• 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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  • Vella Group recognised at customer awards

    • 29 March 2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    The Vella Group is celebrating after being highly commended by judges in two award categories at the UK Customer Service Excellence Awards 2022 It was highly commended by the judges for the Learning and Development award, which recognised The Vella Group’s investment in young people through apprenticeships and [...]
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  • AutoRaise committed to #BreakTheBias

    • 8 March 2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    AutoRaise is marking International Women’s Day by celebrating female apprentices and leaders in the industry For more than a century International Women’s Day has been celebrating the achievements of women, promoting positive change within industry and raising awareness about problems women face in their [...]
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  • AutoRaise Rally confirmed for 2022

    • 19 October 2021
    • Posted by: Danielle Bagnall
    • Category: News
    AutoRaise has confirmed its popular charity rally will take place in 2022 following a two-year hiatus due to the Covid pandemic A challenging route awaits adventure-loving participants keen to take on the AutoRaise 2022 AutoRaise Rally The official starting grid will be at Caffeine & Machine, Stratford, on 21 [...]
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  • Thatcham Research welcomes 2021 intake

    • 29 September 2021
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Thatcham Research has announced that more than 150 apprentices will join its programme this year The first 35 started on Monday, with a second group due to join at the end of November Backed by major employers such as Solus, Activate Group, and AW Repair Group, the apprenticeship programme includes on-site [...]
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  • Enterprise to fund apprenticeship training

    • 9 September 2021
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Enterprise is inviting repairers from its approved network to apply for a funding grant to contribute to the cost of training apprentices The company was one of the first in the country to transfer some of its unspent Apprenticeship Levy funds to other stakeholders in the industry Nic Sweetman, managing [...]
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  • AutoRaise supports apprentice levy transfers

    • 24 August 2021
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    AutoRaise has supported Saint Gobain in transferring more than £125,000 of its Apprenticeship Levy funding to repairers The Levy Transfer programme enables larger, levy-paying corporations to fulfil their corporate social responsibility by funding fresh starts on new apprenticeships Steve Thompson, vice chair [...]
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  • Virtual tour reveals reality of aftermarket careers

    • 29 July 2021
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    AutoRaise has produced a virtual bodyshop tour which it hopes will attract new talent to the sector The tour was put together by apprentices within AutoRaise’s affiliated repairer network Jen Evans, AutoRaise business executive, said: “We are still feeling the impact of the pandemic and clearly there are [...]
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  • Copart named AutoRaise bronze partner

    • 30 June 2021
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    AutoRaise has welcomed Copart as a bronze partner The new partnership will help AutoRaise develop support for the vehicle repair sector, with a specific focus on helping Copart’s own approved repair network to safeguard their own futures through investing in apprenticeships Steve Thompson, vice-chair of [...]
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  • Pedal power drives AutoRaise fundraiser

    • 9 June 2021
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Indasa UK commercial director Phill Blowers will lead a charity bike ride to raise money for AutoRaise He will cycle 200km on 2 July and then get in the saddle again with cyclists from all over the country on 25 September in a 100km ride Blowers said: “This is the second time we’ll be using our love of [...]
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