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Revving up at glorious Goodwood

The Goodwood Festival of Speed proved the showcase for more than 600 vehicles as motor manufacturers showcased their latest models at what has become the de-facto British Motor Show with the ambience of a garden party. www.goodwood.com
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Women execs drive motor industry gear-change – but more females needed

Two years ago Ennis & Co organised a ‘Women in Automotive’ conference in London which set the tone for a diversity debate which continues with vigour today. Supported by Aston Martin, around 90 senior female executives from the industry shared ideas about how to attract more women at all levels into the automotive sector. That...
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Do you deserve a dressing down?

Investment banker JP Morgan Chase has told its employees that they no longer have to wear a formal business suit and tie. It has sent a memo to staff urging them to stay in step with the more relaxed sartorial tastes of their contemporary wealthy clients and technology entrepreneurs. Breaking with decades of tradition, they...
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Sum of its parts – new jobs boost from £225m investment

British motor industry parts suppliers are planning £225million of new investment over the next three years in next three years – averaging £674,000 per firm, says a poll of more than 100 firms by SMMT. It will boost the domestic content of vehicles built in the UK and create many more thousands of new jobs,...
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Spirit of self-drive

A visionary self-driving Rolls-Royce with a virtual on-board Spirit of Ecstasy guide called ‘Eleanor’ and a radical go-cart MINI made for sharing were unveiled in Britain and displayed at London’s Roundhouse by BMW as the German car-giant celebrated its centenary with futuristic vehicles pointing towards ‘the next hundred years’ of the two British brands which...
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Don’t waste your talent

If a company has invested years nurturing and grooming talent within its own ranks, why waste it? More and more organisations have created good talent pools and see the benefits of promoting from within people whose careers they have helped develop – rather than recruiting from outside. However, there is another side to the coin....
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