• Dack Motor Group opens first bodyshop
    • 08/10/2021
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Automotive sales, hire and servicing provider, Dack Motor Group has expanded its Lincoln operations with the opening of its first dedicated bodyshop. Specialising in accident and body repair for personal and commercial vehicles, the new Dack Bodyshop also provides full vehicle respraying, enhancements and [...]
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  • Autocraft Telford secures VWG approval
    • 10/09/2021
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Autocraft Telford has achieved Volkswagen Group (VWG) approval for its main facility. The approval includes VWG’s manufacturer brands Audi, Volkswagen, Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles, SEAT, Cupra and ŠKODA. VWG approval adds to the company’s extensive portfolio of vehicle manufacturer approvals, which also [...]
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  • Motofix taps into Wills power
    • 13/08/2021
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Motofix Group has appointed Darren Wills as executive director. The role has been created to support the group’s development plans. Richard Tutt, Motofix Group chairman, said: “We are clear on the strategy that will keep us at the forefront of vehicle repair solutions and we are committed to continuously invest [...]
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  • How bodyshops can offset paint price hikes
    • 09/08/2021
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    The price of raw materials has seen an increase across a number of industries. Tradesmen in the building industry are having to pass on the cost to their customers in order to claw back those additional costs. But this is often not an option in the repair business, particularly when dealing with an insurance [...]
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  • asTech to sponsor green award
    • 06/08/2021
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    asTech has announced it will sponsor the Outstanding Support for Bodyshops category in the NBRA Greener Bodyshops Awards. Richard Taylor, asTech European business development director, said: “Our sponsorship of the NBRA Greener Bodyshops Awards reinforces our commitment to assist shops through high levels of [...]
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  • Workshops braced for a million MOTs a month
    • 27/07/2021
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Workshops have been warned to prepare for a backlog of up to five million MOTs in the second half of the year. This huge increase in demand is because millions of tests were postponed in 2020 because of Covid, when UK motorists were granted a six-month extension to MOTs which were due between 30 March and 31 [...]
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  • Ratings remain high as Fix Auto UK marks 2,500th review
    • 23/07/2021
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Fix Auto UK has recorded its 2,500th customer review on Trustpilot. The milestone has been achieved less than four months after it received its 1,000th customer review and 10 months after joining the site. Its overall review score is 4.7 out of five, rating Fix Auto UK and its franchise partners as excellent for [...]
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  • Fix Auto expands London footprint
    • 20/07/2021
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Fix Auto UK has appointed its 12th repair centre. Formerly known as MTS Vehicle Services, the repairer will now operate as Fix Auto Croxley Green and joins the network following a fast-tracked programme of development over the last 12 months by owner Matthew Jedrzejczyk. In preparation for joining Fix Auto UK, [...]
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  • MG Cannon reinforces leadership team
    • 15/07/2021
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    MG Cannon has made two key new appointments to strengthen its group leadership team. Graham Prew has joined the business as group operations manager and Mandy Pocock as group customer services manager. Prew will lead and manage all group bodyshop operations to ensure performance targets and quality standards are [...]
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  • Fix Auto launches new division to serve network
    • 14/07/2021
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Fix Auto UK has formed a new team of field-based engineers dedicated to serving its network. The team comprising Nick Robins, Conrad Ringland, Andrew Waspe, Calvin Mudd, Daryl Santos, Alan Keeble, Gary King and Richard Cartwright will be headed up by Rob Lake. Head of commercial Mark Hutchins said: “The whole [...]
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