to buy the loss-making West Midland group was a “terrific decision.” Read

TRW workers facing pensions blow

West Midland workers with global giant TRW face smaller pension payouts which could see their retirement hopes devastated. Read

Jaguar Land Rover workers asked to accept delayed wages

Staff at Jaguar Land Rover have been asked to agree to delayed salary payments until the end of the month "to ease cash-flow problems", it has been claimed. Read

LDV crisis has European staff working for nothing

About 200 employees at LDV dealerships across Europe have been forced to work for nothing following the van-maker’s collapse with debts of £75 million. Read

Gordon Brown talks to Tata in bid to end stand-off with Government

The Prime Minister took the highly unusual step of personally intervening, following a series of dire warnings about JLR’s future. Read

Aston Martin launches Cygnet as whole new look

James Bond will be both shaken and stirred - Aston Martin, the marque most associated with 007, is set to break with near 100 years of tradition by building an ultra-small city car in association with Toyota. Read

Research money would stop Jaguar Land Rover becoming the next MG Rover

A deal on crucial research and development money for Jaguar Land Rover needs to be done by the end of the summer – or the firm could suffer the same fate as MG Rover. Read

Eurolec Components find new market in Australia

There are tens of thousands of classic British cars on the roads of Australia, and a Black Country company has found a way of turning them into business. Read

"Scrappage" buyers can make "tidy profit" by selling new cars

Consumers who buy a new car under the Government’s scrappage scheme can make a “tidy profit” by selling them immediately, according to Glass’s. Read

Jaguar Land Rover plans cuts after reporting £281m losses

Jaguar Land Rover made a loss of £281 million in the first 10 months after it was taken over by Indian firm Tata Motors, it emerged today. Read

LDV suppliers and dealers told warranties won't be honoured

A new LDV crisis has been signalled after more than 230 dealers and suppliers owed millions of pounds by the Birmingham factory were told no warranties would be honoured. Read

800 BA staff ready to work for free

British Airways has announced that almost 7,000 of its workers have applied for voluntary pay cuts, including 800 who said they will work unpaid for up to a month. Read

DHL make nearly 60 redundant for refusing four-figure pay-cut

Nearly 60 Birmingham city centre workers with logistics giant DHL were yesterday made redundant after refusing four-figure pay cuts to move to the Land Rover site. Read

Bidders come forward for LDV

Hundreds of workers have been given fresh hope LDV could be rescued within a month as a range of “very credible” bidders prepare to battle it out for the stricken van maker. Read