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Three quarters of new cars bought on finance in 2014, FLA reveals
There was a 10 per cent growth in the number of new cars bought with consumer finance in December 2014, new figures have revealed.
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Motor trade insurance needed to combat rise in keyless car theft
There has been a notable upturn in the number of keyless cars being stolen across the UK as thieves learn how to hack the technology.
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Garages bosses fined and banned for conning customers
Two men who ran a car and van repair centre in Grimsby have been forced to repay thousands of pounds to customers after charging them for work they did not need.
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Hero car mechanic rescue toddler from burning building
A car mechanic from Oldham has earned himself hero status by rescuing a small child from a burning building.
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Car dealer fined for knowingly selling dangerous vehicle
A car dealer in Stockport has been fined for selling a dangerous vehicle to a buyer who was looking for their first car.
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Tougher Corporate Manslaughter Fines
The Sentencing Council (SC), the independent, non-departmental public body tasked with developing sentencing guidelines in England and Wales, has proposed cracking down on corporate manslaughter offences by imposing steeper fines in its November 2014 consultation.
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2014 Survey Shows Economic Crime Is on the Rise—Are You Prepared?
The findings of PricewaterhouseCoopers’ (PwC) Global Economic Crime Survey 2014 have business owners and high-level employees reassessing their organisations’ protections against economic crime.
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Volkswagen Touareg named UK’s fastest selling used car
The Volkswagen Touareg has topped Glass's list of the fastest selling used cars in the UK last month.
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Police hunt vandal who caused £5k of damage at Cheltenham car garage
Police are hunting a youth who caused thousands of pounds of damage by running across the roofs of cars stored on a garage forecourt.
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HSE News and Prosecutions – February 2015
Manufacturing firm in court after worker loses arm A Powys firm was fined £10,000 and ordered to pay £11,865 when a 59-year-old worker lost his arm during routine maintenance on an industrial saw.