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FTA launches online operator licence training

FTA, the business group representing the logistics sector, has launched an online version of the Operator Licence Awareness Training Course (OLAT) to ensure operators can continue to receive vital compliance […]

Automotive sector leads Ventilator Challenge

The Ventilator Challenge consortium has received official government orders to manufacture more than 10,000 ventilators to help the country fight the coronavirus. The consortium comprises 14 companies include Ford, Rolls-Royce, […]

ITAS platform lists open bodyshops

ITAS has developed a new platform showing which bodyshops are still open, as well as their capacity and capabilities. ITAS recently created a platform to enable insurers, accident management companies […]

New book studies free car hire

A new book has been published chronicling the history of free car hire, the insurance industry’s efforts to stop it and what the future holds for the credit hire industry. […]

Technology versus imagination

The Professional: By Mike Monaghan This month’s bodyshop covers all aspects of technology and how it clearly has and will continue to advance our world and our daily lives. My […]

Falling exports dampen engine production

Engine production in the UK fell 9.3% in February, with 214,155 units produced. Production for domestic car plants rose 14%, while exports fell 21%. This is according to the Society […]

Groupe PSA planning resumption of operations

Groupe PSA is planning a timetable for the gradual resumption of work, after devising a range of coronavirus safety measures which it believes goes beyond the recommended steps. As examples, […]

Kia names new president

Kia Motors has announced that Ho-sung Song, head of global operations division, has been promoted to president. He will spearhead the advancement of “Plan S”, the company’s mid- to long-term […]

The Interview: Karl Vella MBE

Vella Group executive chairman and Lancashire native Karl Vella, 60, shares some of the wisdom he has gleaned during his 40-plus years working in collision repair. Tells us about your […]

Last chance for bodyshop Live! 2020 awards

There is still time to enter the bodyshop Live! 2020 awards and 30 under 30: rising stars, but not a lot of it – the nominations window for both initiatives will […]