Generation Z is the most open-minded and well researched car buying generation, taking seven weeks to make a car purchase, a recent study by leading automotive marketplace CarGurus has revealed. The Next Generation of Car Buyers study found that while 18-24 year old buyers felt the urgency of their purchase […]
To mark National STEM Day, new research reveals that despite 70% of young people finding tech inspiring, a quarter (25%) are not currently considering a career in this sector. That’s according to the latest research from Goodwood’s Future Lab. The survey of 1,000 14- to 24-year-olds also found that while […]
The pandemic left many 17-year-olds relying on their parents for driving tuition but, when surveyed by Young Driver, 89 per cent of driving instructors say this has meant collecting a few bad habits along the way. Despite this, 98 per cent of the 150 instructors questioned still felt extra experience […]
Today, FIA Formula 3 has announced it will be providing the opportunity for two young aspiring female racing drivers from the Iron Dames racing project to get behind the wheel of a Formula series racing car, supporting the progression of their racing careers. On the 10th November at the Circuit […]
Bentley Motors today announced the company’s biggest-ever intake of trainees for 2022. A phased recruitment drive starting today on www.bentleycareers.com will see a total of 113 new recruits beginning their careers at Bentley headquarters in Crewe, working across all sectors of the business. The future talent will consist of apprentices, undergraduates and […]
Four-in-10 parents in the UK would already prefer their children to jump straight into a fully electric vehicle and skip petrol and diesel car driving when learning to drive, yet nearly a third believe it will be harder to learn to drive in one and own one, according to new […]
The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) Charitable Trust Fund has re-launched the SMMT Apprentice Support Programme, designed to help safeguard the jobs of apprentices currently working within the automotive industry. The scheme comes following the conclusion of the government-funded furlough scheme. The SMMT Apprentice Support Programme earmarks £100,000 […]
Passing your driving test was once seen as a rite of passage for most youngsters. But with the number of young people getting behind the wheel now declining, research conducted by the UK’s largest independent road safety charity, IAM RoadSmart, has indicated why many young people aged 17-24 have put […]
A 17-year-old youth activist has become the Chief Executive Officer of luxury supercar maker McLaren Automotive for the day to celebrate International Day of the Girl and encourage young people, and particularly young women, into science and engineering careers. Maisy from Wales took over the reins from McLaren Automotive CEO […]
When 9-year-old Stanley Wilkinson’s design was chosen by the legendary Richard Petty as the winner of the ‘Design a Mini competition’ at Goodwood’s SpeedWeek last year, he wasn’t to know that further glory awaited him at the Goodwood Revival. But on Saturday 18th September, the 1963 Morris Mini Cooper S […]
