• ECA saves bodyshops over £1m
    • 16/11/2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    ECA Group claims it has helped Bodyshops save over £1 million through the use of its utility buying service. ECA’s gas and electricity deals are based on its innovative utility buying service (trackers) which are in use by more than 60 accident repair centres throughout the UK, helping to save over £1 million [...]
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  • MP’s unaware of lack of regulation
    • 19/10/2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    New research commissioned by the Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI) reveals that nearly one in five MPs believe all technicians in their local garage are qualified to work on today’s vehicles.  According to the IMI, the reality is quite different, with no mandatory requirement for vehicle technicians to be [...]
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  • Fix Auto opens in Leeds
    • 02/10/2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    Sam Smith and Stephen Smith, directors of three Fix Auto bodyshops in Settle, Bradford South and Keighley, have opened their first express bodyshop in Leeds, West Yorkshire. The 8,000 sqft repair centre, situated close to Leeds City Centre, will operate as Fix Auto Leeds South, and will form part of the growing Fix [...]
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  • New appointment at Axalta
    • 02/10/2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    Axalta Coating Systems has announced that Steve Markevich has been promoted to the position of executive vice president. In this new role, Mr. Markevich will continue as president of the company's transportation coatings business and now also be responsible for all of Axalta's operations in greater China. China [...]
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  • ABRA Auto Body acquire KAB
    • 13/07/2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    ABRA Auto Body & Glass, a leading damaged vehicle repair company in the US, closed today on the agreement announced last month to acquire all 23 Kadel’s Auto Body locations in Idaho, Oregon and Washington. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Nomura arranged financing for the transaction. Harris Williams [...]
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