The Lincoln branch of national garage chain IN‘n’OUT Autocentres has tackled its staffing challenges by hiring a technician from India through Easy2Recruit, an specialist agency that helps garages source overseas talent.
Dealerships are urged to pledge work experience placements before the year’s end to ensure that Automotive Work Experience Week (AWE) can offer a robust programme ready for launch in January.
Electric vehicles have been around for a decade yet owners are driving around in circles when finding specialist technicians to fix their motors, according to Marc Russell, chief commercial officer of FixMyCar.
AM's regular columnist Professor Jim Saker ponders the reasons behind the UK Government's sudden support of the motorist and outlines the pressing need for 'omnicompetence' in vehicle workshops.
The IMI will offer advice at AM Live on how the industry can work towards filling the skills gap caused by a lack of technicians on new vehicle technologies.
TrustFord plans to recruit 75 new apprentices across its business this year.
Automotive businesses face an unprecedented skills shortage across all levels of seniority, according to a new report from Ennis & Co.
The number of job vacancies in the automotive sector has risen by 40% in the first three months of 2022, reaching a five-year high.
The Independent Garage Association (IGA) is offering a second round of subsidised hybrid and electric vehicle (EV) Level 3 courses to members.
The remarketing sector is suffering from a shortage of skilled workers affecting transport and logistics that extends beyond the widely-reported HGV driver shortfall.
The Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI) has identified the car retail sector’s “green shoots of recovery” in newly-published Office of National Statistics (ONS) data, but says the marketplace remains “pretty fragile”.
More than three quarters (78%) of motor trade businesses located in the North East have revealed that they recruited under-qualified technicians in a bid to plug the sector’s skills shortage.
Autotech Recruit has branched into Northern Ireland following increasing demand from garages for temporary vehicle technicians and MOT testers to fill positions as a result of the ongoing skills shortage.
Direct Line has teamed up with Thatcham Research, DG Cities and the Women’s Engineering Society to deliver a view of the car workshop of the future in a bid to attract an new generation of technician talent.
The UK body repair sector is under threat from an industry-wide shortage of skills, according to a survey by Auto Body Projects and Trend Tracker.
Suzuki GB has hosted a graduation event for 24 participants in its 36-month Advanced Apprenticeship Programme at the Rockingham Motor Speedway in Northamptonshire.
It’s hardly brand new information that the automotive retail sector is experiencing a widespread shortfall of skills.
The Independent Garage Association (IGA) MOT Tester training courses are now more widely available to aftersales providers thanks to a development of the scheme delivered in partnership with Progress Recruitment Solutions.
Volvo Car UK will focus on school and college leavers in a bid to fill 60 apprenticeship programme spaces as part of an ongoing recruitment drive in 2018.
Jardine Motors Group HR director Clare Martin has warned that the issue of automotive skills shortage “will widen” with the increasing demands of technical expertise in dealership workshops.
