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Prof Michael Cox to speak at bodyshop networking event
- 01/06/2022
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Categories: Featured, News
There is just one week to go until the bodyshop magazine #UKGBE2022 networking party gets under way (6:00pm, Tuesday, 7 June) and the UK collision repair industry is buzzing for another chance to get together in person with colleagues, customers and suppliers. Many of the big bodyshop groups will be attending, [...] -
Fiat confirms full EV switch
- 31/05/2022
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Categories: Featured, News
Fiat has announced that it will sell only electric vehicles in the UK from 1 July. Last year more than 60% of Fiat’s line-up was electrified, but as of this summer 100% of the range will be electrified from July 2022. Meanwhile, 2021 saw the biggest annual increase in electric vehicle registrations with an [...] -
GT Motive strengthens team
- 27/05/2022
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Categories: Featured, News
Layton Davies has joined estimating software company GT Motive as it accelerates its growth within the UK claims market. Davies joins the team following seven years with estimating competitors, Audatex in various roles, managing strategic third party relationships and developing new products. He said: “I am so [...] -
Car production suffers as supplies stall
- 26/05/2022
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Categories: Featured, News
UK car production fell 11.3% in April with 60,554 units rolling off factory lines. Acccording to the latest figures released by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT), the ongoing global shortage of semi-conductors, the impact of the war in Ukraine on supply chains, model changes and broader industry [...] -
Oxbotica launches self-driving platform
- 24/05/2022
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Categories: Featured, News
Autonomous technology developer Oxbotica has introduced the first fully-electric self-driving platform on UK roads. It has launched its AppliedEV vehicle in Oxford, which operates without an on-board driver. Following this collaboration with Ocado Group, Oxbotica will now accelerate plans to take its technology [...] -
Government announces £40m autonomous funding
- 23/05/2022
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Categories: Featured, News
The UK government has announced it is committing £40m to accelerate the development of commercial self-driving services. The Commercialising Connected and Automated Mobility competition will offer grants to help roll out commercial use self-driving vehicles across the UK from 2025, creating thousands of skilled [...] -
Perfect 10 for the Vella Group
- 20/05/2022
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Categories: Featured, News
The Vella Group has opened its 10th bodyshop and third LV= General Insurance Sole Supply site. The Vella Group Bradford is 14,000 sqft site and boasts the latest repair technology including a Hunter Pro-Align machine, an STL 8m downdraft side-loading spraybooth including a skate-and-rail system and an AkzoNobel [...] -
Government urged to shelve MOT changes
- 20/05/2022
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Categories: Featured, News
The automotive industry has united in its condemnation of any possible changes in frequency to the MOT test. The UK government is looking at relaxing the MOT test frequency from every year to every two years to help ease the cost-of-living crisis. But the UK Alliance for the Freedom of Car Repair (UK AFCAR), [...] -
EVs to impact repair capacity
- 19/05/2022
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Categories: Featured, News
The growth of electric vehicles (EV) will have a wide-reaching impact on the repair industry, according to a report released by Activate Group. It found that additional safety considerations linked to high-voltage vehicle batteries will affect the full repair cycle, from initial notification of an incident to [...] -
Join us at our all-new #bodyshopBBQ networking event
- 11/05/2022
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Categories: Featured, News
bodyshop magazine is inviting the UK collision repair industry to join us at a brand-new networking occasion on 7 June to kick-off the inaugural UK Garage and Bodyshop Event presented by Automechanika Birmingham, which runs 8-9 June at the National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham. The bodyshop Magazine #UKGBE2022 [...]