Monthly Archives: May 2010

Female friendly garages reach new female customers

Genuinely female friendly good garages who are worried about losing business might do well to consider marketing themselves as female friendly to attract new women customers in today’s recession-like times. As the gaps between car servicing periods lengthen (and appeal … Continue reading

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Garages that pay commission are rarely female friendly

Whilst it’s easy for UK garages to claim to be good and/or female friendly without having to prove it, surely there should be some substance behind these claims as well as a means to monitor the situation if things go … Continue reading

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Employees discriminate against women drivers

A poll conducted by the IAM (Institute of Advanced Motorists) found that 61 per cent of females drove to and/or for work and 22 per cent of them had been offered driver training by their employer. Whereas, of the 60% … Continue reading

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Time to reward good women drivers?

Yet another survey to tell us that many cars driven by women drivers aren’t as safe on our roads as they should be. Last week it was Kwik Fit telling us this and now it’s the Ford Motor Company, relayed … Continue reading

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Time for a coalition in car dealerships?

Not being a motor industry person, I occasionally read or hear things that make me wonder why… One such recent prod was when I read that new car salesmen (and women) in UK car dealerships are paid more than those … Continue reading

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Female friendly garages appeal to women drivers

Kwik Fit research has been used to suggest that economic worries have led to an additional 1.6 million motorists servicing their own cars over the past year (this was a sample of 2000 remember). Over a third (35%) of car … Continue reading

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First female to win Renault race at Silverstone

Hillspeed’s Alice Powell (Chipping Norton) made history at the weekend by becoming the first female driver to win a Formula Renault race in the UK during rounds three and four of the 2010 Protyre Formula Renault BARC Championship at Silverstone … Continue reading

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Electrician in York sees the light…

It’s good to see that Yorkshire Trading Standards has fined a tradesman nearly £2000 as a result of his passing himself off as a member of a trade association, implying professional conduct that wasn’t the case. I’d like to see … Continue reading

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Happy birthday sweet 16, racing driver Zoe Wenham

Amazing to think that Zoë Wenham has achieved so much so early on when we hadn’t even got a mundane driving licence when we were 16… She is to be the youngest competitor in the Volkswagen Racing Cup with Fuchs … Continue reading

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Thame for a female friendly used car service?

Female friendly independent garage in Oxfordshire, Thame Service Station in Thame has collected two prestigious motor industry awards which we have only just spotted… Both are for the title ‘Used Car Retailer of the Year’ and the first was awarded … Continue reading

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