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  • Fix Auto UK sets 2023 conference date

    • 12 July 2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Fix Auto UK has announced that its 2023 National Conference will take place on May 10 and 11 next year The two-day ‘Next Gen’ themed event will return to The Vox Conference Centre within the National Exhibition Centre complex, Birmingham The Midlands venue will be the new home for the conference for the next [...]
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  • Crash celebrates four-day working week

    • 9 June 2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Northern Ireland-based repairer Crash has celebrated two years since introduction a four-day working week without wages being reduced It launched the four-day week in 2020, reducing working hours from 35 hours to 28 hours Jonathan McKeown, CEO, said: “When we launched the project in summer 2018, there was real [...]
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  • Perfect 10 for the Vella Group

    • 20 May 2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Categories: Featured, News
    The Vella Group has opened its 10th bodyshop and third LV= General Insurance Sole Supply site The Vella Group Bradford is 14,000 sqft site and boasts the latest repair technology including a Hunter Pro-Align machine, an STL 8m downdraft side-loading spraybooth including a skate-and-rail system and an AkzoNobel [...]
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  • Big savings on offer at inaugural event

    • 28 April 2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    The UK Garage and Bodyshop Event at Birmingham’s NEC in June is set to offer garage and bodyshop technicians the chance to take home up to £5,000 of exclusive show deals and discounts on the latest tools and equipment The event is aimed at helping attendees grow their businesses and is therefore providing a [...]
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  • Shorade secures distribution deal

    • 21 March 2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Shorade UK has signed an exclusive distribution agreement with LKQ Coatings The agreement covers all existing sites – Shorade Cannock, Finesse Dorking, Finesse Redhill – and all of the bodyshop’s planned future sites Leon Coupland, managing director, Shorade UK, said: “After discussions with the LKQ team [...]
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  • Fix Auto network expands in West Midlands

    • 9 November 2021
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Fix Auto UK has welcomed Autobody Care to its network The West Midlands bodyshop will now operate as Fix Auto Great Bridge The 15,000 sqft site was set up by Deepak Kaler in 2019 He now plans to double the workforce to 16 to enable capacity to increase to about 30 vehicles a week He said: “I am extremely proud [...]
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  • Bodyshops braced for business spike

    • 1 November 2021
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Road accidents are predicted to soar in the next fortnight, after the clocks went back last weekend Enterprise Rent-A-Car has found that demand for its replacement cars, vans and trucks jumped by an average of six per cent for the past seven years (2014-2020) in the two weeks immediately after the clocks go back [...]
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  • Polestar finds perfect Fix

    • 21 October 2021
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Fix Auto Blackburn and Fix Auto Dagenham are two of the first repairers in Britain to be selected for Polestar approval They have been selected as a direct result of the service they provide Polestar’s parent company Volvo Steve Plunkett, Volvo and Polestar’s body and paint programme development manager, [...]
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  • How bodyshops can offset paint price hikes

    • 9 August 2021
    • Posted by: Danielle Bagnall
    • 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 job The [...]
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  • ‘Right to Repair’ scheme passes in Australia

    • 6 July 2021
    • Posted by: Danielle Bagnall
    • Category: News
    The “Right to Repair” scheme is set to become law after it was recently passed by the Australian senate, as reported in Bodyshop News Australia The Motor Vehicle Service and Repair Information Sharing Scheme Bill will make it illegal for car manufacturers to withhold information from qualified independent [...]
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