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As significant investment flows into UK automotive, supply chain cyber security is becoming as important as components and logistics. Marking Cyber Security Awareness Month, Jack Salsbury, Autotech Group’s Head of IT & Information Security, explains the “shadow perimeter” and why businesses must manage third-party cyber risk across their supplier ecosystem. Read the full article.

Autotech Group is celebrating two significant anniversaries, with Autotech Training marking 10 years and Autotech Academy reaching five. Together, these milestones reflect the company’s evolution from a specialist automotive recruitment business into a workforce solutions partner, helping address skills shortages through recruitment, training, early careers programmes and technology-enabled support. Since launching, Autotech Training has trained more than 10,000 people, while Autotech Academy has helped over 560 newly qualified technicians begin their automotive careers.

The automotive industry’s technician shortage is a well-known challenge, but are businesses overlooking a more immediate solution? In a recent Motor Trade Radio Supplier Special, Autotech Group CEO Simon King joined Curtis and Philip to discuss whether the focus should shift from simply recruiting more technicians to making better use of the skilled workforce already in place.

Autotech Group has become one of the first organisations to sign the Government’s Cyber Resilience Pledge, and the only business from the automotive sector in the inaugural cohort. The commitment reflects the company’s long-standing investment in governance, quality and information security, helping customers and partners operate with confidence in an increasingly connected and digitally driven industry.

The latest IMI Vacancy Tracker has sparked discussion across the automotive sector, with headlines focusing on a reduction in vacancies compared with previous years. However, Simon King, CEO of Autotech Group, believes the detail behind the figures tells a much more important story.

For years, conversations around the automotive skills shortage have focused on recruitment. How do we attract more technicians? How do we fill vacancies faster? How do we bring new people into the industry?