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Glove box guide
publication date: Nov 19, 2008
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author/source: Robin Roberts
Cardiff City Centre will host a spectacular ‘free view' sports extravaganza on Thursday 4 December, when celebrity guests join world champions at the official start of the 2008 Wales Rally GB.
Located on King Edward VIII Avenue, the all-free rally entertainment begins at 4.30pm when the world's top rally drivers - including five-times World Champion Sébastien Loeb, four-times Wales Rally GB winner Petter Solberg and defending Wales Rally GB champion Mikko Hirvonen - will meet fans and sign autographs until 5pm. Fans will also be able to meet Olympic gold medal winner Geraint Thomas, the Cardiff-born cyclist who broke the world record in the Team Pursuit Final at Beijing and he'll be signing autographs with the WRC drivers and will cycle over the start ramp before the first WRC car.
A £65m fund to boost skills was unveiled yesterday.
Semta, the employer-led sector skills council for science, engineering and manufacturing technologies, has launched the UK Metals, Mechanicals and Electrical Sector Skills Agreement (MME SSA), which will strengthen business through workforce development.
Jaguar's Design Director, Ian Callum has won 'The Walpole Award for British Luxury Design Talent' at the Walpole Awards 2008.
Presented by host Richard Wilson, OBE, Callum was chosen for maintaining the highest standard of British Design Talent through innovation and design, contributing to British craftsmanship in 2008.
The Driving Standards Agency together with popular TV motorsport presenter Louise Brady and former Superbike Champion Steve Parrish will support a new scheme aimed at significantly improving motorcycle road safety.
The Enhanced Rider Scheme will be showcased at the 2008 Motorcycle and Scooter Show, which takes place at the National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham, from 28 November to 7 December.
To celebrate the launch of Alfa Romeo's Cloverleaf Club, the Italian sporting car manufacturer recently commissioned a national survey to find the luckiest charm.
The four leaf clover topped an 863-strong subscriber poll with 51pc of the vote, ahead of the horseshoe (32pc), wishbone (9pc), penny coin (5pc) and rabbit's foot (3pc).
To help keep Volvo servicing as environmentally friendly as possible, the Swedish vehicle manufacturer has introduced its Greenline range of renewed vehicle components which are procured by recycling components from scrapped Volvos.
This latest green initiative reinforces Volvo's Exchange parts system, where used components such as engines, gearboxes and axles are collected from dealers and remanufactured to the same exacting standards as those leaving the production line.
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