• Fix Auto Braintree expansion continues apace
    • 20/03/2023
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Fix Auto Braintree owner Danny Ashwell is hoping to open his second site at the end of April. The new 8,000 sqft site will replace Fix Auto Chelmsford, with plans to open a further two sites Southend-on-Sea and Clacton before the end of 2024. He said: “Everything is going according to plan. I couldn’t have [...]
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  • Allied Vehicles announces major recruitment drive
    • 16/03/2023
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Scottish manufacturer and supplier of specialist adaptive transport Allied Vehicles is launching a major recruitment drive to support a significant increase in production. The family firm, which converts a variety of vehicles to make them suitable for wheelchair users, both passengers and drivers, is ramping up [...]
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  • Gemini cuts ribbon on Luton site
    • 14/03/2023
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Gemini Accident Repair Centres has opened a new site in Luton. Having acquired Michael G Motors of Luton, Gemini rehoused into a brand-new, 8,500-sqft purpose-built facility on the Bilton Way Industrial Estate with a repair capacity of 1,300 vehicles per annum. Gemini Luton general manager Mo Givian said: “It [...]
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  • Steer Automotive expansion continues in north east
    • 02/02/2023
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Steer Automotive has welcomed North East Accident Repair Centres into the Steer Group. The acquisition of all three NEARC sites in Newcastle, Sunderland and Darlington takes the combined operation to 60 sites with 1,400 staff and the capability to repair 85,000 vehicles per annum. NEARC co-owners Roger Collings [...]
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  • Activate Accident Repair cuts ribbon on two sites
    • 23/01/2023
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Activate Accident Repair has opened two new sites after a £2m investment from parent company Activate Group. The centres in Mildenhall and Sunderland feature the latest repair technology, including ADAS, aluminium and EVs, and take the total number of Activate Accident Repair sites to eight. Activate Group [...]
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  • Andy O’Hare adds HGV capabilities to Fix Auto network
    • 22/12/2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Andy O’Hare has extended his portfolio of Fix Auto UK-branded repair centres in Scotland to four, after opening Fix Auto Tayside in Dundee. The new site, which joins O’Hare’s existing sites Fix Auto Aberdeen, Fix Auto Elgin and Fix Auto Inverness, is totally unique within the network as it holds the equipment [...]
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  • Polestar unveils new commercial HQ
    • 21/12/2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Polestar has opened new commercial headquarters at Bicester Heritage. The move, which builds on its recent announcement of delivering over 11,000 cars in the UK since entering the market, has seen a new multi-purpose location developed in one of the existing two-storey buildings in the Heritage Quarters. The [...]
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  • Fix Auto Braintree opens for business
    • 07/12/2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Scores of franchise partners, industry suppliers and civic dignitaries attended the launch of Fix Auto Braintree. Owned by Danny Ashwell, the repair centre is his second site and is part of a wider strategy to operate four repair sites throughout Essex while also relocating his established Chelmsford centre to a [...]
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  • Smart Repairs celebrates game-changing year
    • 10/11/2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Leading independent cosmetic vehicle repairer Smart Repairs has announced a record-breaking year. The Leeds-based company, which recently bought 18,000 sqft freehold premises, has seen its turnover grow by 40% to £7.5m, while trebling its workforce. As part of its national expansion programme this year, Smart [...]
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  • Alphabet UK continues global growth strategy
    • 19/10/2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Alphabet UK has entered the Finnish market by adding local enterprise Secto Automotive to its global partnership network. The new partnership establishes Alphabet’s presence in a 33rd market, while with 14 Alphabet-owned locations and now 19 partner locations, the mobility provider has established operations [...]
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