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Developing talent for tomorrow – Training
- 01/07/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: Magazine
There is currently a big focus within the bodyshop sector on the training of apprentices and upskilling existing personnel. Here, bodyshop's Padraig Mallett takes a closer look at the training that currently exists and what is being done to overcome an emerging skills gap within the sector. Two-time winner of [...] -
Home and dry – Drying feature
- 01/07/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: Magazine
Whether it be paint, processes or products, curing and drying is crucial to the speed of turnaround. bodyshop's Padraig Mallett talks drying systems with the experts to find out more. The bottleneck within a traditional bodyshop has typically been the spraybooth. With the rapid turnaround of vehicles constantly [...] -
Pro-Align wins award for performance
- 30/06/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Wheel servicing specialist Pro-Align has been recognised by leading equipment manufacturer Hunter Engineering as one of their most successful and important distributors around the world. The company was awarded Hunter’s ‘Platinum Partner’ award for the ninth consecutive year, which for the first time ever, [...] -
Drift Bridge grows courtesy fleet
- 30/06/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Surrey-based VW and Audi dealer group, Drift Bridge, has increased the capacity of its bodyshop courtesy fleet by a fifth since utilising Accident Exchange’s onward mobility provisions. For the past four years, Accident Exchange has supplied customers of Drift Bridge with an equivalent vehicle should they be [...] -
Assessing the role
- 10/06/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: Magazine
As the ‘go to’ person for so many elements of a bodyshop business, the value of a highly-talented vehicle damage assessor (VDA) cannot be underestimated. But what does it feel like to be one of these individuals in today’s sector? bodyshop magazine caught up with two such specialists to find out more. Nick [...] -
Right move
- 10/06/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: Magazine
AW Repair Group opened its fourth site, based in Markham Vale, Derbyshire, in March this year. It’s yet another step on what is proving to be a steady, highly considered expansion of the group’s territory – a strategy which is likely to continue. bodyshop magazine’s, Mark Hadaway bore the steady flow of the M1 [...] -
Symach sells bodyshop to CARS
- 20/05/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Symach has sold the first bodyshop in Burlington (Toronto) to CARS of Nick DiLuca, partner of CSN, a group with more than 330 bodyshops in Canada. The new bodyshop will be operational in November and will be built entirely with the Symach equipment and with the FixLine formula. The process of preparation, painting [...] -
Full steam ahead for Fix Auto Wrexham
- 08/05/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Just seven weeks after owner Lee Hitch collected the keys to a disused business unit, the brand new Fix Auto Wrexham bodyshop has successfully completed its first full week of operation. The site, which becomes the second bodyshop in Fix Auto Oswestry’s managing director Lee Hitch’s portfolio, joins recent new [...] -
Standox offers bodyshop health tips
- 06/05/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Thanks to the international VOC directive, many potentially harmful substances have either been completely eliminated from modern paint products or have dramatically diminished. Nonetheless, personal protective equipment is mandatory for all paintwork. In fact, wearing it should be a matter of course in the [...] -
Nationwide acquires Seward group
- 01/04/2015
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Nationwide has announced that it has completed the acquisition of Seward Accident Repair Centres Ltd. The total net cash consideration is £3.8m and will be funded from the group's own cash and banking resources. Seward is the tenth largest independent bodyshop chain in the UK and operates from a head office in [...]