• School of Thought names headline sponsor

    • 26 September 2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    School of Thought has announced that Vizion will be headline sponsor for its event, taking place on 20 October at Odeon Luxe, Nuneaton Established in 2019, School of Thought is a new initiative created to raise awareness within schools of the automotive industry as a viable career choice  School of Thought [...]
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  • bodyshop’s 2022 Apprentice Technician of the Year finalists

    • 5 September 2022
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Categories: Featured, News
    bodyshop magazine is delighted to announce our 2022 Powered by Vizion – bodyshop Remit Apprentice Panel and Paint Technicians of the Year finalists, who will be celebrated when the winners are announced at the bodyshop Awards on 12 October this year These groups of talented apprentices competed from 30 August [...]
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  • AutoRaise Rally secures new sponsorship

    • 24 August 2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Categories: Featured, News
    AutoRaise has announced that U-Pol has been announced as headline sponsor for the AutoRaise Rally 2022 U-Pol is a world leader in automotive refinishing products specialising in fillers, coatings, aerosols, adhesives and paint related products U-Pol’s group CEO Guy Williams said: “U-Pol is delighted to be [...]
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  • IMI report reveals looming skills crisis

    • 18 August 2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    The Institute of the Motor Industry is predicting a 160,000 shortfall in skilled workers by 2031 Its latest Automotive Sector Employment report attributes this growing skills gaps to the electric vehicle (EV) revolution, the pandemic, decreased immigration and fewer people of working age Despite forecasting a [...]
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  • New commercial vehicle apprenticeship launched

    • 16 August 2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Commercial vehicle manufacturer Tiger Trailers of Cheshire has launched a new coachbuilding apprenticeship Introduced in partnership with Heritage Skills Academy, the new apprenticeship in classic vehicle coachbuilding will combine old-school skills with cutting-edge technology Working with highly specialist [...]
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  • AutoRaise reveals rally sponsorship

    • 11 August 2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    AutoRaise has announced it has two supporting sponsors and nine pit stop sponsors for its AutoRaise Rally The 2022 AutoRaise Rally of West Midlands and Mid Wales will take place 21-23 September, comprising 13 stages over 370 miles The automotive charity has revealed that Synetiq, Egertons Recovery Group and [...]
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  • AW celebrates apprenticeship successes

    • 26 July 2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Categories: Featured, News
    AW Repair Group is celebrating its first cohort of apprentices completing their end point assessments through the IMI The group that signed up at AW’s first Apprentice Showcase Event in 2018 are now fully qualified Multi-Skilled Accident Repair Technicians, and have also undertaken EV awareness training and [...]
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  • School of Thought to attend inaugural industry event

    • 27 May 2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    The inaugural UK Garage and Bodyshop Event presented by Automechanika Birmingham (8-9 June at the NEC) will feature education initiative School of Thought, as statistics reveal that the automotive aftermarket industry is facing the imminent retirement of up to 40% of its workforce School of Thought is a collective [...]
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  • Audatex becomes School of Thought partner

    • 19 May 2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Solera Audatex has announced it has become an official corporate partner of School of Thought, while UK sales director Neil Garrett has become an official ambassador Garrett said, “We are starting this year as we mean to go on at Audatex, looking for ways we can support our industry to bring in and inspire the [...]
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  • Audatex offering free AEG training

    • 13 April 2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Categories: Featured, News
    Audatex has announced that it is offering one apprentice a month a free place on its AudaEnterpriseGold certification course The new initiative has been launched in collaboration with the National Body Repair Association and AutoRaise and is intended to address the crippling skills shortage facing the [...]
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