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Fix Auto network expands in West Midlands
- 09/11/2021
- 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 [...] -
Bodyshops braced for business spike
- 01/11/2021
- 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 [...] -
Polestar finds perfect Fix
- 21/10/2021
- 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, [...] -
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 [...] -
‘Right to Repair’ scheme passes in Australia
- 06/07/2021
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- 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 [...] -
Tablet cures bodyshop ordering headaches
- 24/06/2021
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
A new system has been launched enabling bodyshops and cosmetic repairers to order stock automatically on a tablet. AIMS Lite has been introduced by ACIS after a successful trial at several bodyshops. It is built around Application Programming Interface software (APIs), which enables applications to talk to each [...] -
Remote ADAS calibrations for bodyshops
- 07/06/2021
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
A new service has launched in the UK offering bodyshops remote ADAS calibration, OE scans, diagnostics and resets. US-based asTech has introduced its service to the UK market to help it meet the new Industry Insurance Requirements. The technology uses OE scanning tools to provide full vehicle scans, clearing of [...]
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