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The Motor Industry Newsletter
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Welcome to Torque, the monthly
newsletter from the IMI for Motor Industry
employers.
As the professional association and Sector
Skills Council for the automotive retail industry we would
like to keep you up to date with news, views and information
from our sector.
If you have any comments, or if you
know anyone who may like to receive this newsletter, please
email comms@motor.org.uk. We will not pass your details
on to any other organisation. |
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IMI welcomes call from Which? for an
industry wide qualification for all automotive
technicians
In response to this weeks Which? report into garage
servicing, The Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI) has had
the status raised of its Automotive Technician Accreditation
(ATA) scheme. ATA is the only industry backed, independent
accreditation scheme that specifically tests the current
competency of technicians in the automotive retail sector.
The report from Which? clearly shows that there is strong
consumer support for accredited individuals with over half of
those surveyed deeming an individual's commitment to a code of
conduct as important when getting their car serviced.
Codes of ethical conduct are integral parts of both the ATA
scheme and membership of the IMI. Registered ATA individuals
and IMI members have shown a commitment to best practice and
continuing professional development, for the good of their
customers and the industry as a whole.
Read
the full Which? report here
Cick
here for the IMI response
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Headlight Programme - Automotive
employers, we need your help...
Headlight is now entering its second
year and is the exciting schools project developed by the
Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI) in conjunction with
specialist teachers through the National Schools Partnership
(NSP) that includes a series of creative curriculum-linked
teacher and student resources, with the motor industry as the
exciting backdrop. In addition there is a related competition,
which combined with the resources are all aimed primarily at
those following KS4 business related courses.
Why We
Need You!
In order to contextualise learning for the
students we aim to match up each school involved with a local
employer who we would ask to do one of two
things:
1.
Arrange for someone from your business to visit the school and
give a talk, run a workshop or hold a question & answer
session where the students involved in the project can find
out more about the industry from someone who works in
it.
2.
Allow the group of students to visit your business and give
them a tour and chance to ask questions about how a business
functions.
For more information please contact headlight@motor.org.uk
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Leaders First Initiative
The 'Leaders First' service provides access to
funding of up to £1000 to assist in the development of
leadership and management skills amongst your business
leaders in the East Midlands.
The 'Leaders First'
service gives strategic decision makers within an organisation
the opportunity to develop valuable strategic skills to drive
their business forward.
For more information, contact
Business Link East Midlands on 0845 058 6644 or email info@businesslinkem.co.uk
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Talk to the Motor
Industry!
As part of our service to our members,
the IMI is committed to helping professionals keep up to
date with developments in the industry and to help our member
networks. As part of this process our member associations up
and down the country hold regular events for our members which
give insights into the wider industry.
If
you have a product you would like the industry to know about
or an area of expertise you would like to shout about, we
offer the opportunity for you to talk to our 19000 members
around the country. Talks can be on any topic including new
products and technological developments, training methods,
business management and company profiles.
The IMI will
pay any expenses and, as we have associations all over the
country, you can choose to give presentations in your
locality, or anywhere in the country. Companies giving
presentations will also benefit from free marketing, as
presentations will be advertised and reviewed in our
membership magazine and through our various newsletters, as
well as having the opportunity to network with industry
professionals at the events.
If your company is
interested in taking advantage of this opportunity or you
simply wish to get some more information, please contact Simon
White at the IMI (simonw@motor.org.uk). |
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Torque Newsletter Archive
To see previous editions of Torque
newsletters, please click
here
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