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Autotech Recruit launches industry interviews
- 24/04/2020
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Autotech Recruit has launched a new free-to-view series called Autotech Talks. As part of the series CEO Gavin White discusses the effects of Covid-19 with key people from the industry. In the first of this series, White spoke to The Garage Inspector Andy Savva, who offered advice to garage owners around staffing, [...] -
Bodyshop magazine boss joins global podcast
- 23/04/2020
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Plenham CEO Jason Moseley will be a guest on an international podcast discussing the benefits of using recycled original equipment parts in repair. Taking place at 11pm (UK time) on 27 April, the podcast is being hosted by Australian company All Auto Recalls as part of its Automotive Recycler’s Experience series [...] -
Renault reports sales slump of 25.9%
- 23/04/2020
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Renault has reported sales down 25.9% in the first quarter of the year, with revenues down 19.2% to €10.125m. It sold 672,962 vehicles in the first three months of the year. Sales in Europe fell 36% to 321,756 units in the same period. It said: “To date, the impact that this pandemic will have on the [...] -
Nissan Sunderland delivers aprons to NHS
- 23/04/2020
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Nissan Sunderland is manufacturing thousands of protective aprons for NHS workers, after taking just eight days to design and build a new manufacturing process. Initial capacity is 18,000 a week but the team has plans to increase this to over 70,000 within weeks. Nissan production director Adam Pennick said: [...] -
NBRA open letter calls for bodyshop support
- 23/04/2020
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
The National Body Repair Association (NBRA) has written an open letter to 36 of the leading motor insurers and accident managers in the UK calling for greater support for bodyshops during the Covid-19 crisis. The move comes after it was revealed that motor claims notifications had fallen by more than 70% in recent [...] -
Key workers account for nearly half of car purchases
- 23/04/2020
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Key workers bought 42% of all the vehicles delivered by BuyaCar.co.uk in the first month of the lockdown. The company has launched a special "key workers offer" worth £698 to support NHS staff, emergency services professionals and other essential service providers on the government’s list of permitted [...] -
Toyota parts supply outlook ‘improving’
- 22/04/2020
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Toyota (GB) has announced "an improved outlook" for the supply of parts to its network in readiness for a gradual return to normal aftersales operations. Since the downscaling of its Pan-European operations and implementation of special ordering measures announced on 20 March, TGB has implemented measures to ensure [...] -
Fix Auto shares government grant insights
- 22/04/2020
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Bodyshops that operate a retail service directly with the public could be entitled to receive up to £25,000 from a government small business fund, according to Fix Auto UK. To help its franchisees during these testing times, the network challenged the system and has so far secured £360,000 from the Small Business [...] -
Prasco UK praises ‘determined’ staff
- 22/04/2020
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Prasco UK’s managing director Kelvyn Waugh has paid tribute to his staff who have “gone above and beyond the call of duty” to ensure the company’s level of service is being maintained despite the coronavirus outbreak. Even with several key team members forced to self-isolate, Waugh said the determination of [...] -
Thatcham: Don’t abandon your apprentices
- 22/04/2020
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Thatcham Research is urging businesses to continue their investment in apprenticeships. The Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) has confirmed that apprentices can continue to study, while the National Body Repair Association (NBRA) has since shared recent guidance for repairers on how to manage apprentice [...]