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Bodyshop Awards 2022 and 30 Under 30 entries now open
- 04/03/2022
- 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 [...] -
bodyshop to host UKGBE2022 launch party
- 02/03/2022
- 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 [...] -
bodyshop Awards 2021 to be carbon neutral
- 08/02/2022
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
bodyshop magazine has teamed up with Net Zero consultancy Carbon Neutral Repair (CNR) to make the 2021 edition of the bodyshop Awards fully carbon neutral. The event on 7 April 2022 at ICC Wales will be certified “Carbon Neutral” by CNR as it works hand-in-hand with the bodyshop team to calculate the physical [...] -
bodyshop Awards postponed to April 2022
- 15/12/2021
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
It is with a heavy heart that the bodyshop magazine team has taken the decision to postpone the bodyshop Awards 2021 from Friday, 17 December to Thursday, 7 April 2022. Given the enthusiasm and determination of so many of our guests and partners to proceed with this celebration of our industry’s great and good, [...] -
bodyshop teams up with UK Garage & Bodyshop Event
- 09/12/2021
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
bodyshop magazine has partnered with Automechanika organiser Messe Frankfurt for next year’s UK Garage & Bodyshop Event at the NEC. To mark the announcement of our sponsorship of the event’s Bodyshop Training Hub, editor Simon Wait sat down with Messe Frankfurt UK project director Kristan Johnstone to find [...] -
Finalists announced for bodyshop Awards 2021
- 07/10/2021
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
bodyshop magazine is delighted to announce more of the finalists for the bodyshop Awards 2021. With more than 280 top-quality submissions this year, it has been a difficult job for our 14-strong judging panel of industry experts who rose to the challenge during an in-person jury meeting at the bodyshop magazine [...] -
The Interview: Rob Pugh
- 07/10/2021
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Just shy of celebrating his third anniversary since rejoining Fix Auto UK, 30 under 30 winner Rob Pugh speaks to bodyshop editor Simon Wait. You were heavily involved in Fix Auto UK successfully navigating its way through multiple lockdowns. What have been your main takeaways from the pandemic? The main thing [...] -
Fix Auto celebrates 30 Under 30 triumphs
- 03/09/2021
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Fix Auto UK is celebrating after six members of it network were named among bodyshop magazine’s prestigious 30 Under 30: Rising Stars initiative. The Rising Stars initiative was created in 2017 to recognise and acknowledge inspirational individuals aged under 30 who have achieved something special within their [...] -
The Interview: Tim Hall
- 13/08/2021
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
bodyshop editor Simon Wait meets Tim Hall, owner of Hall Auto Cosmetic Repair, whose spray painting career got off the ground in the Royal Air Force. Ask any spray painter to tell you about their most interesting refinish job and you’ll likely hear about a Bentley, Bugatti, Ferrari or the names of countless [...] -
bodyshop award winner ‘couldn’t be happier’
- 05/05/2021
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Fix Auto Chelmsford apprentice Lewis Williams was named Apprentice MET Technician of the Year during the bodyshop magazine 2020 Awards. The 20-year-old scooped the accolade during the prestigious event, which was postponed from last year due to the pandemic and staged virtually with a live online broadcast to more [...]