Auto retail event and display company, Showroom Events, is fighting back against apparently illegal and unsafe copies of its SeeSaw display unit which are appearing on dealer forecourts. The company has set up a £100,000 fighting fund to support the action of its subsidiaries, CarStages.co.uk & rentAramp.co.uk The purpose of the fund is to "environmentally" remove and destroy what Showroom Events terms as "illegal copies" of its SeeSaw display.
The company is also offering to replace these with genuine units at cost price so dealers are not left without display support. Showroom Events is believed to be the largest independent supplier of vehicle display equipment and has been in the business over 15 years.
Danny Lee, Showroom Events Director said: "The £100,000 fund was agreed by shareholders to fight UK copyright issues and protect our image.
We hope to remove unsafe 'copy' displays, which do not abide by Health & Safety law, from dealer forecourts. "This will protect dealers from possible heavy fines and remove the public risk of injury.
Quite clearly many dealers are unaware that all lifting equipment in a place of employment must hold the relevant test paperwork." Health & Safety Lifting Operations & Lifting Equipment Regulations 1988 (LOLER 1998) clearly state: Failure to comply with LOLER is a criminal offence liable to lead to enforcement action or prosecution by the Health and Safety Executive.'
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