• asTech joins CCC network

    • 1 April 2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    SaaS platform CCC Intelligent Solutions has announced that diagnostic, calibration and programme solutions provider asTech has joined its network The integration will support repair facilities in capturing and documenting scan information in CCC One workfiles Activation is simple Repair facilities using CCC One [...]
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  • Ben Ball confirmed for 2022

    • 31 March 2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Automotive industry charity Ben has announced the Ben Ball will be back this year, taking place at Old Billingsgate Market on 7 December The 2021 Ben Ball took place after Covid restrictions were lifted and quickly sold out as the automotive community seized the chance to gather together in person and celebrate in [...]
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  • Autotech Group celebrates talent summit

    • 31 March 2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Autotech Group is celebrating the success of its inaugural Talent Recharge event, when more than 200 leaders from the automotive industry met to discuss the industry’s skills shortage Held under the banner, ‘How to gain, train and retain talent’, the event included a line-up of speakers, along with [...]
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  • Mercedes-Benz accepts software liability

    • 29 March 2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Categories: Featured, News
    Mercedes-Benz has said it will accept legal responsibility for collisions caused by its automated lane keeping system, but not when the driver has "failed to comply with their duty of care" Chief research strategy officer at Thatcham Research Matthew Avery said: “The issue of liability in automated vehicles is [...]
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  • bodyshop Awards 2022 and 30 Under 30 entries now open

    • 4 March 2022
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Categories: Featured, News
    Nominations are now open for bodyshop magazine’s two high-profile independent awards initiatives which will celebrate 2022’s highest-achievers and rising stars in the collision repair industry We have once again teamed up with Vizion Network and Remit Group for the panel and paint technician and apprentice [...]
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  • bodyshop to host UKGBE2022 launch party

    • 2 March 2022
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    bodyshop magazine is inviting the UK collision repair industry to join us at a brand-new networking occasion on 7 June to kick-off the inaugural UK Garage and Bodyshop Event, which runs 8-9 June at the National Exhibition Centre (NEC) in Birmingham The bodyshop magazine event will take place at the exclusive Forest [...]
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  • bodyshop Awards 2021: 30 under 30 winners

    • 2 March 2022
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    bodyshop magazine has announced the winners of our 30 under 30: rising stars for 2021 The 30 talented young winners embody what is best about collision repair and they represent the bright future of our industry They come from across the full spectrum of job functions and from almost every sector – including [...]
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  • Registration opens for garage and bodyshop event

    • 25 February 2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Registration has opened for the inaugural UK Garage and Bodyshop Event, which will include bodyshop magazine as an associate sponsor The Automechanika event will feature the latest training, technology and tools for bodyshops and will take place at Birmingham’s NEC from 8-9 June More than 100 leading suppliers [...]
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  • VDA of the Year 2021 finalists announced

    • 15 February 2022
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    The finalists in the 2021 bodyshop VDA of the Year award presented by the Institute of Automotive Engineer Assessors (IAEA) have been announced as follows: Daniel Holloway | Admiral Michael Keller | AXA Jason Russell | LV= Russell Taylor |Pentagon Ford Once again because of the coronavirus pandemic, [...]
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  • bodyshop Technician of the Year 2021 finalists

    • 10 February 2022
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    bodyshop magazine would like to remind you who the finalists are in our 2021 Powered by Vizion – bodyshop Remit Technician of the Year categories, which will be celebrated during the bodyshop Awards on 7 April this year The talented techs battled it out over three weeks at Remit Training in Derby, where their [...]
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