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bodyshop magazine teams with Remit Group to deliver upgraded bodyshop awards for 2019
- 28/05/2019
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Britain’s most influential bodyshop industry media brand, bodyshop magazine, has teamed with leading national training provider and automotive specialist, Remit Group, to host the assessments for entrants to the UK’s only independent car bodyshop awards: bodyshop Live!. Jason Moseley, CEO of bodyshop and IBIS [...] -
IBIS Africa gets underway
- 28/05/2019
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
The inaugural IBIS Africa opens in Johannesburg, South Africa, today. The symposium will ask how markets can successfully integrate the innovations in the industry. What’s needed is an integrated, step-by-step approach to reducing cycle times and phasing out manual interventions in the insurance claims [...] -
Autonomous project publishes findings
- 28/05/2019
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
A project launched in 2014 to examine the challenges and opportunities of autonomous cars, pods and mobility within urban environments has released its findings, highlighting key areas that still need addressing if the potential of this technology is to be realised. In December 2014 UK Autodrive was named as the [...] -
bodyshop gearing up for Automechanika Birmingham
- 28/05/2019
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
bodyshop magazine is delighted to announce that it will be present in the heart of the bodyshop zone of Automechanka Birmingham, welcoming guests to stand R173 throughout the event next month. The event will this year offer the aftermarket huge savings on tools and garage equipment from the over 500 exhibitors, [...] -
EV survey reports healthy relationship building
- 28/05/2019
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
The relationship between dealers and manufacturers in the electric vehicle sector is reported to be on the rise. This is according to the Electric Vehicle Dealer Attitude Survey, conducted by the National Franchised Dealers Association (NFDA) . This is the second edition of the survey which was launched six [...] -
AW Repair Group backs NBRA vision
- 24/05/2019
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
AW Repair Group has joined The National Body Repair Association (NBRA). Andrew Walsh, AW Repair Group’s managing director and James Dunn, AW’s group operations manager met with Chris Weeks, NBRA director and Michael Wicks, NBRA national business development manager to finalise the membership details and [...] -
EV demand pushing up prices
- 24/05/2019
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
The price of used electric vehicles is taking them out of reach of the average consumer, just at a time when emissions targets mean EVs should be seen as a practical solution. The average rate of price growth of used EVs has risen 11%, according to the latest findings from the Auto Trader Retail Price [...] -
PumpWatch calls for price reductions
- 24/05/2019
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Forecourt prices need to fall at least 2p per litre in the next week to honour a five per cent fall in the price of oil. When oil was priced at this level on 5 April, petrol was 6p lower and diesel 4p lower. According to PumpWatch, a newly-formed price monitoring body, that should mean a noticeable price reduction [...] -
Half of ‘urgent’ work undone
- 24/05/2019
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Almost half the work identified by dealers during services as 'urgent' is not being carried out. This mean motorists are driving vehicles that pose safety risks, while dealers are missing out on as much £401.8m in revenue. This is according to annual data from electronic vehicle health check provider autoVHC, [...] -
Salvage company goes paperless
- 24/05/2019
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
The largest vehicle salvage and recycling company in the UK has introduced a new paperless system that provides complete visibility of its collection and delivery operations. SYNETIQ, which operates 16 sites and processes more than 100,000 vehicles a year, is employing a new system which combines mobile apps and [...]