• Entry deadline looms for National Paint Championships

    • 1 March 2023
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Categories: Featured, News
    The entry deadline for the National Paint Championships – the automotive refinish competition to be hosted in June by Automechanika Birmingham 2023 – is just over a week away If you are a top-class UK-based paint technician and want to showcase your skills to the industry, all you need to enter the competition [...]
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  • Automechanika Birmingham 2023 to be biggest yet

    • 5 January 2023
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Categories: Featured, News
    Automechanika Birmingham has revealed its biggest ever bodyshop programme for 2023, with three new stand-out features now announced The much-anticipated event will host its very first Paint & Spray Live, providing visitors with the opportunity to experience demonstrations first hand at the show and see the [...]
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  • Merry Christmas from the Bodyshop magazine team

    • 23 December 2022
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    Bodyshop magazine would like to wish a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all our readers, friends, partners, contributors and supporters! It's been a challenging few years for the entire collision repair industry and the wider supply chain, so here's to a prosperous and happy 2023 that is full of [...]
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  • January 2023 issue of Bodyshop magazine is out now

    • 23 December 2022
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Categories: Featured, News
    The January 2023 digital edition of Bodyshop magazine is available now, live and online on the wwwbodyshopmagcom website At the same time, the print edition is on its way to current bodyshop subscribers To download your FREE digital copy of this special edition featuring articles on planning for the next 12 [...]
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  • UK Garage and Bodyshop Event earns industry accolade

    • 15 November 2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Messe Frankfurt UK has been shortlisted in the Outstanding Achievement category in the annual Independent Automotive Aftermarket Federation (IAAF) Pride of the Aftermarket awards It has been recognised for its work on the inaugural UK Garage and Bodyshop Event presented by Automechanika UK The IAAF awards take [...]
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  • Automechanika Birmingham to host National Paint Championships

    • 14 October 2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Categories: Featured, News
    Automechanika Birmingham will host the UK and Ireland National Paint Championships next year, with the winner being announced in a live ceremony on 7 June With the championships being completely free to enter, automotive painters will be tasked with designing the most impressive car bonnet in a bid to be crowned [...]
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  • Fix Auto Dagenham shares coveted award

    • 14 October 2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Fix Auto Dagenham collected Bodyshop Magazine’s prestigious Multi-Site Bodyshop of the Year Award this week, and then created history by sharing the accolade with fellow finalist Fix Auto Slough Directors Paul Cunningham and Neil Parker received the award on stage, and then stunned Fix Auto Slough owner Ranjit [...]
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  • IBIS and Repairify seal new multi-year global partnership

    • 14 September 2022
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Categories: Featured, News
    The International Bodyshop Industry Symposium (IBIS) has announced that Repairify Inc has confirmed its place as an IBIS Global Partner after committing to a new three-year partnership Repairify will join a handful of exclusive global partners supporting the IBIS calendar of international events over the next three [...]
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  • Inaugural UKGBE event hailed a triumph

    • 14 June 2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Categories: Featured, News
    The UK Garage and Bodyshop Event presented by Automechanika Birmingham has received widespread praise from the automotive aftermarket community, achieving a staggering 3,538 business owners over two days The event, held from 8-9 June, kicked off with visitors from garages, bodyshops and the wider automotive [...]
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  • bodyshop Awards 2021 to be carbon neutral

    • 8 February 2022
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    bodyshop magazine has teamed up with Net Zero consultancy Carbon Neutral Repair (CNR) to make the 2021 edition of the bodyshop Awards fully carbon neutral The event on 7 April 2022 at ICC Wales will be certified “Carbon Neutral” by CNR as it works hand-in-hand with the bodyshop team to calculate the physical [...]
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