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St. Athan confirmed as 'home' for Aston Martin electrification & Lagonda production
Luxury car manufacturer Aston Martin has announced today that its St. Athan manufacturing facility will become the brand’s centre for electrification and the production home of the Lagonda brand, the world’s first zero-emission luxury marque. St Athan has also been named as the home of Lagonda production. As the world’s first luxury marque exclusively driven […]
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Automotive
Newport
Transport
South Wales Commercial Vehicles Team opens Second Site in Newport
South Wales Commercial Vehicles Specialists, Glenside Commercials, are today celebrating the launch of their new site in Newport, enabling the company to offer their already comprehensive services to even more commercial drivers and transport companies in Wales. The new site will offer sales of new and used vans, trucks and refrigerated vehicles from top manufacturers […]
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Automotive
Bridgend
News
Transport
Travel
Warm, sunny South Wales, but drive carefully, says local motoring expert
South Wales has waited for a really good Summer for some time and it looks like it’s finally arrived, only a few weeks ahead of those all-too long summer holidays. After all the skids, de-icing, floods and storms, many motorists look forward to getting back to the sheer enjoyment of driving that Summer brings – […]
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Automotive
News
Trade Centre Wales sees 54% increase in profit ahead of new store contribution
The UK’s fastest growing used car retailer The Trade Centre Wales, which also operates outlets in the West Midlands under The Trade Centre UK, has announced its results for 2017 financial year, with profit before tax increasing 54% to £15.2 million (from £9.9m in 2016) and a turnover of £178.4 million (from £105.7m in 2016). […]
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Automotive
Bridgend
News
Transport
What is Wales’ favourite New Car Colour?
New DVLA data reveals that over a fifth of cars on the road are silver. That’s according to RAC Insurance, who analysed the data. Is the same true in Wales?
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Automotive
Bridgend
News
Transport
South Wales Machinery Movers call for clarity for logistics professionals ahead of Brexit.
South Wales Machinery Movers Trojan-Mek are concerned that with just 12 months to go until Brexit, professional haulage businesses still have no idea how the Government plans to protect integrated supply chains, of what customs arrangements there will be at the various UK ports and which standards will apply in terms of compliance when the […]
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Automotive
Bridgend
South Wales Car Dealer excited as Dacia tops list of affordable cars to run
Bridgend Renault & Dacia dealer, Leyshon Flint, was excited to learn that Dacia models scooped all top three spots recently in cap hpi’s Pence Per Mile(PPM) ratings, which identify the cheapest cars to run in 2018. The PPM list rates cars on a combination of purchase price and day-to-day motoring expenses such as insurance, road […]
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Automotive
News
Transport
Welsh Renault dealer celebrates 'best van sales news in a decade’
Despite the UK still shivering from last week’s cold snap, with more to come forecast this weekend, it seems that plenty of van drivers benefited from having brand new vehicles to drive through the snow. Deals like Renault’s ‘new vans for old’ saw customers making the decision to buy new, which saw 14,135 new light […]
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Automotive
Transport
Transport secretary announces £8.1m Active Travel funding for Wales
Transport Secretary, Ken Skates has announced over £8m Welsh Government funding for improving travel within the principality. The funds will be used to boost walking and cycling infrastructure, as well as improving safety and supporting the economy accelerating delivery of a range of travel improvements in line with the landmark Active Travel (Wales) Act 2013. A […]
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Automotive
Bridgend
News
Welsh PSV drivers warned about CPC Training availability as second training deadline approaches
South Wales PSV training specialist Graham Cannon of DLT Training has warned that drivers of PSV (passenger service vehicles) face losing the ability to drive if they don’t act fast, as the second mandatory training date approaches. An EU directive was introduced in September 2009, which means that drivers of lorries over 3.5 tonnes and […]
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